[ISS] For newly elected local government leaders, reining in graft will be as vital as service delivery.

[New Frame] An oil and gas exploration survey off the Eastern Cape coast is scheduled to start in December. But fishers, residents, environmentalists and activists around the country want none of it.

[New Frame] In moving to a low-carbon economy, South African workers may lose out as unions weaken and renewable energy components continue to be imported at the expense of local jobs.

[New Frame] Residents of the eKhenana occupation in Cato Manor believe the justice system in Durban is being misused to repress their community.

[New Frame] With almost 50 000 cases against officers, ranging from rape to death in custody, a new database of police crimes shows apartheid's authoritarian tactics still pervade the institution.

[NexTVAfrica] Die-hard fans of the Sex and the City reboot have been waiting on pins and needles to see just how HBO will carry on the beloved tale of three popular New York friends all these years later and come Monday, 13 December, South African fa...

[Capital FM] Pretoria -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed Kenya's readiness to diversify its partnerships in the ongoing revival and upgrading of the country's railways system.

[HRW] Johannesburg -- Improve Shelter Funding; Increase Access for Sex Workers, LGBT, Undocumented Survivors

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's national carrier, Kenya Airways PLC (KQ), has signed a Strategic Partnership Framework today with South African Airways (SAA), a key milestone towards co-starting a Pan African Airline Group by 2023.

[New Frame] The dairy company wants to retrench workers, move to a 12-hour day six days a week and ignore public holidays. Unions also fear it will close factories and pivot to distributing Israeli products.

[New Frame] With the manufacture of the Pfizer drug sidelined in favour of Covid vaccines, trans men fear not only for their bodies and physical health but also their psychological wellbeing and sense of self.

[RFI] France has advised its citizens to leave Ethiopia, as Tigrayan rebels advance on the capital. South Africa and Kenya have called on the rebels and the government, who have been fighting since last year, to commit to an immediate ceasefire.

[SAnews.gov.za] Gauteng accounted for 605 of the 868 new COVID-19 infections that were recorded on Tuesday.

[SAnews.gov.za] South African Airways (SAA) and Kenya Airways have signed a strategic partnership framework which marks a milestone in the two companies' plans to form a Pan African airline by 2023.

[SAnews.gov.za] Every rand spent by South Africans on locally manufactured products this Black Friday makes an important contribution to economic growth and job creation.

[GroundUp] They have to walk to neighbouring townships to collect water

[GroundUp] The municipality says a R28 million water project will be completed in March next year

[New Frame] The Chippa United defender failed in trials that would have changed his life as a 16-year-old. Instead of letting it destroy him, he used it as motivation to eventually shine in top-flight football.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed the successful prosecution of the former Mayor of Newcastle, Dr Ntuthuko Nkululeko Mahlaba, who was sentenced to a fine of R20 000 or two years' imprisonment for inciting violence.

[NexTVAfrica] The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has signed a media rights agreement with South Africa's national public broadcaster SABC for the upcoming FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup South Africa 2021. This is the first time that FIH s...

[Capital FM] Kenya and South Africa on Tuesday signed eight key bilateral agreements, ushering in a new dawn of cooperation between the two African nations.

[Daily Maverick] The decision by the EFF to vote for the DA mayoral candidates in Joburg and Ekurhuleni may well lead to seismic changes in our politics. It may mark the end of the EFF and the ANC of Ramaphosa ever forming any kind of coalition. It c...

[The Conversation Africa] Preparing for a jazz gig on 13 November 2021, I learned of the passing of my South African music soul brother and boyhood idol, Barney Rachabane. He was 75. The words of US alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy ran through my head in...

[Nation] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Tuesday, host Kenyan leader Uhuru Kenyatta at the seat of the executive government in the Union Buildings in Tshwane, Pretoria.

[TechCrunch] Mobiz, a South African startup integrating hyper-personalization into mobile marketing, has raised a pre-Series A round of $ 4 million from HAVAÍC, Futuregrowth, Launch Africa, Allan Gray E-Squared Ventures, CapaciTech and Endeavor's Ha...

[Daily Maverick] Turning the lens on gender in the local government elections, an analysis of elected candidates shows that the only space where women led was in voter registration numbers. The Independent Electoral Commission has revealed that while...

[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy has resolved to consult with the affected stakeholders on the Gauteng North High Court judgement, which reviewed and set aside some clauses of the mining charter.

[SAnews.gov.za] Partnership between the private, public and civil society organisations is key towards bringing local and international investors to invest in water infrastructure development, says Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister Dikeledi Magadz...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has welcomed a Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI) survey that ranked the corporation amongst the top 30 global sovereign wealth funds and asset managers for their responsible investme...

[GroundUp] He has been suspended because of information that should have been known to the board before he was appointed