[Daily Maverick] Ex-mayor Zandile Gumede will be in the dock as a co-accused in a fraud and corruption trial that gets under way in July. But this weekend, she is set to go head-to-head against eThekwini Municipality speaker Thabani Nyawose at the cr...

[New Frame] The former PSL coach relegated himself to the amateur leagues by taking a job at a KwaZulu-Natal ABC Motsepe League side. He plans to take them to the top, and is slowly getting there.

[New Frame] For the communities still reeling from the devastating effects of last year's turmoil, the president's testimony and the undertakings he made hold no hope for either peace or justice.

[The Conversation Africa] The preamble of the founding Act of the African Union (AU) calls for "collective action in Africa and in our relations with the rest of the world".

[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[New Frame] The widening separation between the nationalist imagination and emancipatory hopes is turning the former into an alibi for increasingly dangerous forms of reactionary politics.

[TechCrunch] Didi Chixung, the Chinese ride-hailing giant, has today shut down its operations in South Africa (SA), a year after it launched in the country, marking its entry into the continent.

[Govt of SA] President Ramaphosa to interact with Free State communities in Presidential Imbizo

[Govt of SA] Government encourages a safe and compliant return to play

[Govt of SA] SALGA National Executive Committee (NEC) gathers to advance local government's strategic agenda

[GroundUp] Killings and victimisation demand urgent measures

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Saturday, 09 April 2022, lead government's engagement with communities in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality in the Free State.

[GroundUp] About 100 workers have been on strike at Taylor Blinds & Shutters in Montague Gardens, Cape Town, since Monday. The strike for higher wages is led by the Independent Commercial Hospitality and Allied Workers Union (ICHAWU).

[SAnews.gov.za] Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister, Thoko Didiza, has called on the public to alert the department's nearest district offices when they spot brown locusts.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says the new locally manufactured Isuzu D-Max bakkie is a welcome contribution to government's efforts to significantly expand local production, as it works to rebuild the country's economy and create jobs.

[SAnews.gov.za] International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor has urged the Heads of Mission to take it upon themselves to help the President and the government to rebuild investor confidence and market South Africa as one of the mos...

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa recorded 1 481 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 728 689 since the start of the pandemic.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Saturday lead government's engagement with communities during a District Development Model Presidential Imbizo at the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality in the Free State.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed concern at tensions in Diepsloot, adding that government is monitoring the situation.

[SAnews.gov.za] South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, has reiterated the organisation's commitment to combatting illicit trade and criminal economic activities.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of rainy and cold conditions, associated with localised flooding is some parts of the county this weekend.

[New Zimbabwe] ZAPU has condemned the murder of a Zimbabwean man in Diepsloot, North of Johannesburg by a xenophobic South African mob hunting foreigners residing in the area.

[Daily Maverick] The South African Reserve Bank, in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group, this week released a second report looking at the use of distributed ledger technology for interbank payments settlement, taking it on...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A spate of up to seven murders over the past weekend has driven tension in the Gauteng township of Diepsloot, over the past several days, Times Live reports. Residents threatened to shut down the area and called for greater ...

[GroundUp] "We cannot have children not go to school because they cannot cross the river when it is full," says Sakhile Masikane, of Emakhabeleni, outside Kranskop in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

[GroundUp] Hout Bay fishers have taken issue with the fishing rights allocation process for this year.

[Govt of SA] UIF applauds Hawks for another arrest of suspect for R1 million Covid-19 TERS fraud

[Govt of SA] Minister Didiza updates the nation on the outbreak of brown locust

[Govt of SA] Police remain on high alert and will continue to monitor the situation closely this evening up until law and order has been restored in Diepsloot.

[Daily Maverick] Paul Hoffman SC is a director of Accountability Now.