[HRW] Rights groups are criticizing South Africa's government for failing to prevent what they call a "massacre" at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and other essential supplies to miners trapped underground and ...

[IPS] Cape Town -- A new war memorial in Cape Town, South Africa, remembers the close to 2,000 casualties who served in Africa during World War 1, between 1914-1918 and who have no known graves and because they were Black, they were never remembered ...

[Africa Check] No, South Africa hasn't barred white-owned farms from agricultural export permits - old claims still wrong

[GroundUp] The school is one of only six in Limpopo catering to visually impaired and blind learners

[GroundUp] But there are likely still many successful fraudulent applications

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged nations to work together to tackle a multitude of challenges facing the global economy, highlighting rising debt and climate change impacts, as burning issues.

[DA] The DA is sickened by revelations from IPID (Independent Police Investigative Directorate) of South African Police Service Officers (SAPS) being accused of committing rape on average every 72 hours.

[DA] The Democratic Alliance is very pleased that Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment, the DA's Dion George MP, has successfully overturned 36% of appeal cases, granting small-scale fishers access to fish species previously declined by t...

[DA] The Democratic Alliance (DA) strongly supports Minister Dean Macpherson's decisive actions to uncover and address alleged corruption within the Independent Development Trust (IDT).

[DA] The NPA's Asset Forfeiture Unit's seizure of R52 million in illegal coal mining proceeds through their cooperation with Namibia is encouraging and indicates some success in tackling illicit cross-border transactions.

[GroundUp] Stats SA announced on Wednesday that the inflation rate over the year to December 2024 was 3%, up from 2.9% for the year to November 2024. What does this mean and why does it matter?

[GroundUp] Secretary lied under oath, judge's advocate claims

[The Conversation Africa] In mid-January 2024 over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police in Operation Vala Umgodi -- meaning "plug the ...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has issued a warning on the detection of the Bud rot of palms (Phytophthora palmivora) in certain parts of the country.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted the significance of South Africa's G20 Presidency and the economic priorities of the South African Government of National Unity during a special address to the 55th World Economic Forum in Dav...

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa, says South Africa is undergoing a "fundamental transformation" - as it seeks to accelerate inclusive economic growth.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Police Service (SAPS) will from Friday host a series of activities and events in the build up to National Police Day, which is scheduled to take place next week Monday.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has called on community members to report and stop the vandalism of electricity infrastructure.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has congratulated Ambassador Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas on her new appointment as Mozambique's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

[GroundUp] Residents are opposed to the development overshadowing the oldest mosque in the country

[GroundUp] Renaissance and Musina High grade 8 classes are bursting due to inaction by government

[GroundUp] Water in Bonkolo Dam is below abstraction level

[SAPS] Sun City police launched investigations following shooting incidents that occurred on Thursday morning, 16 January 2025, at Portion Zero (Tuse Mine), Witrandjie village, near Sun City outside Rustenburg.

[SAPS] Police members in the Western Cape went the proverbial extra mile and successfully detained four suspects for the possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition and a charge of business robbery on Tuesday 21 January 2025.

[DA] The DA categorically rejects the allegations being made against Dean Macpherson, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, primarily by political consultant JJ Tabane, who moonlights as a media personality.

[SAnews.gov.za] Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has recorded an increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), with data showing that inflation increased in December to 3%, from 2.9% in November 2024.

[SAPS] The Provincial Serious and Violent Crimes unit are investigating a case of four counts of murder and attempted murder following a shooting incident that occurred at Khalendula Street, NU 11, Motherwell on Tuesday, 21 January 2025.

[SAPS] National Head for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, Lieutenant General (Dr/Adv.) SG Lebeya and his management will be hosting a high delegation of Interpol in support of South African Law Enforcement in the strengthening the fi...

[DA] The plight of thousands of unemployed doctors and pharmacists that have taken to the streets to voice their frustrations do not seem to give Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, sleepless nights. In fact, his rather callous response about budge...

[GroundUp] But the electronic system which allows beneficiaries to prove their identities has also been suspended