[Daily Maverick] To consumers, a label on a food product is nothing but a guide to help them make purchasing choices. But to manufacturers of foodstuffs, the labels are much more than that. Labels on food products contain the nutritional profiling of...

[Daily Maverick] Firoz Cachalia is a law professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was a former MEC in the Gauteng provincial government and is currently a Board member of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. He writes in his personal capacity.

[Daily Maverick] South Africa is locked in a crisis entwining governance, its economy and politics. Will its leadership prove up to the task?

[Daily Maverick] A family's outing to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in KwaZulu-Natal turned into a nightmare when a bull elephant charged, battered and then overturned their vehicle at the weekend.

[Daily Maverick] The dominant political issue of 2022 will be whether the ANC re-elects Cyril Ramaphosa for another term as party leader and the party's face for the 2024 elections. It appears that two predictions can be made with a degree of certain...

[Govt of SA] As South Africa continues to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has noted a new study published in Obstetrics & Gynaecology medical journal, released on 05 January 2022, that has found t...

[Daily Maverick] An illegal gold refinery was shut down and 211 people were arrested for various crimes, including murder, during Operation Okae Molao in Westonaria last week.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Environmental activists are preparing for another legal battle against a planned seismic survey. This comes less than a month after the Makhanda High Court granted an interdict against oil giant Shell over its intended explor...

[RFI] Ambitious South African Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is standing by an incendiary article she penned criticising South Africa's Constitution and black judges.

[Daily Maverick] Limited-overs captain Temba Bavuma promises that, as confidence builds, big results will come.

[GroundUp] Court ruled that a delay in applying for refugee status does not affect a person's right to apply for recognition as a refugee

[New Frame] Lindiwe Sisulu's attack on the judiciary is misguided. Not once since 1994 has a government tested the Constitution's capacity to implement change, but the courts have.

[GroundUp] High rates of vaccination, past infections and the variant itself helped suppress deaths and hospitalisations

[GroundUp] Activists blame City for sewage spills and lack of transparency

[Govt of SA] The extension of the National State of Disaster by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is deeply disappointing.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Gauteng province has officially exited the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with the rest of South Africa's provinces already having reached their peak and on a steady decline.

[VOA] Cape Town, South Africa -- A SpaceX rocket launch Thursday carried three small South African-made satellites that will help with policing South African waters against illegal fishing operations.

[The Conversation Africa] The pioneering South African artist Louis Khehla Maqhubela passed away on 6 November 2021 at St Thomas' hospital in London, UK, a few days after his wife Tana Maqhubela also passed. He leaves behind an important and iconic l...

[Govt of SA] The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, has condemned the killing of five City of Johannesburg security guards killed in a shooting at the Goudkoppies landfill site in Devland, Johannesburg, on Tuesday...

[New Frame] From a non-Marxist perspective, Tom Lodge recognises the South African Communist Party's often-underplayed contribution to the ANC becoming a victorious, mass-based organisation.

[New Frame] With unemployment rampant, many young people are turning to online betting platforms. Failing to win, many continue betting and losing money and themselves in the process. Something must be done.

[The Conversation Africa] Marine protected areas in South Africa and across the world have an identity crisis. For some, they're the answer to all marine conservation challenges. They prevent habitat destruction and unsustainable resource extraction,...

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has recorded 6 762 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24-hour reporting cycle, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 540 891.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it is steadily rebuilding the institution "after years of being undermined" by those who pursued State capture.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it has created a task force which is dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of matters arising from the State Capture Commission and the subsequent release of part one of its repor...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Information Regulator of South Africa says it has noted the decision of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to stop the publication of matric results on public platforms ostensibly in compliance with the Protection of Personal...

[GroundUp] Equal Education Law Centre has been inundated with calls and walk-ins by parents desperate to find placement for their children.

[GroundUp] Covid-19 was less of a threat than robbers for passengers on the train to Simonstown on Tuesday, with commuters huddled together in carriages for fear of attacks.

[Daily Maverick] By damaging the economy, State Capture cost many South African jobs indirectly. But it also caused severe damage that is direct and measurable because so many of the corrupt contracts cut out South African suppliers to replace them w...

[New Frame] Progressive programmes that benefit the majority could radically change our society, but only if the kleptocrats and their attacks on democratic infrastructure are stopped.