[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[SAnews.gov.za] The twenty people who were arrested for allegedly inciting public violence through social media and other platforms during the period of unrests in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng as well as other parts of the country are expected to appear in...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery has raised concern about lack of coordination and integrated plans to resolve the housing needs of people displaced by the floods.

[GroundUp] Cape Town -- When Dane Herrington goes to bed, he moves his belongings, books and clothing to the front of his beloved 1984 Ford Sierra. He sleeps on a large mattress at the back. He uses a shower at a petrol station. For ten years, he has...

[The Conversation Africa] Even before the pandemic and the recent global rise in food prices, millions of South Africans were hungry. In 2019, nearly 18% of households could not access enough nutritious food for a healthy and productive life. Child s...

[New Zimbabwe] Harare -- A Zimbabwean court ordered the defence hearing to proceed Wednesday for award-winning author Tsitsi Dangarembga despite her lawyers asking for postponement to allow them to prepare for the case.

[The Herald] Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP that are due to expire at the end of this year.

[GroundUp] We reported a leaking standpipe 18 months ago. It is still leaking

[New Zimbabwe] THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says provisions in the proposed Judicial Laws amendment Bill may hinder full access to justice as they infringe on fair trial.

[spotlight] Taking a widely available antibiotic after condomless sex can reduce the risk of contracting three different sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to a study presented last week at the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal, Canada.

[Nyasa Times] Police on Wednesday arrested former driver to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje after he absconded from a court proceeding.

[Nyasa Times] A whistle blower who tipped graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on UTM dubious purchase of 44 vehicles some months ago says he is now living in fear.

[State Department] U.S. Ambassador to Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe Dr. Tulinabo S. Mushingi presented his credentials to President Carlos Vila Nova of São Tomé and Príncipe on August 10. U.S. diplomatic representation for São Tomé and PrÃ...

[UCT] As it intended almost three decades ago, the Khayelitsha Cervical Cancer Screening Project (KCCSP) has touched and changed the lives of thousands of women and adolescent girls living in Khayelitsha. The clinic is one of the community's most pri...

[Govt of SA] Remarks by the Premier of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal Nomusa Dube-Ncube on the occasion of the introduction of the new members of the provincial executive council at Archie Gumede Conference Centre

[SAnews.gov.za] Human Settlements Deputy Minister, Pamela Tshwete, has reiterated that title deeds are not a licence to sell government subsidised houses.

[GroundUp] Satellite station in ruins as shootings rise in township

[Namibian] CRICKET Namibia yesterday announced its inaugural Global T20 Namibia tournament, which will go ahead next month with three in stead of four teams, after the withdrawal of Bengal.

[Namibian] THE Namibia Football Association (NFA)'s interim secretary general Jochen Traut said Fifa and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) do not sponsor national football leagues.

[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[SAnews.gov.za] General Fhedzisani Pandelani from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, has assured claimants from the tragic 2012 Marikana incident, that their cases could be settled by the end of the month.

[VOA] Johannesburg, South Africa -- The National Prosecuting Authority in South Africa says at least 14 men out of dozens arrested face rape charges in an attack on a group of women who were making a music video earlier this month.

[The Conversation Africa] The world's largest and heaviest living carnivore is not a big cat, a bear or a wolf: it's the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Bulls of this species can be 5 metres long and can weigh up to 3,500kg. The Cape fur s...

[The Herald] The governments of Zimbabwe and Zambia are holding a validation workshop on the policy, legal and regulatory framework for the establishment of the agro-industrial park between the two countries.

[IPS] Bulawayo -- Zimbabwe's press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting "false data messages."

[ISS] Large-scale attacks provoke outrage, but so should the daily devastation wreaked by murder, rape and brutality in South Africa.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Financial interest in African countries' resources is the determining factor negatively influencing governance and peace efforts, South Africa's  Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi  Pandor said d...

[DW] A group of seven self-employed miners in South Africa have been charged with raping eight women at abandoned mine in late July. Seven more men are due to be charged later on Thursday, prosecutors said.

[The Conversation Africa] There's been outrage from some quarters in South Africa about reports that the power utility Eskom and some municipalities intend to increase the connection fee for electricity users who also generate their own power.

[Nyasa Times] Some civil society groups have demanded parliament to withdraw a motion summoning High Court Judge Ken Manda over his ruling on the sale of a filling station in Lilongwe, saying Parliament was overstepping its mandate.