HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY

Mon 22 June 2026:

Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:

◼️ SA struggles with migrant exodus and economic unrest: Moreover, foreign-born residents only account for an estimated 5.1% of South Africa’s population.“That is not an influx and it is not particularly high compared to global standards,” said Economist Duma Gqubule. “People are making up statistics on the number of migrants in the country and this misinformation is geared toward inciting xenophobia and violence.”
Read more here
https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/south-africa-struggles-with-migrant-exodus-and-economic-unrest/

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◼️ US to stop funding HIV programmes in SA: More than eight million South Africans are living with HIV – the highest number of any country in the world. The US State Department appeared to link the decision to South Africa’s alleged failure to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community – an allegation the South African government has repeatedly rejected.
Read more here
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr457lxr71o

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◼️ Anger mounting in DA over Steehuisen’s removal as minister: A source within the DA told the Sunday Times that Hill-Lewis’s decision had exposed divisions in the party. “You don’t have to like a person, and you don’t have to agree with [that person’s] politics, but you don’t throw someone under the bus when [that person has] essentially made an agreement in good faith,” the source said.
Read more here
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/anger-mounting-in-da-over-steehuisen-removal-as-minister/

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◼️ Fake Uber drivers scamming people out of thousands of rand in SA: “The thing you read often is someone saying ‘my trip should have been R420, but I got to the hotel and connected to the Wi-Fi to see I’ve been charged R4,200’,” he said. However, he did not elaborate on how these fake e-hailing drivers managed to charge the higher amounts.
Read more here
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/motoring/654585-fake-uber-drivers-scamming-people-out-of-thousands-of-rand-in-south-africa.html

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◼️ SA says goodbye to landlines: Data reveals that 0.0% of South African households rely solely on landlines, highlighting a complete technological shift in the country. While 82.1% of South Africans can access the internet in some capacity, data from the State of the ICT Sector 2026 Report by ICASA reveals that mobile connectivity overwhelmingly dominates internet usage.
Read more here
https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/863811/south-africa-says-goodbye-to-landlines/

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