[ISS] Given South Africa's poor record on implementing the advice of commissions, business and civil society must pitch in.

[GroundUp] Among African states, South Africa is often singled out as the mysterious exception because, according to official estimates, we have fared much worse through the Covid-19 pandemic than most of the continent. But is this true? Almost certa...

[Daily Maverick] John Hlophe ruled that Zandile Mafe's further detention at Valkenberg was unlawful 'and should come to an end with immediate effect'.

[GroundUp] Striking Clover workers marched through Johannesburg city centre on Tuesday stripping the company's products from shop shelves and leaving them in shopping trolleys.

[New Era] Political Philosophy lays a foundation in the formation of state institutions. Western political philosophy dominated the social and political economics of the world from the domestic to international level. The ideas of Marxism, liberalism...

[New Frame] South African jazz artists tend to immerse themselves in art spaces other than music. It is a visual and musical communing across forms that meet not only in artistry, but also in politics.

[Daily Maverick] After 452 days of uninterrupted operation since its last refuelling outage, Unit 2 of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station went offline on Monday. The outage is expected to last for the next five months and the unit's extended stint offline...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Basic Education says that it will abide by the North Gauteng High Court ruling regarding the release of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results on media platforms.

[SAnews.gov.za] Police are investigating after an Eskom contracted security officer was shot dead after him and six of his colleagues foiled a copper cable theft attempt at Eskom's Customer Network Centre in Klipspruit, Soweto on Tuesday.

[Daily Maverick] The homes of high-profile whistle-blowers Themba Maseko and Johann van Loggerenberg were both broken into recently. They suspect the robberies were attempts at intimidation and have called on the government to implement reforms to pr...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Class of 2021 was the first Grade 12 cohort to experience the harsh realities of the pandemic for two consecutive years, Umalusi said on Tuesday.

[Parliament of South Africa] Parliament welcomes the 2021/22 salary agreement between NEHAWU and the South African Legislature Employers' Organisation, representing Provincial legislatures and Parliament. The two bodies concluded the negotiations on ...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department and Water and Sanitation on Monday opened two sluice gates at the Vaal Dam due to increased inflows from feeding catchments.

[Daily Maverick] I have witnessed in many places the impact of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's visionary leadership, his moral imagination and his love for humanity. I have encountered people whose course of life he changed, including students who after he...

[The Conversation Africa] The world, for the most part, is organised on dynastic principles. Part of the rationale of capitalism is that wealth, and all that comes with it, cascades down the generations. Our laws sweep aside impediments to that succe...

[GroundUp] Reports by the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) reveal harsh conditions in solitary confinement in SA prisons.

[GroundUp] The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport, Community Safety and Liaison has failed to explain why the construction of a new bridge over the Umdloti River north of Durban, where two people drowned earlier this month, has been stalled since ...

[spotlight] COVID-19 will continue to dominate headlines in 2022, but from National Health Insurance to the availability of a new HIV prevention injection, it will also be an important year for other areas of health service delivery and for health sy...

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African government, led by The Presidency, is collaborating with the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development to promote the development of green hydrogen in the country.

[The Conversation Africa] Africa has 357 airlines, the top 10 of which carried more than 60% of traffic. This reflects the fact that many airlines on the continent are very small: some have as few as two aircraft. Between them the airlines carried 95...

[The Herald] THE Zimbabwe senior women's field hockey team got their campaign at the Africa Cup of Nations on a losing note when they lost 0-3 to South Africa in their opening encounter at Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium, in Accra, Ghana, yesterday.

[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, says South Africa's potential in the production of green hydrogen can be catalytic for economic growth and job creation in the aftermath of COVID-19.

[The Conversation Africa] The world is experiencing an environmental crisis coupled with rapid urbanisation. This affects city ecosystems, which are a combination of the built environment, planned green spaces and natural biodiversity. They include s...

[Daily Maverick] Green hydrogen has the potential to change the way South Africa stores and moves energy while simultaneously cleaning up sectors of the economy that are notoriously bad for the environment. On Monday, the sector was boosted with the ...

[Govt of SA] The Department and Water and Sanitation opened two sluice gates at the Vaal Dam on Monday, 17 January.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Free State Department of Education has called on learners and teachers in the province to exercise extreme caution amid heavy rains in QwaQwa.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has expressed sadness at the passing of former Executive Mayor of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Zibonele Dumzela.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Presidency has announced that Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, will assume responsibility for the State Security Agency (SSA) with Deputy Minister Zizi Kodwa expected to continue as his deputy.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa recorded 2 597 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, pushing the total number of laboratory-confirmed infections to 3 559 230 since the outbreak.

[SAnews.gov.za] Following the decision to stop the practice of publishing National Senior Certificate results on media platforms, the Department of Basic Education says it has received representations from a vast array of organisations and individual...