[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Environmental activists are preparing for another legal battle against a planned seismic survey. This comes less than a month after the Makhanda High Court granted an interdict against oil giant Shell over its intended explor...

[GroundUp] Court ruled that a delay in applying for refugee status does not affect a person's right to apply for recognition as a refugee

[New Frame] Lindiwe Sisulu's attack on the judiciary is misguided. Not once since 1994 has a government tested the Constitution's capacity to implement change, but the courts have.

[GroundUp] High rates of vaccination, past infections and the variant itself helped suppress deaths and hospitalisations

[GroundUp] Activists blame City for sewage spills and lack of transparency

[SAnews.gov.za] The Gauteng province has officially exited the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with the rest of South Africa's provinces already having reached their peak and on a steady decline.

[VOA] Cape Town, South Africa -- A SpaceX rocket launch Thursday carried three small South African-made satellites that will help with policing South African waters against illegal fishing operations.

[The Conversation Africa] The pioneering South African artist Louis Khehla Maqhubela passed away on 6 November 2021 at St Thomas' hospital in London, UK, a few days after his wife Tana Maqhubela also passed. He leaves behind an important and iconic l...

[Govt of SA] The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, has condemned the killing of five City of Johannesburg security guards killed in a shooting at the Goudkoppies landfill site in Devland, Johannesburg, on Tuesday...

[New Frame] From a non-Marxist perspective, Tom Lodge recognises the South African Communist Party's often-underplayed contribution to the ANC becoming a victorious, mass-based organisation.

[New Frame] With unemployment rampant, many young people are turning to online betting platforms. Failing to win, many continue betting and losing money and themselves in the process. Something must be done.

[The Conversation Africa] Marine protected areas in South Africa and across the world have an identity crisis. For some, they're the answer to all marine conservation challenges. They prevent habitat destruction and unsustainable resource extraction,...

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has recorded 6 762 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24-hour reporting cycle, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 540 891.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it is steadily rebuilding the institution "after years of being undermined" by those who pursued State capture.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it has created a task force which is dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of matters arising from the State Capture Commission and the subsequent release of part one of its repor...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Information Regulator of South Africa says it has noted the decision of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to stop the publication of matric results on public platforms ostensibly in compliance with the Protection of Personal...

[GroundUp] Equal Education Law Centre has been inundated with calls and walk-ins by parents desperate to find placement for their children.

[GroundUp] Covid-19 was less of a threat than robbers for passengers on the train to Simonstown on Tuesday, with commuters huddled together in carriages for fear of attacks.

[Daily Maverick] By damaging the economy, State Capture cost many South African jobs indirectly. But it also caused severe damage that is direct and measurable because so many of the corrupt contracts cut out South African suppliers to replace them w...

[New Frame] Progressive programmes that benefit the majority could radically change our society, but only if the kleptocrats and their attacks on democratic infrastructure are stopped.

[New Frame] In the third of a four-part series on grassroots activism against gender-based violence we meet an economist with a firm focus on developing opportunities for those the government ignores.

[Daily Maverick] There was drama inside and outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday before, during and after the hearing of the dispute between the warring factions of the Zulu royal family.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Correctional Services says it is on high alert following the death of a Mthatha Correctional Centre inmate during an attack at the centre on Tuesday.

[SAnews.gov.za] Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, says the department will present a new driver's licence card machine for approval at the first Cabinet meeting of the year.

[Daily Maverick] The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality recorded seven of the 14 fatalities caused by heavy weekend rains in the Eastern Cape. This excludes twins who drowned in Mooiplaas village outside the metro.

[Govt of SA] I welcome the announcement by the Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Masizole Mnqasela, that the State of Province Address (SOPA) this year will be held at the Velddrif Town Hall, in Velddrif in the West Coast District of...

[GroundUp] Villagers in Elim, Limpopo have been without water since boreholes in the area ran dry more than a year ago.

[Govt of SA] The Department of Health has noted with concern a video clip circulating on social media platforms depicting a male patient suffering from what looks like a throat cancer, claiming this to be the result of a COVID-19 vaccine.

[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."