November 13, 2025 – South Africa Headlines

Story gist: President Cyril Ramaphosa announced changes to South Africa’s National Executive. Democratic Alliance member Peer Aucamp was appointed Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, replacing Dion George.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets, via The Presidency, frame the story neutrally as a presidential announcement without emphasis on individuals or impacts. Center outlets like News24 use dramatic language like ‘shake-up’ and ‘axed’ to highlight personnel changes and political drama. Right-leaning DA sources emphasize positive outcomes, portraying the changes as strengthening their reform agenda, omitting any negative aspects of the reshuffle.

Story gist: South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced the national budget. The South African Rand strengthened following the announcement, which includes the creation of a new state-owned agency.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like IOL emphasize the positive market reaction of the Rand to Godongwana’s budget, highlighting economic optimism. Center outlets like Business Tech focus on the establishment of a new state-owned agency, presenting it as a key policy development. Right-leaning coverage is absent, potentially indicating omission of state intervention narratives or lack of interest in positive fiscal news from the ANC government.

Story gist: The Ndimande brothers were extradited from Eswatini and charged with the murder of South African rapper AKA. The killing occurred in Durban in February 2023.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage in this cluster, omitting perspectives that might emphasize social justice issues in South Africa’s crime landscape or law enforcement critiques. The center lane, represented by BBC, frames the story neutrally, focusing on factual details of the extradition and charges without tone variations, broader context, or omissions of key events.

Story gist: Two provinces in South Africa now have more unemployed people than employed workers. The situation was reported based on recent employment statistics.

Bias summary: Center outlets like Business Tech frame the story factually, emphasizing statistical data on unemployment rates without assigning blame. Left-leaning perspectives are absent, potentially omitting critiques of government policy failures. Right-leaning coverage is also missing, which might otherwise highlight free-market solutions or criticize regulatory burdens. The neutral tone in available reports focuses on economic indicators over political implications.

Story gist: Johannesburg, South Africa, undergoes a rushed cleanup and improvements ahead of the G20 summit. World leaders are scheduled to arrive for the event.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like Daily Maverick frame the story critically, emphasizing the ‘illusion of progress’ in superficial fixes from an engineer’s perspective, highlighting systemic issues. Center outlets like BBC present it neutrally as a ‘challenge’ to clean up ‘filthy’ areas, focusing on logistical efforts without judgment. Right-leaning coverage is absent, leaving out potential emphasis on economic opportunities or government competence.