[Daily Maverick] After more than five years of drought, some parts of the Eastern Cape were happy to receive rain -- but heavy storms have cost many lives and destroyed homes and roads.

[DW] Prosecutors have added terrorism to the five charges a man who allegedly set fire to South Africa's parliament was already facing. The 49-year-old was also diagnosed with "paranoid schizophrenia."

[RFI] The US auction of a key that kept anti-apartheid activist and former South African president Nelson Mandela behind bars for 18 years has been suspended after a national outcry.

[New Frame] Join Bands, Not Gangs offers music lessons to vulnerable teens in dangerous Western Cape neighbourhoods, encouraging those at risk to choose an instrument rather than a gun.

[Govt of SA] Statement by the Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga MP, at the media briefing on the opening of schools for 2022 school year

[SAnews.gov.za] Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, says the arrangements that are meant to protect the school sector from Coronavirus infection will remain in place as schools in inland provinces are set to open their doors to learners tomorr...

[GroundUp] The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that an activist had the right to publish personal details of a farmer who trapped animals in cages.

[The Conversation Africa] Since the dying days of apartheid in the mid-1990s, and at several pivotal moments since, South Africans have yearned for some measure of accountability for the ravages of apartheid. After all, the end of a system declared a...

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi, to participate in two Summits of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

[Govt of SA] Deadline to submit employment equity reports draws nigh - Department of Employment and Labour

[Govt of SA] Presiding Officers of the Gauteng Provincial Legislatures (GPL) will from Wednesday, 12 January 2022, visit several Gauteng schools as part of the Institution's School Readiness Programme for the year ahead.

[Govt of SA] Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has welcomed the decision by EU countries to remove South Africa from red lists following the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.

[Govt of SA] President's opening remarks during the Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit, held together with personnel contributing countries plus The Republic of Mozambique - Malawi - 11 January 2022

[New Zimbabwe] FORMER Information Minister Jonathan Moyo is predicting that the once cosy "relationship" between ruling revolutionary parties Zanu PF in Zimbabwe and South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) is slowly coming to an end.

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi, to participate in two Summits of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

[SAnews.gov.za] Eligible mini bus taxi drivers, cab drivers and e-hailing drivers, who were hard hit during COVID-19 necessitated hard lockdowns, are now able to apply for financial assistance via government's COVID-19 Taxi Relief Fund (TRF).

[GroundUp] Workers have welcomed a promise by Clover SA to pay overdue bonuses as a win in the ongoing dispute between the company and workers.

[GroundUp] A City of Cape Town Law Enforcement officer was charged with murder at the Wynberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday, after a homeless person was shot and killed in Rondebosch on Sunday.

[SAnews.gov.za] Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu will today visit parts of the Buffalo City Municipality in the Eastern Cape where flooding from the recent torrential rains left a trail of destruction of property and the tragic loss of life.

[SAnews.gov.za] Matric exam results will no longer be published on public platforms, Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, announced on Tuesday.

[GroundUp] R25 million of a National Lotteries Commission (NLC) grant to the South African Sports Association for the Intellectually Impaired (SASA-II), a sports body for intellectually impaired athletes, to host a Bloemfontein event, is still unacco...

[SAnews.gov.za] Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula is expected to outline the implementation of the COVID-19 Taxi Relief Fund (TRF) and its application process at a media briefing today.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa will participate in two summits of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Malawi today and on Wednesday.

[New Frame] Although it will be special to again be a part of a winning squad at the African tournament, the Egypt coach says his players have their eyes firmly on the prize of qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has recorded at least 2 409 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24-hour reporting period, with 77 more deaths recorded as a result of complications caused by the virus.

[SAnews.gov.za] Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will today hold a media briefing on the opening of schools for the 2022 academic year.

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will, in his capacity as President of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, participate in two Summits of the Southern African Development ...

[Parliament of South Africa] The Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, this afternoon led the Presiding Officers of the House at a meeting with Chief Whips of political parties to discuss alternative venues for official sittin...

[New Frame] The eKhenana occupation in Cato Manor, Durban, is a significant site in the struggle for a South Africa that respects the humanity of all.

[The Conversation Africa] The Communist Party of South Africa was formed in July 1921. To mark its centenary last year, renowned South African historian Tom Lodge published Red Road to Freedom: A history of the South African Communist Party, 1921-202...