[The Conversation Africa] South African space science had a big day on 13 January 2022. The Cape Peninsula University of Technology, based in Cape Town, launched its third satellite mission into space from the Cape Canaveral rocket launch site in Flo...

[Daily Maverick] The financial lifeline from the World Bank will be used to accelerate SA's Covid-19 response, which is aimed at protecting the poor and vulnerable from the adverse socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic.

[Daily Maverick] On 15 March 2020, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act, to enable the government to develop a coordinated disaster management mechanism to mitigate Covi...

[Daily Maverick] Scientists call on the Gender Commission to withdraw its statement, engage with the relevant institutions, societies and experts and replace it with one that truly addresses Covid-19 reproductive health concerns.

[Govt of SA] The Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga will visit schools across the Sedibeng District Municipality in Gauteng to conduct monitoring and oversight. The schools to be visited on Monday, 24 January 2022 are Sicelo Primary, Thanduk...

[Daily Maverick] The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) seemingly disregards the fact that pregnant women (and their unborn babies) are at a much greater risk of dying if they are unvaccinated. It fails to appreciate that one in six unvaccinated pr...

[Daily Maverick] It is growing clearer by the day that seismic surveys are not themselves the cause of the call to action. What has offended is the fact that such surveys are part of a programme of exploration for oil and gas resources.

[Daily Maverick] There can be too much of a good thing. This summer's rains over much of South Africa, including the key summer crop areas, are a case in point.

[Daily Maverick] Temperatures in the Western Cape reached over 40 degrees Celsius on Sunday in some places, as reports of fires emerged in a number of hot spots in Cape Town and also Paarl, Worcester and Robertson.

[Daily Maverick] Final arguments in favour of and against continuing the Liesbeek development were heard on the last day of hearings of an urgent interdict against the project. Advocates emphasised the benefits of the building as opposed to the intan...

[Daily Maverick] Whatever the short-term cost Minister Lindiwe Sisulu may bear for her attack on the Constitution and the judiciary, she and her supporters can claim what could be an important victory: it appears that they have succeeded in framing t...

[Daily Maverick] In the run-up to the ANC elective conference in December, the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal appears to be a 'deeply divided' shadow of its former self, with the province fragmented into several factions. Also, at the moment, none of the campa...

[Daily Maverick] 'A journalist's journalist,' is how Mondli Makhanya, City Press's editor-in-chief, has described the newspaper's features writer Poloko Tau, who died suddenly last week.

[Daily Maverick] Westerford High School in Cape Town has maintained a consistent 100% pass rate for years, which has positioned the 69-year-old academic institution as one of the country's top schools.

[Daily Maverick] A study into the disruption of menstrual cycles experienced by a few women after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine shows that menstruation is not significantly affected by the vaccine, the president of the South African Society of Obste...

[Africa Renewal] Clad in a torn and tattered orange overall, 25-year-old Brandon Ndlovu cuts a lone figure at Benoni, in Johannesburg, one of South Africa's busiest shopping centres. He does not feel part of the shoppers on the streets because he has...

[Govt of SA] North West Premier, Kaobitsa Bushy Maape has made an appeal to Councillors to expedite service delivery in municipalities across the province. He was addressing a two-day Provincial Conference of the South African Local Government Associ...

[Govt of SA] Gauteng MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Mbali Hlophe has learnt with shock and deep sadness of the passing of one of South Africa's legendary actor Patrick Shai.

[New Frame] The party's reckless descent into xenophobic politics is an alarming development. Building a counter-politics of solidarity is essential.

[New Frame] Labour unions say the dairy company's attempt to end the strike and halt the boycott of its products through legal means and violent intimidation is a threat to democracy as a whole.

[The Conversation Africa] For most agricultural subsectors, South Africa is emerging from one of the best years. The 2020/21 season saw bumper harvests for grains, oilseeds and some fruits. These boosted export earnings and improved farm incomes, esp...

[Daily Maverick] Charges against suspected Parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe have been consolidated. The main charge is housebreaking with intent to commit terrorism and arson.

[New Frame] The apex court has reversed amendments to the act that made it difficult for refugees to apply for asylum while making it easy for Home Affairs officials to unjustly detain and deport them.

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa commends the Matric Class of 2021 on the success achieved by this cohort of learners, educators and parents.

[GroundUp] City says JDA must hand it over, but JDA says it was handed over in 2018

[Daily Maverick] The last time the state was anxious to write off a man who had struck at the heart of government was 1966 when communist Dimitri Tsafendas stabbed Prime Minister Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd to death in the National Assembly.

[Daily Maverick] Free State maintains its top spot as the 2021 National Senior Certificate pass rate sees a slight improvement, increasing from 76.2% in 2020, to 76.4% in 2021.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As COVID-19 fuels testosterone shortages, some trans men are turning to risky illegal alternatives

[New Zimbabwe] Former Miss Universe, Zozibini Tunzi has bagged her acting debut in Amercian star studded historical film, The Woman King.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) has classified the damaging recent inclement weather in parts of the country as a national disaster.