[allAfrica] Cape Town -- South Africa's former president, Jacob Zuma, is on his way to hand himself over to prison authorities, his foundation said late Wednesday.

[Daily Maverick] Minutes before midnight, Jacob Zuma's foundation announced: 'Dear South Africans and the World. Please be advised that President Zuma has decided to comply with the incarceration order.'

[Miss South Africa] Meet the Miss South Africa Top 30 vying for the title of Miss South Africa 2021 and vote for your favourite to make the Top 10.

[The Conversation Africa] A fire at one of the biggest public hospitals in Johannesburg, the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, and the delay in reopening the facility has brought infrastructural issues into sharp focus. The fire broke ...

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa on Wednesday recorded 21 427 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the number of infections in the country to 2 112 336 since the outbreak of the virus.

[GroundUp] About 50 people flooded out of their homes in Covid informal settlement in Cape Town have taken refuge in a zinc church in Bloekombos.

[GroundUp] Residents of Siqalo informal settlement have asked the City of Cape Town to provide them with solar-powered electricity while they wait for housing.

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[GroundUp] In the coastal region of the Amadiba Tribal Authority, a community's resistance to a controversial mining development is being channelled towards a new campaign: vote the ANC out.

[RFI] South Africa's former president, Jacob Zuma, turned himself into police early Thursday morning to begin serving a prison sentence for contempt of court.

[Daily Maverick] Former president Jacob Zuma kept South Africans in suspense -- and awake -- until the eleventh hour, but when news broke that he had been taken into custody about 40 minutes before midnight, they reacted with a mixture of sympathy, r...

[Daily Maverick] The statement of the ANC published on Tuesday in response to the public show of support for Zuma on Sunday at Nkandla is a demonstration of how, step by infinitesimal step, the balance of power in the party has changed fundamentally.

[Daily Maverick] A video of Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi recommending a traditional Chinese remedy to cure Covid-19 is circulating on local social media. The product in question has not been proven to have any efficacy in treating Covid-19 an...

[Daily Maverick] After years of public hearings, multiple debates and several versions of the anticipated amendment to section 25 of the Constitution, the latest proposal by the ANC has left us with more questions than answers.

[The Conversation Africa] In many countries where many languages are spoken, English is often the language of teaching and learning in schools. Learners get their knowledge of school subjects through the use of English - be it reading and writing or ...

[The Conversation Africa] The first case of COVID-19 in South Africa was reported in March 2020 and on March 15, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a series of lockdown measures to curb the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These included closure of b...

[Daily Maverick] Luthuli House staffer Carl Niehaus is in seriously hot water for the second time in seven months as the ANC temporarily suspends his membership for a second time, pending disciplinary action. Ace Magashule, who was suspended on full ...

[Daily Maverick] Rural activists say that the Ingonyama Trust judgment reveals a culture of exploitation of the most vulnerable by traditional leadership and the government, to benefit elites.

[SAPS] Police are urging residents in coastal cities or towns to assist in protecting endangered marine life. This comes after positive information from a member of the public led to the arrest of two men for illegal possession of abalone valued R28 ...

[Govt of SA] The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) had an engagement last night with the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality, Agri Letaba and the Limpopo Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance to co...

[SAPS] Harburg police are seeking assistance from the community to locate Vincent Thulani Sithole (65) of Newlands East in Durban.

[Govt of SA] To date, 2 760 deserving and qualifying beneficiaries have moved into their brand-new homes in the Forest Village Housing Development in Eersteriver. This brings me great joy as it means that more families have remarkably improved living...

[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy Minister of Transport, Dikeledi Magadzi, has emphasised the importance on removing structural distortions in economies to enable women and youth empowerment.

[UCT] According to research by University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD graduand Vuyelwa Mehlomakulu, there is a need for the development of new, innovative and effective interventions to reduce external HIV‑related stigma in communities.

[UCT] Growing up in the Western Cape, Lindy-Lee Prince always knew that drag was a possibility; there was always a performance or a pageant in some community hall or nightclub. And it has a long and interesting history in the province.

[Govt of SA] As at 1pm on 6 July 2021, the Western Cape had 24 009 active COVID-19 infections, with a total number of 336 409 COVID-19 cases to date and 299 747 recoveries.

[Govt of SA] Minister Zulu welcomes the Gauteng High Court judgement on re-opening of early childhood development programmes

[SAnews.gov.za] The United States' (US) Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) enforcement division are joining forces to fight tax and economic crimes affecting the two countrie...

[SAnews.gov.za] The City of Cape Town and Discovery Health on Tuesday conducted an oversight visit at the Cape Town International Convention Centre mass Vaccination Centre of Hope to check on its preparation ahead of its activation today.

[Daily Maverick] When one walks around the trials and tribulations of Jacob Zuma, metaphorically of course, it's hard to shake the sense that it represents a visage of rising Afro-nationalism, the African variant of the ethno-nationalism that besets ...