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Rienk Kuipers

Rienk Kuipers

Johannesburg, South Africa

I’m Rienk, cofounder of nownownews, and a young journalist, working to reshape how news is told and consumed in South Africa. I see journalism as a way to build connection: making information accessible, relevant, and real for the audience we serve.

Parliament's Mkhwanazi Committee Wraps Up Hearings After Explosive Testimony on Police Corruption and Political Killings

CAPE TOWN, 18 March 2026. A parliamentary ad hoc committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi concluded its oral hearing programme on Wednesday, following months of testimony that exposed deep fractures within South Africa's...

South Africa Summons US Ambassador Bozell Over Remarks on 'Kill the Boer' Chant and Black Economic Empowerment

PRETORIA, 11 March 2026. South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation summoned newly arrived United States Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III on Wednesday to account for remarks characterised as "undiplomatic," after Bozell declared that an apartheid-era political chant was...

South Africa's Economy Grows 0.4% in Q4 2025, Marking Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Expansion; Full-Year GDP Hits 1.1%

PRETORIA, 10 March 2026. South Africa's economy expanded by 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, its fifth consecutive quarter of positive growth, pushing full-year GDP growth to 1.1%, the strongest annual performance since 2022 and above the South African Reserve Bank's forecast of approximately...

South Africa's Absa PMI Slips Back to 47.4 in February as Factory Activity Returns to Contraction

JOHANNESBURG, 3 March 2026. South Africa's manufacturing sector returned to contraction in February, with the seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index falling to 47.4 from January's 48.7, marking a fifth consecutive monthly reading below the neutral 50-point threshold and dashing...

Ramaphosa Moves Iran Naval Exercise Probe to His Office, Appoints Retired Judges to Investigate Disobeyed Order

PRETORIA, 27 February 2026. President Cyril Ramaphosa removed the investigation into why the South African Navy allowed Iran to participate in Exercise Will for Peace from the South African National Defence Force chain of command on Friday, relocating the probe to the Presidency and appointing a...

Steenhuisen Steps Down as DA Leader; Cape Town Mayor Hill-Lewis Enters Race for Party Top Job

CAPE TOWN, 27 February 2026. Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis formally accepted a nomination to succeed John Steenhuisen as leader of the Democratic Alliance on Friday, entering South Africa's most significant opposition party leadership race after Steenhuisen announced earlier in February...

Godongwana's 2026 Budget Declares Debt Stabilised, Cancels Planned Tax Hike, Commits R1 Trillion to Infrastructure

CAPE TOWN, 25 February 2026. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presented South Africa's 2026 national budget to Parliament on Wednesday, declaring that gross government debt had stabilised for the first time in 17 years and cancelling a previously planned R20 billion personal income tax increase...