[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa is awaiting a report on South Africa's possible introduction of vaccine mandates.

[DW] Protesters are calling for Shell to stop prospecting in a pristine stretch of coastline. The company is expected to use seismic blasting, which locals fear would cripple local fishing communities and marine life.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for calm amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases exacerbated by the Omicron variant.

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa has today, Sunday, 5 December 2021, arrived in the Republic of Senegal on an official visit at the invitation of His Excellency President Macky Sall.

[The Conversation Africa] Around two million years ago an ancient human relative, Australopithecus sediba, lived in what is today South Africa, nearby a cave called Malapa that's a part of the Cradle of Humankind. Until recently, it was not clear how...

[The Conversation Africa] Taxes "are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organised society".

[RFI] Conservationists in South Africa have developed a new app that will help them to monitor South Africa's unique renosterveld landscapes using satellite images to detect when farmers are illegally encroaching into this critically endangered ecosy...

[New Zimbabwe] The failure by the government to provide feedback on November 3 to small truck operators regarding the employment of foreign drivers working in South Africa resulted in the blockade of the N3 highway near Van Reenen Friday.

[DW] Blaming South Africa for the new COVID-19 variant is wrong. A global crisis needs a global response, says DW's Sertan Sanderson. Instead of finger-pointing and isolation, there should be more solidarity.

[Vanguard] The frenzy that has gripped the world since the emergence of the newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant spilled over into Nigeria on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. At the crack of dawn, Nigerians woke up to the cheerless news that the dre...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Developing countries want the right to make their own COVID-19 vaccines, but opponents say there are better ways to boost supplies

[New Frame] The oil company will proceed with its search for oil and gas off South Africa's Wild Coast after environmental groups failed to convince a judge of the severity of its impact on marine life.

[Natural Justice] Court refuses to interdict seismic survey on the basis that "irreparable harm" to marine species not proved.

[New Frame] Residents of a shack settlement in Cornubia on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal continue to suffer from ill health after a toxic chemical spill. And the company responsible does not seem to care.

[New Frame] The strike at the dairy company continues with no end in sight and seems likely to escalate amid warnings to occupy its factories if it enters a third week.

[TechCrunch] Zindi is all about using AI to solve real world problems for companies and individuals. And the South Africa-based crowd-solving startup has done that over the last three years they have been in existence.

[SAnews.gov.za] The fourth wave has sparked an increase in hospital admissions in children under the age of five, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said.

[GroundUp] Decision to be made at next UCT Council meeting on 4 December

[DW] The new variant has come with a spike in cases, but it remains to be seen how much it will affect South African hospitals. New COVID infections have jumped from about 200 a day last month to more than 11,500 on Thursday.

[VOA] Johannesburg -- Coronavirus cases have risen rising dramatically in South Africa since the discovery of the omicron variant. Government and other entities are scrambling to vaccinate more people to avoid severe cases.

[This Day] Chido Nwangwu predicts the likely outcome of the current visit of President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to four West African countries, including Nigeria.

[UCT] The Pitch 2021 received over a hundred proposals from a wide range of disciplines, from the Faculty of Commerce to the Faculty of Health Sciences. As part of The Pitch programme, applicants were invited to a series of seminars throughout the ye...

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to meet with the Presidential Working Group on Disabilities in the near future to engage on challenges and empowerment programmes and projects for people with disabilities.

[SAnews.gov.za] Chief "Dwasaho" which means "The Great Warrior" is the name President Cyril Ramaphosa was given by Ivorian Traditional leadership during his state visit on Thursday, in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.

[SAnews.gov.za] Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister, Thoko Didiza, has welcomed the opening of a 100% black-owned winery by the children of a farm labourer.

[SAnews.gov.za] Convicted murderer, Alutha Pasile, who was found guilty of brutally killing and dismembering the body of 23-year-old Fort Hare student Nosicelo Mtebeni has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for her murder.

[The Herald] Beitbridge Bureau -- Zimbabweans holding special dispensation permits for living in South Africa must be allowed to travel freely in and out of South Africa next year and be given normal services so long as they have applied for an appro...

[groundWork] The decision to refuse the EA raised the following: Cumulatively, there are expected negative impacts to the ecosystem, including avifauna, estuary and marine environments. Macrobenthos, that is, organisms living on the bottom of the wat...

[The Conversation Africa] If the omicron variant of the coronavirus is different enough from the original variant, it's possible that existing vaccines won't be as effective as they have been. If so, it's likely that companies will need to update the...

[Balancing Act] London -- Improved internet connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa has led to the growth of a new wave of digital news companies. They are surviving by doing two things: different types of news journalism and by creating new business mode...