[allAfrica] Millions of waste pickers and reclaimers around the world search through disposed of goods in dumpsites, and landfills for valuable recyclable materials that many consider worthless.

[GroundUp] They believe some members are using their positions to impose personal moral views on issues like sex work and abortion.

[VOA] Twenty suspects were due in a South African court Friday to face charges of instigating riots and civil unrest that left hundreds dead and brought the country to a near-standstill last year.

[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has described the election of KwaZulu-Natal's first female Premier as a progressive step towards the transformation of gender roles in le...

[SAnews.gov.za] Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has called on women appointed to the KwaZulu-Natal provincial executive council, to use their new positions to improve the conditions in which KZN women li...

[DA] The DA welcomes the agreement between the South African government and the European Commission regarding the possible destruction of citrus that had been underway to the European Union (EU) when new regulations were suddenly introduced.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has told new ambassadors from across the world that South Africa's most pressing priority is a swift and equitable economic recovery that leaves no one behind, post-COVID-19.

[SAnews.gov.za] The skills Anna Kgaretswe has acquired is turning around the fortunes of her community.

[DA] The DA welcomes the arrest of 20 instigators of the July unrest which terrorised our country in 2021.

[DA] Help people to help themselves. Empower individuals and communities to solve their own problems and build their own lives. Work with people rather than against them. Unlock private sector investment by cutting red tape. Be open for business. Dev...

[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[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] On 16 August mine workers, activists and no doubt a few politicians will gather on the now infamous rock outcrop near the former Lonmin Platinum mine in Marikana, North West province, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of t...

[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.

[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

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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...

[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

[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...

[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.