[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has been roundly criticised for its decision to abstain from voting on three UN General Assembly resolutions condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

[New Frame] With food and petrol prices rocketing, impoverished people sacrifice nutritious food for starches that keep them full, leaving children malnourished and adults prone to disease.

[New Zimbabwe] GUTU South MP and Zanu PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi Tuesday said South Africans should allow Zimbabweans to work in peace without attacking them as happened to the late Elvis Nyathi.

[New Zimbabwe] ZAPU says it is planning to stage a demonstration at Munhumutapa government offices which house President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office this Friday, protesting against the murder of Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot North Joh...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- African 100m record holder Ferdinand Omanyala clocked his first sub-10 performance in his second race of the season as he outsprinted homeboy Akani Simbine in the Athletics South Africa Grand Prix in Germiston on Wednesday nig...

[The Conversation Africa] The current flooding in South Africa's coastal city of Durban is dire and reports indicate that hundreds of families have been directly affected and lives lost. Several months' worth of rainfall have fallen in a day or so, a...

[DW] A government official says flooding in KwaZulu-Natal province has caused the deaths of 259 people. Many people are still missing and thousands of others have been displaced.

[Govt of SA] AMSA's new 100MW renewable energy project in Western Cape welcomed

[Govt of SA] The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area marks 20th anniversary as it embarks on Conservation and Development Beyond Boundaries

[Govt of SA] Water in Northern Cape Exceeds the 100% Mark

[Govt of SA] Update on water releases from the Vaal, Bloemhof and Hazelmere Dams

[SAnews.gov.za] President Ramaphosa has told the people of KwaZulu-Natal that government will intervene to help families affected by the floods.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation says mitigation strategies must be put in place to avert the annual recurrence of disasters, as seen in KwaZulu-Natal.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner, Dr Nakampe Masiapato, is undertaking a two-day visit to the Lebombo Port of Entry in Mpumalanga to unpack the country's Easter season's plans.

[SAnews.gov.za] More than 100 schools have been affected by flooding in KwaZulu-Natal.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says at least 1291 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in South Africa over the past 24 hours.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Water and Sanitation has cautioned faith-based communities to avoid water bodies during the coming Easter weekend.

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom Chief Executive, Andre de Ruyter, says the power utility will not be implementing stage two load shedding at the flood-hit eThekweni Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.

[SAnews.gov.za] The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Executive Council has called for a state of disaster to be declared in the province, following heavy downpours that wreaked havoc in different parts of KZN.

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit flood-stricken parts of KwaZulu-Natal today, Wednesday 13 April 2022, to offer support to affected communities and assess the response of government and civil society to this critical situation.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned that rain is expected to return to many provinces ahead of and during the coming Easter Weekend.

[Govt of SA] Acting MEC of Community Safety, Anroux Marais, commends the recent successful Joint Crime Prevention Operations executed by the Department of Community Safety supported Reaction Units, in particular the LEAP Programme as well as the K9 U...

[Govt of SA] Western Cape Agriculture remains committed to creating safer rural communities

[Govt of SA] Steer clear of large bodies of water during the Easter holiday

[GroundUp] Gqeberha shack dwellers shut down R75 on Wednesday morning, demanding more services

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit flood-stricken parts of KwaZulu-Natal today, Wednesday 13 April 2022, to offer support to affected communities and assess the response of government and civil society to this critical situation.

[GroundUp] New Act to invigorate the township economy won't make a difference if basic services are not improved, business owners tell David Makhura

[GroundUp] Only 2,300 people have a place in shelters in Gauteng

[New Frame] More than three-quarters of workers at South African Airways Technical have been retrenched, to devastating effect. The few who kept their jobs now have to fight for better conditions.

[New Frame] The artist's retrospective, Shooting Down Babylon, presents a wide-ranging body of work that demands both quiet contemplation and a macabre sense of humour.