[Daily Maverick] Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha's pronouncement was politically risky because the opinion of the lower structures hasn't been formally gauged yet, but he wouldn't have said it if Ramaphosa were not ready to put up his hand for re-ele...

[Daily Maverick] Professor Dr Omphemetse S Sibanda is a Professor of Law and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Management and Law at the University of Limpopo. He holds a Doctor of Laws (in International Economic Law) from North West University, a...

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[COSATU] Special Note: Happy 36th Anniversary to COSATU. Formed December 1985

[The Conversation Africa] In 2019 at the Abantu Book Festival in Soweto, South African writer and artist Zakes Mda was celebrating the publication of his final novel, The Zulus of New York, when he made a surprise announcement. He had changed his min...

[The Conversation Africa] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has delivered a speech to mark the anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress (ANC) over which he also presides as president. It was the party's 110th birthday.

[Daily Maverick] While the official start of the 2022 political year, the ANC's January 8th Statement, has been overshadowed by the Parliament fire and the release of the first part of the Zondo Commission report, it is clear the party is still hopin...

[The Conversation Africa] The spectators to the 110th anniversary celebrations of the African National Congress (ANC's), South Africa's governing party, looked bored. The dancers roped in to entertain its dwindling faithful were lackluster. Indeed, e...

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[RFI] Two investigations have found serious deficiencies in safety procedures in South Africa's Parliament building that was seriously damaged by fire this week. Police are also looking into whether the attack on the Constitutional Court building was...

[The Conversation Africa] In the final days of 2021 the South African government eased its COVID regulations. On December 30th the government scrapped a curfew that had been in place since March 2020. It also initially announced an easing around quar...

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa's Covid-19 cases have now surpassed 3.5 million after 9 860 people tested positive on Thursday across the country.

[SAnews.gov.za] About 95% of phase one of the mega housing project in Vosloorus Extension 9 has been completed while other phases are expected to be completed by June 2022.

[SAnews.gov.za] Students who did not apply for funding for the 2022 academic year by today's deadline will breath a sigh of relief as they will have another opportunity to apply for financial aid.

[New Frame] Watching the second Test match between South Africa and India from inside the hallowed environs of the Bull Ring was a discomfiting cricketing experience that will hopefully change soon.

[Daily Maverick] There has been a further significant increase in drug-resistant bacteria in South African hospitals over the last five years, hampering the ability of doctors to treat a variety of serious and life-threatening infections with antibio...

[Daily Maverick] In the wake of the interdict against oil major Shell, which halted its seismic survey to explore for hydrocarbons off the Wild Coast, it has emerged that activists are girding themselves for a battle over another planned seismic surv...

[The Conversation Africa] COVID-19 has spread at great speed since it was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation.

[The Conversation Africa] No self-respecting theatre critic would dream of reviewing a three-Act play during the interval at the end of the first Act. But that is what one is compelled to do after South Africa's State Capture Commission released Part...

[Daily Maverick] As a result of litigation from the DA, minutes from the ANC's deployment committee meetings between 2018 and 2020 have been made public. Perhaps most worrying is the revelation that the ruling party discusses Chapter 9 appointments a...

[Daily Maverick] The gradual growth of the notion that the protection of our natural world can be achieved by the assertion of the legal rights of Nature has begun to shift the way many activists, scholars and philosophers approach the question of ho...

[Daily Maverick] South Africa's telecommunications regulator was meant to start the process of auctioning new spectrum at the beginning of March this year. The last time SA released spectrum was 2004/2005. But now Telkom has approached the courts to ...

[Daily Maverick] The first step is a set of clear, publicly available criteria that will guide the shortlisting, interview and deliberation processes of the Judicial Service Commission.

[Daily Maverick] In the minutes of the ANC's deployment committee, the name of Sfiso Buthelezi sticks out. The former Prasa board chairperson was implicated in allegations of corruption at both the Zondo Commission and in a Public Protector report.

[Daily Maverick] The first volume of Judge Raymond Zondo's report on State Capture lays bare why investment flows into South Africa have been so meagre. A failed and looted state is a magnet for criminals, not legitimate investment.

[Daily Maverick] Match result: South Africa won by seven wickets. India, first innings: 202. South Africa, first innings: 229. India, second innings: 266. South Africa, second innings: 243-3 (Dean Elgar 96*).

[Daily Maverick] The first of three reports by the Zondo Commission has proposed using deferred prosecution agreements as a tool to hold companies accountable for wrongdoing in State Capture. There has been some endorsement of the idea from the NPA, ...

[Daily Maverick] Born in Johannesburg in 1941, Paul Trewhela worked in underground journalism with Ruth First and edited the underground journal of MK, 'Freedom Fighter', during the Rivonia Trial. He was a political prisoner in Pretoria and the Johan...

[Daily Maverick] Professor Mathole Motshekga is an ANC Member of Parliament and a member of the party's national executive council.

[Daily Maverick] President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to use the ANC's 110th birthday celebrations on Saturday to again deliver a message of renewal like the one that got him elected ANC president in 2017.