[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Water Crisis to Outpace Energy Crisis, Infrastructure Group Warns

[allAfrica] Sharm el-Sheikh -- Providing decent jobs, and protecting the rights and futures of workers are levers for climate ambition, says a global trade union confederation

[GroundUp] The City of Johannesburg has broken a promise to open the R23-million Lehae Library by July.

[The Conversation Africa] Changes in climatic factors - such as higher temperatures and increased rainfall - affect the developmental, behavioural and distribution patterns of insects like mosquitoes. These changes have serious implications for the e...

[spotlight] As the strain on the Eastern Cape's oxygen supply increased during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities often had to intervene and use their own trucks to ferry oxygen cylinders to deep rural areas - often over...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Public servant workers have embarked on a nationwide strike in a demonstration calling for higher wages, Eyewitness News reports. The workers are on a one-day stay-away in opposition to of a 3% wage hike offered by government...

[Govt of SA] Western Cape Cabinet resolves to set up task team to help mitigate impact of load shedding

[Scrolla] A Zimbabwean businessman who evaded arrest for two years is finally behind bars.

[Scrolla] The City of Johannesburg is battling to save its CCTV cameras, which have been instrumental in preventing crime in the city centre.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Is South Africa Facing a Policing Crisis?

[The Conversation Africa] The US embassy in South Africa has twice raised the alarm recently about terrorism in the country. On 26 October it issued a security alert for a possible terror attack in Sandton, the financial centre of Johannesburg.

[The Exchange] For Kenyans to travel to South Africa, they were required to pay US$40 for the visa while they also had to provide proof they had sufficient funds and had booked return flight tickets.

[Scrolla] The clock is ticking for Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema to backtrack and apologise for making anti-white statements that may constitute hate speech.

[Scrolla] To the sadness of boxing enthusiasts across the nation, the famous Eyethu boxing gym in the mecca of boxing, the Eastern Cape, has closed its doors for the last time.

[spotlight] South Africa is expected to begin piloting the every-other-month HIV prevention shot early next year, according to the international medicine financing initiative Unitaid. New modelling released this week shows that the injection could pr...

[allAfrica] Sharm el-Sheikh -- "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all." This is Sustainable Development Goal 7, which Africa is unlikely to meet because it does not yet have the  U.S.$190 billion of investment...

[Scrolla] The ANC has filed a motion of no confidence against the three political heads of Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality in an attempt to regain control of the Metro.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyans will enjoy visa-free entry to South Africa starting January 1 2023 for a maximum of 90 days annually.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya and South Africa are in consultation to form a Pan-African airline to rival established players such as the Ethiopian Airlines and Emirates.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyans holding ordinary passports will be allowed to enter South Africa on a visa free regime for upto 90 days per calendar year, President William Ruto has said.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa, France and Germany have signed loan agreements for the two European nations to each extend ?300 million in concessional financing to South Africa to support the country's efforts to reduce its reliance on coal through a ...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) says government has put measures in place to mitigate the impact of strike action by public servants on Thursday.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Govt Plans Contingency Against Public Service Workers' Strike

[Scrolla] Heavy downpours have caused chaos in many communities across the country.

[GroundUp] Scathing ruling against activist

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's airlines (TAAG) resumes the schedule of two regional flights to Accra (Ghana) and Durban, South Africa.

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's population is urbanising at a rapid pace. The sheer rate of change poses challenges to planning for sustainable and liveable cities.

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom has announced an online platform in response to what it calls an "overwhelming response" to its call for skilled and experienced persons to support the power utility's turnaround strategy.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday received a 21-gun salute at State House, Nairobiahead of talks with President Ruto

[Govt of SA] Western Cape welcomes exciting NASA investment to enable communications with deep space missions