South Africa

GWEC attributed the decline to procurement delays, including delays to wind projects selected during Bid Window 5 of South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent ...

[projects](/topic/projects) were selected during Bid Window 6, which was launched in 2022. [Africa](/topic/africa) and the Middle East, noting that North [Africa](/topic/africa) and Saudi Arabia have large-scale [projects](/topic/projects) on the horizon, while [projects](/topic/projects) from South [Africa](/topic/africa)’s Bid Window 5 will also begin coming online. [Africa](/topic/africa) will arise from the REIPPPP and how much will be delivered as a result of private [power](/topic/power) purchase agreements. [Africa](/topic/africa) also fell to only 453 MW in 2022 – the lowest level of installations since 2013, with Egypt, Kenya and Saudi Arabia joining South [Africa](/topic/africa) in not adding any new wind capacity last year. [projects](/topic/projects) selected during Bid Window 5 of South [Africa](/topic/africa)’s [Renewable Energy](/topic/renewable-energy) Independent [Power](/topic/power) Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). [power](/topic/power) disruptions, no new wind [turbines](/topic/turbines-company) were connected to South [Africa](/topic/africa)’s grid in 2022, the Global Wind [Energy](/topic/energy) Council’s (GWEC’s) latest report has confirmed.

On 17 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for his alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

While South Africa attempted to withdraw from the Rome Statute after the Al-Bashir controversy, the country remains a member of the ICC. However, Zuma did not command forces to make the arrest and Al-Bashir left South Africa after the summit. When Al-Bashir came to South Africa for the African Union summit, the ICC expected the country to arrest and extradite him. However, president of the ICC Piotr Hofmanski dismissed the Russian claims, arguing that “the court has jurisdiction over crimes committed in the territory of a state party or a state which has accepted its jurisdiction”. On 17 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for his alleged war crimes in Ukraine. In 2015, when Jacob Zuma was president, the court had a warrant of arrest for president of Sudan Omar al-Bashir for his alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

The government must not trample on its own laws and court decisions. Compliance with the Constitution must be the prerogative.

The court, however, decided not to pursue the matter further for [pragmatic reasons](https://theconversation.com/icc-ruling-on-south-africa-and-al-bashir-pragmatism-wins-the-day-81500). Consequently, the government [“withdrew from the withdrawal”](https://www.pgaction.org/ilhr/rome-statute/south-africa.html). [to withdraw from the Rome Statute](https://www.pgaction.org/news/stand-against-impunity-south-africa.html). Article 165 (5) of the country’s She noted that cabinet would have to decide on how to respond in view of the ICC warrant. AGOA has been used recently as a punishing tool against Ethiopia, The Gambia and Mali for “unconstitutional change in governments” and [“gross violations of internationally recognised human rights](https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2022/january/us-terminates-agoa-trade-preference-program-ethiopia-mali-and-guinea)”. In terms of South Africa’s ICC obligations, it was obliged to arrest Al Bashir, who had been [indicted](https://www.icc-cpi.int/darfur/albashir) for violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Sudan’s Darfur region. [123 signatory states](https://asp.icc-cpi.int/states-parties) to the statute. The issue could come to a head in August when South Africa is set to host the 15th summit of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) bloc in [Durban](https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-9-mar-2023-0000#:%7E:text=South%20Africa%20is%20chairing%20the,22%20to%2024%20August%202023). [has issued an international arrest warrant](https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and) for Russian president Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes regarding the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. [Omar Al Bashir visited the country](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33125108) to attend a summit of [African Union heads of state](https://www.gov.za/speeches/25th-african-union-summit-7-15-jun#:%7E:text=South%20Africa%20is%20hosting%20the,5%20June). As the head of a member state Putin has been invited to attend.

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speak during a Russia-Africa Summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia ...

"If they do not, they should be ready to effect the warrant of arrest on President Putin." However, the minister demurred on the possibility of withdrawing Putin's invitation to the summit of the group of emerging economic powers known as BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. South Africa is a signatory to the ICC's Rome Statute that obligates countries to execute the court's international arrest warrants.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi.

“The country simply cannot afford another hit to our reputation. The principle of the rule of law means equality before the law, and South Africa is obliged to execute that. “If he is here, we have a legal obligation.

An African affairs expert is not confident South Africa would comply with International Criminal Court's order to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"For many decades, they have been saying that the court deals only with African states. South African Minister for international relations Naledi Pandor said that the government is waiting for a legal opinion on whether they are capable of arresting Putin based on ICC's order, Filatova cited the 2015 visit of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to South Africa while facing two ICC arrest warrants at the time. "Even if Putin comes, South Africa will find a way to ignore the warrant of the International Criminal Court," Filatova said. An African affairs expert believes South Africa would not enforce the arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Russian President - Filatova cited the Sudanese leader's 2015 visit to South Africa while facing 2 arrest warrants

Take-home pay tracked in the BankservAfrica Take-home Index (BTPI) showed a slight recovery in February 2023. The latest data on the number of salaries paid ...

Consumer inflation reached a 13-year high of 6.9% in 2022 (2009: 7.1%) and is forecast to average around 5.8% in 2023. Take-home pay tracked in the BankservAfrica Take-home Index (BTPI) showed a slight recovery in February 2023. However, it remains 1.8% below the R15,469 measured a year ago,” said Shergeran Naidoo, BankservAfrica’s Head of Stakeholder Engagements. The average nominal pension payment represents 66.2% of the average take-home pay in February 2023. In real terms, the average real private pension in February 2023 came to R9,473, marginally lower compared to a year earlier, signalling that the purchasing power of pensioners has largely been preserved amid the high inflation environment. BankservAfrica’s data confirms the negative impact of inflation on salaries, with an 8.3% y/y decline in the average real take-home salary in February 2023 to R14,225, compared to a year earlier (R15,510).

Jo Kessel explores KwaZulu-Natal, a largely undiscovered province · Her base is the Oyster Box Hotel in the smart seaside suburb of Umhlanga Rocks ...

Much of it is five-star, but on the way back to Durban we head to the township of Umlazi where there’s a buzz about a new restaurant called Max’s Lifestyle. [somak.com](https://somak.com/)) from £4,200 pp with flights, three nights’ B&B at the Oyster Box Hotel and a three-night safari at the Phinda Private Game Reserve. The rangers stop at 8am to make everyone a ‘Mocha Chocarula’ — coffee mixed with hot chocolate and a dash of Amarula liqueur. She manages to keep the group calm as we retreat to the Jeep and hit the gas. A pair of lionesses in the Phinda Private Game Reserve. Zulus have traditionally also mixed the lime with water and used it to decorate faces, bodies and even houses. I’m staying at the beachfront Oyster Box Hotel, perched on a hill above a lighthouse in the smart seaside suburb of Umhlanga Rocks. And so in 1893 Mahatma Gandhi came to South Africa as a lawyer to help improve Indian rights. But the city did not acquire its moniker for another ten years in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the then Cape Colony. Durban is South Africa’s third largest city and saw a facelift when the country hosted the 2010 World Cup — the swanky Moses Mabhida football stadium was built along a new six-mile coastal promenade called the Golden Mile. Outside by its pools, the red and white loungers and parasols match the lighthouse. In so doing they’re missing out because KwaZulu-Natal — roughly the size of Portugal — has beaches, cities, mountains and safaris...

MyBroadband has partnered with Analytico, Afristay, and Keysight distributor Coral-i to conduct in-depth testing of Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom's ...

The data will also be used to compare the performance of network vendors – Huawei, Nokia, Ericsson, and ZTE – in South Africa. Voice and data network quality tests will be conducted in all major cities and towns across South Africa, which has not been done before, as part of the project. To determine which South African mobile network operator offers the best voice and data network quality, MyBroadband has launched a new network quality testing project. - Audio quality mean opinion score average, minimum, and maximum / Audio quality average, minimum, and maximum. - Analytico - Which provides market research and network intelligence insights to South African IT and telecommunications companies. [Analytico](https://analytico.co.za/?utm_source=MyBroadband), [Afristay](https://www.afristay.com/?utm_source=MyBroadband) and Keysight distributor [Coral-i](https://coral-i.co.za/?utm_source=MyBroadband) to conduct in-depth testing of Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom’s networks across South Africa.

Work on the Koeberg plant north of Cape Town has stalled and is running weeks late, adding to energy shortages that have led to daily power cuts to protect the ...

