[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead South Africa's participation in the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU).

[The Conversation Africa] Statistics South Africa has embarked on its once-a-decade process to count all people in the country - including non-citizens. Census 2022 is arguably the most important in the country since the first post-apartheid census i...

[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education visited several schools in the Frances Baard Education District in Kimberley today, where it wrapped up its week-long oversight visit to the Northern Cape Province to assess read...

[SAnews.gov.za] The number of Covid-19 infections has reached a plateau, with the increase in infection rates driven by school-age children, Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, announced on Friday.

[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation received the performance reports on quarters 1 and 2 for the 2021/22 financial year from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation. The co...

[SAnews.gov.za] Officials from the Office of the South African Military Ombud are visiting different military bases in Durban in an effort to educate current serving members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) about the mandate of the...

[SAnews.gov.za] Limpopo Premier, Chupu Stanley Mathabatha, was amongst the first to be counted in Census 2022 within a 24-hour period in the province.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the Southern African region to continue its efforts to tackle widespread poverty and insecurity to certify economic development.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs division has made three seizures at the OR Tambo International Airport of catalytic converters and crushed powder from the core of a catalytic converter, valued at R21 million.

[SAnews.gov.za] Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has warned that the COVID-19 fifth wave is likely to hit South Africa in winter or earlier, depending on the variants of concern.

[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has launched the South African Hip-Hop Museum, with the intention to preserve the hip-hop culture.

[SAnews.gov.za] State power utility Eskom says it will review the possibility of lifting load shedding on Friday afternoon.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) will next week interview the 10 shortlisted candidates for the position of the Inspector-General of Intelligence.

[Govt of SA] Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the 53rd commemoration of the Assassination of the founding President of Frelimo, Dr Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane

[Govt of SA] Sub-committee shortlists candidate for post of Public Service Commissioner

[Govt of SA] Limpopo Province Premier, Mr Chupu Stanley Mathabatha, is amongst the first to be counted for Census 2022 within a 24 hour period in Limpopo. Statistics South Africa (STATSSA) visited Premier Mathabatha at his home in Tooseng village, Ga...

[Govt of SA] The Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration would like to encourage all members of the public across South Africa to effectively participate in the Census 2022. Stats SA is currently conducting the nationwide population ...

[SAnews.gov.za] A Special Tribunal order compelling two Free State departments to invoke the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) in order to recoup financial losses, suffered from officials implicated in the awarding of unlawful PPE contracts, is a ...

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has advised all NSFAS eligible students with successful funding status to proceed with registration for the 2022 academic year at their respective institutions, where they have been ad...

[The Conversation Africa] What is it like to discover a new coronavirus variant? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear the inside story from one of the South African scientists who first alerted the world to the omicron variant....

[The Conversation Africa] Trust in state institutions to protect citizens is a prerequisite for sharing social spaces. This trust is corrupted in South Africa, where there are persistent anxieties that crime and violence are out of control.

[The Conversation Africa] In his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, British naturalist Charles Darwin put forward his theory of natural selection. This, he argued, was the mechanism of biological evolution: like an animal or plant breeder selects f...

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his well wishes to newly elected Chairperson of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders, Her Majesty Nkosikazi Nomandla Dorothy Mhlauli of the amaRharhabe Kingdom.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has expressed gratitude to the South African Police Service for its swift response in arresting a group of armed men who were forcefully trying to take over the Durban High Cour...

[GroundUp] Buffalo City denies it but has launched a probe,

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has now administered more than 30 million vaccine doses, 63 390 of which were given in the past 24 hours.

[GroundUp] You need to try to avoid getting an antibiotic-resistant infection for two reasons. You don't want to end up in hospital with a difficult-to-treat potentially fatal disease and you don't want to spread such an infection and put other peopl...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) says South Africa's new Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court must bring more than legal expertise to the bench.

[GroundUp] Seven people arrested during a police raid on Monday morning at Cissie Gool House, appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

[GroundUp] Former school drop-out Emihle Ntunja from Cape Town says boxing changed her life.