South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm Transnet said on Tuesday it was working to restore systems, after the country’s key port terminals suffered a major cyber-attack last week. The security intrusion began on July 22 but has since continued, forcing Transnet to switch to manual systems, it said. In a letter to its customers dated Monday, […]
Human Rights
SA counts cost of violence as 40,000 businesses hit
The South African authorities are still assessing the true economic cost of the looting and violence that broke out after the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma. The estimated cost to the economy in KwaZulu-Natal province alone has been put at well over $1bn (£730m). A minister in the president’s office said the unrest and […]
South Africa to destroy recovered looted goods
The South African authorities will destroy all recovered looted goods once they have been used as evidence in criminal cases, a minister has said. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, the acting minister in the presidency, said the police were conducting home searches in a bid to recover stolen items. People have also been asked to voluntarily surrender them. […]
SA government has not failed over unrest – minister
South Africa’s transport minister has denied that the recent week-long unrest was a result of failures of the government to address economic challenges. Speaking to the BBC’s Hardtalk, Fikile Mbalula instead blamed an attempted insurrection. More than 200 people died and thousands have been arrested for theft and public violence after hundreds of shopping centres […]
South Africa riots death toll rises to 276
The death toll in South Africa from the violence that followed the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma has risen to 276. Thousands of businesses were looted in the riots that mainly affected the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. It was a level of violence unprecedented in post-apartheid South Africa. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in […]
South Africa eases Covid restrictions
South Africa has eased some Covid restrictions after President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country had largely passed the peak of its third wave of the pandemic. A night-time curfew and mandatory face mask wearing remains in force, but Mr Ramaphosa is lifting the weekday ban on alcohol sales and is allowing people to move between […]
Medallist hopes Olympics can help SA’s recovery
South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker has won silver in the 100m women’s butterfly in her first Olympic finals. Schoenmaker’s victory is the first by a female swimmer from South Africa in 21 years. She hopes the medal, which is the country’s first at these games, can bring some joy back home after days of violence. “I […]