The employee was later released south of Johannesburg and admitted to the hospital for treatment. The union alleged that plant breakdowns can be attributed to the use of low-quality parts that are being purchased at over-inflated prices with the help of some Eskom employees. [corruption wasn’t the cause of Eskom’s woes](https://businesstech.co.za/news/energy/674237/power-crisis-has-nothing-to-do-with-so-called-corruption-electricity-minister/) but rather that the company was struggling with technicalities and breakdowns. “We can’t be behind right now,” Winde said. [earlier this month](https://twitter.com/ClydeMallinson/status/1634430064560422912?s=20) from Virtual Energy and Power director Clyde Mallinson showed that South Africans are in store for a cold, dark winter, warning that Eskom must lift the coal fleet’s capacity factor (CF) to at least 50% to prevent high levels of load-shedding over the winter months. Work on the Koeberg plant north of Cape Town has stalled and is running weeks late, adding to energy shortages that have led to daily power cuts to protect the system from a complete blackout.

Icasa has gazetted new regulations that set out the minimum average download and upload speeds that fixed, fixed-wireless, and mobile service providers ...

95% or higher 3 or higher 98% or higher 3.5 or higher 1.5Mbps or higher 5Mbps or higher

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has gazetted the latest amendments to the End-user and Subscriber Charter regulations, ...

≥ 95% ≥ 3 ≥ 98%

A motion put forward by an opposition MP aims to have parliament declare South Africa's entire Free State province, which borders Lesotho, as well as areas ...

A motion put forward by an opposition MP aims to have parliament declare South Africa's entire Free State province, which borders Lesotho, as well as areas of four more regions as part of the small mountain kingdom.

The motion, based on a 1962 UN resolution, aims to 'return' South Africa's entire Free State and four other regions.

The economy of Lesotho – home to two million people – largely depends on that of South Africa – with a population of 60 million – which entirely surrounds it. Lipholo is the sole BCM lawmaker in Lesotho’s 120-seat National Assembly. The motion, based on a 1962 UN resolution, aims to ‘return’ South Africa’s entire Free State and four other regions to Lesotho.

Lesotho MPs are expected to deliberate over whether parts of South Africa's territory may be reclaimed, BBC reports. According to parliament's order paper, ...

[According to Scrolla](https://allafrica.com/stories/202212190695.html), some activists have called for annexation given South Africa and Lesotho's proximity. Deals to appease the leadership of Swaziland - now eSwatini - and Lesotho to to offer additional territory were chronicled in a Proposals to transfer land caused leaders on all sides to make difficult decisions that pitted national interests against global geopolitics.

It says the reclamation will be pursued under the United Nations Resolution 1817 (XVII) that was passed by the General Assembly in December 1962. •Historically, ...

Historically, Lesotho people were found in South Africa's Orange Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and parts of KwaZulu-Natal. •Historically, Lesotho people were found in South Africa's Orange Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and parts of KwaZulu-Natal. •It says the reclamation will be pursued under the United Nations Resolution 1817 (XVII) that was passed by the General Assembly in December 1962.

On the once bone-dry soil of a diamond mine in South Africa's central Free State province, Susan Masoha now harvests big bunches of tomatoes, eggplants and ...

[sustainable](/topic/sustainable) with funding from diamond [mining](/topic/mining) but also carbon credits from tree planting, farming and [solar](/topic/solar) parks. [energy](/topic/energy) transition, while ensuring that [mining](/topic/mining) communities reap the benefits," he said. [energy](/topic/energy) crisis, "South [Africa](/topic/africa) is just going to have to think differently about how we do things," said Wayne Allen, an engineer with Pan African. [MINING](/topic/mining) RENAISSANCE? "It has to be about giving back." [Africa](/topic/africa) [Mining](/topic/mining), collects data from [sensors](/topic/sensors) in [mining](/topic/mining) machines to determine when [components](/topic/components) of certain [equipment](/topic/equipment) - such as catalytic converters that filter out harmful gases - need [repairs](/topic/repairs) and [maintenance](/topic/maintenance). [SOLAR](/topic/solar) [POWER](/topic/power), [SENSORS](/topic/sensors) AND AI [mining](/topic/mining) giant Pan African [Resources](/topic/resources)' Evander [gold](/topic/gold) mine toward more use of [solar](/topic/solar) [energy](/topic/energy). At the same time, Homestead is focusing on rehabilitation of the land. [power](/topic/power) utility [Eskom](/topic/eskom). [mining](/topic/mining) renaissance in South [Africa](/topic/africa), and on the continent," said Nick Hedley, an independent climate change and [energy](/topic/energy) researcher based in South [Africa](/topic/africa). [Diamonds](/topic/diamonds) - a diamond sampling and [mining](/topic/mining) company with a mission of sustainability - bought the [mining](/topic/mining) rights one year later.

