[Namibian] Defending African champions South Africa got off to a winning start at the Africa Netball Cup with a comprehensive 78-27 victory against Zimbabwe yesterday at the Wanderers court in Windhoek yesterday.

[The Conversation Africa] When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global public health emergency in March 2020, it became apparent that the news media's role in communicating health information was going to be pivotal to help con...

[GroundUp] Long prison sentences - especially life sentences - are not the answer to our country's disturbing problem of violent crime. And wrong policy on this has given us another, urgent, problem - the bloated numbers of people we lock up for life...

[Daily Maverick] A 20-year-old man was allegedly removed from the cells and assaulted by a police constable, later dying on the floor of Rosedale police station in Upington.

[Daily Maverick] As power cuts intensify in South Africa, Eskom boss André de Ruyter is facing growing calls for him to fall on his sword. But De Ruyter says he has not been asked to resign by Eskom's board or Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gord...

[Daily Maverick] Ismail Lagardien is a writer, columnist and political economist with extensive exposure and experience in global political economic affairs. He was educated at the London School of Economics, and holds a PhD in International Politica...

[GroundUp] About 100 people marched from Park Street in Pretoria to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) on Tuesday, calling on the government to amend intellectual property laws to make medication for Covid and other life-threate...

[Daily Maverick] Professor Michael le Cordeur is the head of the Department of Curriculum Studies at the University of Stellenbosch.

[GroundUp] After sustained criticism in Parliament this year, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has issued a circular to call out its commanders for their "inaction" and "reluctance" when officers under their command are implicated in serious c...

[Daily Maverick] The 35-year-old will mark a 15-year Test career when he takes the field for the Springboks against the Scots at Murrayfield on Saturday.

[SAnews.gov.za] As part of efforts to ramp-up COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of the festive season, President Cyril Ramaphosa has written to leaders in government, labour, faith-based organisations, traditional leaders, business and civil society partne...

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has recorded 116 new COVID-19 cases which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in the country to 2 924 072.

[Parliament of South Africa] The lack of funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that protect the rights of children is a huge impediment to their work. So said participants during the first leg of public hearings into Children's Amendment ...

[Daily Maverick] The local government election results have created a crisis for the ANC as well as challenges for the DA, which also lost votes. It throws open the process of democratic contestation, with ANC dominance possibly never again being reg...

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has a high number of deaths from noncommunicable diseases, which are largely linked to diet and lifestyle. Under particular scrutiny are the so-called ultra-processed foods, such as soft drinks, potato chips, ch...

[SAnews.gov.za] In an effort to improve its information and communications technology (ITC) offering to the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) tenants, as well as other companies in the Eastern Cape, the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has re-launched t...

[Govt of SA] The Welmoed Sub-station in the Welmoed Estate Development Project (better known as the Penhill Development), is nearing completion with 90% of all the long lead items having been procured and installed.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Barakat has been chosen as South Africa's official submission for the best international feature category at the 94th Academy Awards that will take place on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

[Daily Maverick] Following a dismal showing in the recent local government elections, the ANC leader returned to Soweto to thank voters and tell supporters that it would not enter into casual coalition agreements.

[The Conversation Africa] South African writer Damon Galgut has won the UK's most prestigious literary award, the Booker Prize, for his work The Promise. It was Galgut's third shortlisting for the career-defining award, which has evaded him until now...

[GroundUp] "If we want things done here, we either protest or do them ourselves," says a resident of this part of the Eastern Cape

[GroundUp] Civil society organisations are urging the public to participate in an "United in Action Against Corruption week" to run from 3 to 10 December.

[Daily Maverick] Following the local government elections on 1 November, South Africa faces the reality that its political system is in crisis mode. Is there a way out of this?

[Daily Maverick] With COP26 under way in Glasgow and multiple discussions under way about climate change, renewable energy sources and a just transition, it can be a confusing world out there.

[Daily Maverick] The promised appointment by Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola of a judge to investigate why those responsible for the 1985 murder of the Cradock Four activists, Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto, have not...

[Daily Maverick] While fascists are often populists, many populisms are not fascistic. I would argue that violence, in ideology and/or practice, is fundamental in any attempt to identify what is fascistic.

[Daily Maverick] Problems with poor leadership have revealed themselves in the recent local government elections. Voters largely shunned political parties and their leaders. Ian Fuhr is not surprised by this, saying there is an 'overwhelming sense of...

[Daily Maverick] In the mountains of northern Chile, South African mining company Gold Fields has had a headache of note attempting to relocate a colony of 25 endangered chinchillas, a rodent that was almost hunted to extinction for its prized fur. T...

[Daily Maverick] Johann Rupert is famously known as Rupert the Bear for his cautious approach to expanding his luxury goods company, Richemont. But now, the bear is being prodded in the rear by a notoriously aggressive activist investor, Dan Loeb, wh...

[Govt of SA] Media briefing statement by the Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, Hon. Mr Sihle Zikalala on recent developments in the province, held in Durban