[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Greenpeace Africa has criticised Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, who at the opening of the Africa Energy Week conference in Cape Town called for "African solidarity" defended fossil fuels. Mantashe's stance is b...

[The Conversation Africa] The issue of land, especially its redistribution, remains contentious in South Africa 27 years after the formal end of apartheid. Land redistribution was promised at the end of apartheid. The failure of the African National ...

[The Conversation Africa] Few recent historical figures in South Africa provoke more divergent views than Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk. He was president of the country from 1989 to 1994. Some will remember him as the last white South African preside...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The last leader of apartheid South Africa FW de Klerk has died.

[GroundUp] "For years we have been treated like this, but it's worse since Covid."

[The Conversation Africa] Reptiles probably don't spring to mind when you think of species likely to be affected by rising global temperatures. After all, since they're often found in hot environments, they're able to withstand high temperatures and ...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Water and Sanitation says the level of the Vaal Dam slightly improved this week, placing it at 81%.

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[This Day] Paris, France -- President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the last white President of South Africa, Frederick De Klerk, saying his death "is the end of an era because of his tremendous impact on history and the cause of justice."

[TechCrunch] Insurance lags behind other financial services in the adoption of digital technologies. Granted, a few unicorns have popped up from the modern digital insurance space such as Tractable and Lemonade; however, this sector hasn't raced to t...

[Govt of SA] I have learned with great sadness of the passing of former Deputy President and former State President Frederik Willem "FW" de Klerk.

[SAnews.gov.za] The four Moti brothers who were abducted in Limpopo in October, have been reunited with their family, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Treasury has projected the country's economy to grow by a rate of 5.5 % in 2021.

[SAnews.gov.za] Fiscal and critical policy considerations are expected to be the order of the day when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his first Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament today.

[SAnews.gov.za] While the Coronavirus pandemic has greatly affected and disrupted the lives of all South Africans, the impact has been severe on persons with disabilities.

[SAnews.gov.za] Fresh from the 2021 Local Government Elections on 1 November, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says government has set itself an immediate task of building a capable local government that delivers services effectively and efficiently...

[SAnews.gov.za] South African Airways (SAA) says it is working Mango Airlines and its business rescue practitioner to resolve the challenges facing the low cost airline.

[Daily Maverick] The Covid-19 pandemic has magnified South Africa's social and economic crises, exacerbating poverty and further straining the public finances. The unemployment crisis has led to increased calls for the introduction of a universal bas...

[SAnews.gov.za] If government is to maximise the value of its constrained spending, it will need to contain costs, exercise prudent and compliant financial management as well as eradicate wasteful treatment of public funds and resources.

[Daily Maverick] Anti-apartheid activist Sidima Kabanyane, the highly respected Drakenstein municipal manager, died on 1 November. At his funeral on Thursday, former comrade Trevor Manuel hit out at both the DA and the ANC for having failed to match ...

[SAnews.gov.za] South African music legend Rebecca Malope and two heroes namely Chand Basson and Roydon Olckers, who sacrificed their lives while saving others, will be recognised at this year's National Orders for their contribution towards the adva...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Employment and Labour is committed to secure payment methods to its beneficiaries.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Public Service and Administration will continue to review the increasing public sector wage bill as government aims to stabilise the spend on the compensation of employees, the National Treasury said on Thursday.

[DW] Former president FW de Klerk, the man who freed Nelson Mandela, has died. The last apartheid president passed away at the age of 85 after a battle with cancer.

[allAfrica] As of November 11, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,544,078 while over  125,503,345 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[GroundUp] On 10 December 1996, President Nelson Mandela signed the final Constitution into law at Sharpeville, Vereeniging. A band of activists from the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality, the AIDS Law Project and the AIDS Consortium at...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- South Africa has been waiting for news of the wellbeing of four brothers who were kidnapped on their way to school three weeks ago. Today (November 11, 2021) it has been confirmed that the Moti brothers - Zia,15, Zayyad, 11, ...

[GroundUp] Only nine of the 433 registered voters voted at the Phungulelweni voting station in the 2021 local elections.

[GroundUp] A team from GroundUp and the Limpopo Mirror has won the Vodacom Regional Journalist of the Year Award in the investigative journalism category in the combined Free State, North-West, Northern Cape and Limpopo regions. The names of the winn...

[spotlight] Children living with HIV have to take multiple different antiretroviral (ARV) pills or syrups twice a day, while most adults in South Africa have been offered one pill once a day regimens for around a decade. At the recent South African H...