If it bleeds, it leads and if does not bleed it can't lead,” is a mantra long practiced by merchants of doomsday who buy ink by the barrel.

Shoprite has exited a number of African countries and is re-investing in South Africa. The strength of the JSE is paramount as it is a window in which foreign investors look through for solid and world class South African companies. This is the highest on the continent and not many countries in Africa can reassure investors if they want to move their money. There aren’t much super-economies on the African continent that perform better than South Africa in terms of democratic institutions. There is an increasingly dwindling effort to paint a balanced picture of news reflecting both the positive and the negative. “If it bleeds, it leads and if does not bleed it can’t lead,” is a mantra long practiced by merchants of doomsday who buy ink by the barrel.

A new report into ongoing tariff investigations in South Africa indicates that it is taking an average of 22 months to finalise decisions on whether to ...

It also argues for a clarification of the respective roles of the Trade, Industry and Competition Minister and the Finance Minister in taking the final decision on a duty. MacKay says the findings of the report have been canvassed with officials at both Itac and the DTIC, who have indicated a willingness to take steps to tackle the backlogs. In addition, it argued that procedural delays were having a chilling effect on the use of trade instruments by South African companies, with the number of applications falling 62% last year when only eight applications were made compared with 21 in the previous year. What applied in 2019 is very different to the real-world scenario in 2023 and trade decisions need to be based on the now, not the past,” MacKay asserts. [Africa](/topic/africa) (Itac) by December 31 last year were overdue when measured against the six-month timeframe recommended by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) for the resolution of such probes. [Africa](/topic/africa) indicates that it is taking an average of 22 months to finalise decisions on whether to either increase or remove an import duty, weakening the effectiveness of trade policy to either protect domestic producers or lower costs for consumers.

Tariff investigations in South Africa take on average 22 months to complete, with some cases even dragging for 47 months. This is despite the trade watchdog ...

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A delay in investigations into duties on imports and exports by Itac has left some businesses in distress. In this file photo a container ship docks at Durban ...

“The biggest unpredictable part of this process is the amount of time it will take for an investigation to be concluded. “The minister should instruct the investigations that are in blue to be concluded and wrap up in three months, or at a push, in six months. “The decision taken on this investigation, which is 46 months overdue, is going to be problematic.

Three major jolts in as many years coupled with the once unthinkable possibility of a power grid collapse have spooked reinsurers in South Africa, ...

And insurers worry that one of the [world's highest unemployment](/world/africa/south-africas-official-unemployment-rate-dips-327-fourth-qtr-2023-02-28/) rates - over 43% of 15 to 34-year-olds are out of work - is making such unrest a systematic risk. And they are now tightening the conditions of their agreements with insurance companies. Now you are paying 30% to 40% more for much less cover." [devastated KwaZulu-Natal](/world/africa/rescuers-hunt-missing-after-south-african-floods-kill-more-than-400-2022-04-17/) province in the country's east last year. Insurance premiums are climbing worldwide on the back of rising inflation and interest rate hikes. "Large industry losses in recent years ... [(OMUJ.J)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/OMUJ.J), told Reuters that rates for its catastrophe programmes with reinsurers have increased up to 60% in the past three years. have accelerated the need for insurance and reinsurance terms and conditions to return to global levels," Mehta said. South Africa's total economic losses from natural catastrophes hit $3.5 billion in 2022, according to Swiss Re Institute, the research arm of Swiss Re [(SRENH.S)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/SRENH.S), one of the world's biggest reinsurers. That's now helping add higher insurance premiums to the growing list of woes South Africans are already struggling with and could leave many exposed to heavy losses in the event of a power grid failure as reinsurers curtail coverage. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story JOHANNESBURG, March 30 (Reuters) - Three major jolts in as many years coupled with the once unthinkable possibility of a power grid collapse have spooked reinsurers in South Africa, spelling an end to cheap coverage in the continent's most developed insurance market.