South Africa

Sources from South Africa

• News24en
• Daily Mavericken
• SABC Newsen
• Mail & Guardianen

South Africa's energy and mining sectors are in flux. Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati will step down in October at the end of his tenure, and the utility faces scrutiny over billions in costs left out of Medupi and Kusile accounting. Gold Fields' R445bn plan hinges on a US activist fund, while the government seeks partners for a $2.7bn manganese corridor and races to keep auto exports competitive in the EV era.

• 2US activist fund may kill – or crown – Gold Fields’ R445bn dream
• 2Mteto Nyati retained in Eskom board chair seat as tariff debate heats up
• 1Eskom’s Medupi and Kusile sleight-of-hand — the untold billions in costs left out
• 1‘I Hope Elon is Listening.’ South Africa Urges Musk on Starlink
• 1South Africa, Zimbabwe in Talks Over $500 Million Dam Project

President Cyril Ramaphosa was booked off from public engagements over ill health, and South Africa summoned the US ambassador again over 'undiplomatic conduct.' The Electoral Court dismissed the ANC's appeal against the IEC, the National Assembly suspended official visits to South Africa, and a record 46 countries boycotted the UN Durban Conference anniversary.

• 4South Africa's president booked off from public engagements over ill health
• 3South Africa summons US ambassador again over 'undiplomatic conduct,' official says
• 3Rand Paul backs James Comer for Kentucky governor, says ‘good shot’ GOP will coalesce
• 3Colombia withdraws intervention in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at UN court - Anadolu Ajansı
• 3Electoral Court dismisses ANC’s appeal against IEC

South Africa is in a mass-casualty security crisis. Two mass shootings killed 27 people, an eleventh victim died in a Durban house party attack, and a serial murder probe found ten women's bodies near Johannesburg, prompting arrests and a R100,000 reward after ten killed at a Cape Town shisanyama.

• 32Two Mass Shootings in South Africa Kill 27
• 19Eleven Killed in Mass Shooting at Durban House Party
• 18Ninth Woman Found Dead Near Johannesburg
• 6Tenth Woman's Body Found in South Africa Killings Probe
• 6South Africa Arrests Three More Suspects After Nine Women Murdered

Gender-based violence dominates South African society after eleven killings, with men leading a Durban march against GBV and the government unveiling a plan to combat violence against women. Anti-migrant violence fears resurface as refugees say they are being scapegoated, and the Trump administration imposed new visa restrictions over alleged racial discrimination and land seizures.

• 3Trump admin imposes new visa restrictions over alleged racial discrimination, land seizures in South Africa
• 2Men lead Durban March and March protest against GBV
• 2South Africa unveils plan to combat violence against women after 11 killings
• 2Consulate seeks justice as three Nigerians killed in South Africa
• 2‘We are being scapegoated’: Why refugees fear renewed anti-migrant violence in South Africa

Who covers South Africa most

Outlets by number of headlines in September 2026, with their stance toward the country.

• News24115 titles

  0ReportorialDomestic

  critical domestic reporting, no unified stance toward the country

• Daily Maverick43 titles

  0ReportorialDomestic

  critical domestic reporting, no clear valence toward the country

• SABC News19 titles

  0ReportorialDomestic

  factual domestic reporting, no evaluative framing of the country

• BBC World17 titles

  From United Kingdom
• Mail & Guardian16 titles

  0ReportorialDomestic

  critical scrutiny of ANC governance, not of the country itself

• RT15 titles

  From Russia
• Punch14 titles

  From Nigeria
• Vanguard13 titles

  From Nigeria