[DW] Despite recent growth in internet connectivity, Africa lags behind other regions of the world. The World Bank hopes to enable the continent to achieve universal connectivity by 2030, but huge hurdles stand in the way.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has warned the public, especially farmers, against unscrupulous and faceless people who promise to fast-track farmers' application for agricultural COVID-19 relief funds...

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's 2021 local government elections are set to go down in history as a watershed moment in the country's politics. Electoral support for the African National Congress (ANC) dropped below 50% for the first time sin...

[The Conversation Africa] The late 1950s was an era of growing resistance to the apartheid's state's application of discriminatory laws in South Africa. The resistance, led by the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), was...

[SAnews.gov.za] Parliament is working with the Department of Home Affairs to reform legislation that will allow independent candidates to contest national and provincial elections.

[Africa Check] South Africa's 2021 municipal elections were held on 1 November. At the time of writing the country was still eagerly awaiting the final results as the last votes were counted.

[Africa Check] "DA, encouraging their supporters to protest against Palestine in favor of Israel," reads text on two photos going viral on Facebook and WhatsApp in South Africa in October 2021. "How can any Muslim sound of mind, still vote for this A...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Gauteng Traffic Police has vowed to investigate unpleasant remarks made by one of its Chief Provincial Inspector in a video that has gone viral on social media platforms.

[SAnews.gov.za] There are now 184 222 vaccinated children aged between 12 and 17 in South Africa, of which 13 569 received the single dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Thursday.

[Daily Maverick] Gugu Ndima is a proud and patriotic voter.

[New Frame] The Makana Citizens Front has made promising inroads into the support base of established parties in Makhanda and says its councillors will build on a strong foundation.

[Daily Maverick] The 10X Investments South African Retirement Reality Report 2021 (RRR21) shows that the gender gap in retirement preparedness has narrowed by at least one measure but, overall, there is nothing to celebrate, says Ishani Khoosal-Kala,...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- When the Covid-19 hit, governments all over the world became responsible for curbing the spread of the virus. Leaders across Africa came up with regulations that have affected the livelihoods of small-scale fishers and farmer...

[CAJ News] British Airways (BA) has resumed flights from Cape Town to London Heathrow, United Kingdom.

[The Conversation Africa] In 2015 a new member was introduced to the family tree of humans. Fossil hominins from the Rising Star cave system outside Johannesburg, South Africa, were found to belong to a previously unidentified hominin species, which ...

[spotlight] The screening, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in children remain far from optimal - and in many respects lag behind what can be done for adults.

[Daily Maverick] Twenty-seven years after South Africa was done dismantling the apartheid regime through a government of national unity, the country could again be on the brink of history.

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's 2021 local government elections were momentous. They mark the first time that the now ruling party and erstwhile liberation movement, the African National Congress (ANC), slipped below the 50% milestone of the...

[The Conversation Africa] There were dire warnings that malaria cases would surge across Africa after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic in early March 2020.

[The Conversation Africa] Eskom, South Africa's state-owned energy utility, has been called the world's worst polluting power company and Mpumalanga province, where a majority of the Eskom stations are located, the world's largest air pollution hotsp...

[The Conversation Africa] South African newspaper proprietor Dr Iqbal Survé has long pushed the boundaries of credibility, but recently he crossed the line into full fantasy. Should South Africans pay any attention to Survé? And what is...

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's historic 2021 local elections have highlighted a deep hole in its party politics - the governing party is in decline, but most voters will not vote for its rivals.

[The Conversation Africa] Moral panics over sexual and gender rights are often shaped by religious beliefs. In many countries, political, cultural and faith leaders use religious rhetoric to justify exclusionary practices and constrict the space avai...

[allAfrica] A "historic" plan to create an U.S.$8.5 billion partnership to fund a climate finance deal for South Africa has been welcomed by climate and environmental justice groups along with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

[Govt of SA] Members of the media are invited to attend the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) that will provide unparalleled access to captains of industry, senior government ministers, trade finance and advisory specialists, trade and economic org...

[VOA] Johannesburg -- Support for South Africa's ruling African National Congress party fell below 50% in local elections this week for the first time since the end of apartheid.

[SAnews.gov.za] Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairperson Glen Mashinini has officially declared the 2021 Local Government Elections concluded as free and fair.

[SAnews.gov.za] The 2021 Local Government Elections have proved that multi-party politics is flourishing in South Africa and that everyone has an equal chance and opportunity to run for public office, President Cyril Ramaphosa says.

[Govt of SA] Programme Director,

[Govt of SA] Your Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa