VigiNoteZA Today's briefing

What's happening in South Africa today.

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01 Why this exists

A lot of what South Africa decides never trends.
Committees meet.Courts rule.Auditors flag.Councils decide.

It is all public. Almost nobody reads it.

So we read it for you.

02 What you get

A colour that tells you how serious it is.

03 How it works

Four steps between the source and you.

1

We read the sources

Government, Parliament, the police service, courts, municipalities and newsrooms, checked all day.

2

We sort and rank

Each story gets a place and a topic, and is ranked by how many people it affects.

3

A person checks it

Nothing is published until someone reviews it. Urgent items go to the front of the queue.

4

You read and decide

A headline, a short summary and a link to the original. Share any story as a one-page PDF.

04 Where it comes from

Every story shows who said it.

Official bodies

  • SAPS
  • Parliament (via PMG)
  • gov.za
  • SAnews
  • Reserve Bank
  • Stats SA
  • Auditor-General
  • Public Protector
  • NPA
  • Eskom
  • City of Cape Town
  • City of Johannesburg

Newsrooms

  • Daily Maverick
  • GroundUp
  • amaBhungane
  • News24
  • EWN
  • SABC News
  • TimesLIVE
  • Mail & Guardian
  • BusinessTech
  • Moneyweb

The full, current list is on the news site. We link to the original publisher on every story and never copy their articles.

05 Our promise

What we will never do.

This is the deal. If we break it, tell us and we will say so publicly.

  • Copy other people's articles.
  • Name suspects.
  • Hide our mistakes.
  • Call a province safe.

See every correction on the news site. Spot a mistake? Email support@viginote.co.za or message @viginote.

06 Who is behind it

Information, not noise.

VigiNote turns public information into clear intelligence. VigiNote ZA does it for South Africa, for ordinary readers.

VigiNote ZA is founded and run by Chad Frankal. We are independent and not affiliated with any party, company or government body. Write to info@viginote.co.za.

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