[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Four days after South Africa's top court ordered former president Jacob Zuma to appear before a commission of inquiry investigating the widespread corruption which spread through parts of the government during his time in off...

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[SAnews.gov.za] With a decline in new COVID-19 infections, hospital admissions and deaths, Government has decided to ease a number of restrictions under Adjusted level 3.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has officially received its first shipment of one million Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

[New Zimbabwe] The United Kingdom (UK) has slapped targeted sanctions on four top allies to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, among them security chiefs, accusing them of having a hand in the killing of Zimbabwean protesters.

[spotlight] Treatment of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (DR-TB) in South Africa has been transformed over the last decade. Most people with DR-TB no longer have to take daily injections and treatment is often completed in nine months, compared ...

[East African] Seven people were killed and 28 others injured at the weekend after Angolan police foiled a protest in Lunda Norte province, 656 km north of the country's capital Luanda.

[The Conversation Africa] I began to write this essay in January 2020, what feels like years ago. The issues I wanted to raise are no longer even partly hidden. The effects of racism on the body, especially the black body, are in plain sight.

[The Herald] Cyclone Eloise, which battered Southern Africa, left 15 people dead, scores injured and crops and infrastructural damage running into thousands of dollars as governments in the region release data of the impact of the tropical storm.

[The Herald] The top cop in Matabeleland North was arrested yesterday for allowing his girlfriend to run private businesses on a police farm since 2019 without paying a cent into police funds.

[The Herald] Deputy procurement director in the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Blessed Ishmael Murwira Majiga, who is at the centre of a national cloud-seeding aircraft tender scam, was yesterday denied bail by a ...

[The Herald] The Covid-19 pandemic second wave has shown the importance of countrywide awareness interactive sessions held by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to educate communities on the importance of masking up, observing social distancing, hand wash...

[New Era] The Landless People's Movement (LPM) has rejected claims that it is predominantly a party of the south, describing such perception as unfounded, 'frivolous' and without factual basis.

[Nyasa Times] Calm has returned in Lilongwe and Neno this morning after a day of violent protests and riots yesterday.

[Daily Maverick] Zimbabwe reported a 65% decline in positive Covid-19 cases over 72 hours. A closer inspection reveals that testing dropped by 59% over the same period amid the extension of a hard lockdown by another two weeks.

[Nyasa Times] One of the prominent chiefs in the country, Senior Chief Chiwalo of Phalombe District has died after a long illness.

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[Namibian] President Hage Geingob has sarcastically challenged those who say the government has not done enough about the Botswana shootings to come forward and be trained for war.

[New Era] A former magistrate who is accused of raping two women has asked Windhoek High Court Judge Marlene Tomassi to allow him to appeal her refusal to grant him bail in the Supreme Court.

[GroundUp] The South African Medical Research Council (MRC) has been publishing excess deaths weekly during the Covid-19 pandemic. We and others have been stating that the excess deaths are mostly due to Covid-19, and not the lockdown restrictions. T...

[New Zimbabwe] Dozens of suspected MDC Alliance youths on Monday staged a flash demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice offices at New Government Complex in Harare demanding the release of party chairman Job Sikhala and student activist Allan M...

[spotlight] The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) this week announced that doctors will be able to apply for access to the experimental COVID-19 treatment ivermectin in terms of section 21 of the Medicines Act. section 21 is...

[spotlight] A painting shows a sick man inside a hand sanitiser bottle, surrounded with human skulls. The painting is the work of Xolani Sivunda, an artist based in Mfuleni, a township near Khayelitsha in Cape town.

[ANGOP] Cuango -- The Commander General of the National Police, Paulo de Almeida, arrived this morning in the municipality of Cuango, Lunda Norte, to investigate the circumstances of the rebellion led by elements of the self-denominated "Lunda Tchokw...

[Daily Maverick] The lacuna in South Africa's anti-corruption framework has long been the failure to regulate private donations to political parties.

[Daily Maverick] Foreign nationals continue to face an uncertain future in South Africa as anti-foreigner behaviour and violence grow.

[Govt of SA] As of 1pm on 29 January, the Western Cape has 14 658 active Covid-19 infections with a total of 265 789 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 240 939 recoveries.

[Govt of SA] Amendment of the normal payment process, which include the submission of continuations forms (COPS)

[Govt of SA] Faith based leaders pledge support for Western Cape Government's vaccine implementation plan

[Daily Maverick] UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab says the four were most responsible for deadly crackdowns in August 2018 and January 2019.