[Daily Maverick] Investors had high hopes for the JSE in 2020. After a lacklustre five years, ending December 2019, when the JSE managed subpar returns of 6% and barely beat inflation, it was hoped that 2020 would be the year of recovery. Instead, it...

[The Herald] South Africa is not closing its land borders under new Covid-19 lockdown Level 3, but will deploy more staff to improve the flow of human and vehicular traffic in the fist two weeks of January, SA Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaled...

[Daily Maverick] Could it really be that the year everyone wants to forget is also the year our roll of dishonour is longer than usual? Ben Trovato rounds up our fellow countrymen violating every law, commandment or tenet of basic human decency

[SAnews.gov.za] Leading experts in South Africa's vaccine procurement strategy say while securing a COVID-19 vaccine is top of the country's agenda, it is not a magic bullet that will end the pandemic.

[Daily Maverick] When South Africa went into lockdown expectant mothers had to give birth in the middle of a pandemic. Some of them share their experiences of birth and motherhood in a masked and socially distanced world.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has as of Wednesday recorded a staggering 17 710 new cases - bringing the country's cumulative total of COVID-19 cases to 1 039 161, indicating a positivity rate of 33%.

[Daily Maverick] South Africa should benefit from a cyclical viewpoint, but for industry players and local experts longer-term structural issues locally remain a concern, and a huge one at that.

[SAPS] High visibility in hotspot areas resulted in the arrest of a 28-year-old male in North End yesterday afternoon, 30 December 2020.

[Govt of SA] Accredited neighbourhood watches may patrol during curfew hours

[CAJ News] Johannesburg -- THE sold-out Johannesburg Festival of Lights has been called off in response to South Africa tightening lockdown regulations amid resurgence of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

[SAnews.gov.za] The Free State has been hard at work together with law enforcement agencies to protect residents from unscrupulous business practices.

[SAnews.gov.za] North West Premier, Professor Job Mokgoro, has encouraged communities to adhere to level 3 regulations so as to alleviate pressure on healthcare workers.

[New Frame] The founder of the Pan Africanist Congress, who made this address in April 1959, was committed to the vision of a united continent under democratic socialist rule by and for Africans.

[SAnews.gov.za] Gauteng's provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has met with representatives of the cash-in-transit (CIT) industry following a spike in the number of CIT incidents in the pr...

[Daily Maverick] A former Paarl Gimnasium rugby player has been arrested on charges of assault and crimen injuria of a pregnant woman.

[ER24] Howick Falls -- A 38-year-old man has been rescued after falling approximately 40 meters from the viewing platform at Howick Falls in KZN early this morning. The man alleged that he was being chased by unknown assailants at 2 am this morning w...

[Daily Maverick] The 14 days of the adjusted Level 3 lockdown are key to protect the Western Cape's healthcare system and workers, said Western Cape premier Alan Winde as he and several senior officials spent Tuesday discussing the latest lockdown re...

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwean coach Kaitano Tembo believes his SuperSport United side can challenge for the DSTV South African Premiership title as he seeks the championship medal as head coach.

[SAPS] Fochville SAPS is investigating a missing person case and appealing to the community for assistance. Yoliswa Zono, aged 37, was last seen on Sunday, 27 December 2020 when she left her home in Greenspark, Fochville.

[SAPS] All communities being serviced by the Makapanstad police station are advised that this police station is currently closed due to one of its member having tested positive for Covid-19.

[SAnews.gov.za] Government has outlined plans for operations at the ports of entry from 2 January until 14 January that have been approved by the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NatJoints).

[Daily Maverick] We reach the end of the year of the pandemic with our heads hung low. Our collective grief was written all over the face of the president on Monday night as he laid down tighter regulations to curb Covid-19. He did, however, say fune...

[WHO] The Nelson Mandela Metro and the Sarah Baartman Districts, two of the six health districts in the Eastern Cape Province have been reporting upward increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases during first three weeks of November. These were attributed ...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- South Africa is once again at Alert Level 3 due to a surge in confirmed cases of Covid-19, with some adjustments.

[Daily Maverick] He held out for transport back from 'snooty' Tokai, and now he wants chelsea buns and beer.

[Daily Maverick] On 27 December one of the nicest people I've known left his corporeal body (we lost his beautiful mind and heart a while back, thanks to the cruel claws of dementia).

[New Frame] Silvia Federici explores how in fighting for their rights, migrant domestic workers circulate practices that influence feminist politics and foster cosmopolitanism.

[Govt of SA] As of 1pm on 29 December, the Western Cape has 37 355 active Covid-19 infections with a total of 199 353 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 155 486 recoveries.

[Govt of SA] As of today the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases identified is 1 021 451 with 9580 cases identified since the last report.

[Daily Maverick] Maverick Mapper moves inland, to KwaZulu-Natal's Dargle Valley in the Midlands.