Recent articles propose that South Africa’s population may be significantly larger than the official estimate of around 63–65 million

News24’s Blunders: Clicks Over Accuracy News24 often messes up, especially on complicated stories about health, law, or politics. Their mistakes usually come from sensational or misleading headlines, leaving out important context, or not bothering to properly fact-check. Examples: In 2025, they published a piece about Akkerland Boerdery saying the farm was sold privately, ignoring the fact it had been expropriated. The Press Council slapped them with a ruling and made them correct it. More...

South Africa Hosts Multi-Regional Earthquake Drill South Africa is hosting the Africa–Europe–Middle East Earthquake Response Exercise 2025 in Gqeberha, the first multi-regional earthquake-readiness drill of its kind in Africa. The exercise simulates a large urban earthquake with secondary hazards such as flooding, building collapse, hazardous materials, and service disruptions, involving South African disaster-management teams, emergency services, defence forces, medical units, and...