• Cosatu Calls On South Africans Not to Be Complacent This Human Rights Day

  Mar 21, 2025 | 17:55 pm

  [COSATU] The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) joins millions of South Africans in honouring the memory of the protestors who were callously gunned down by the apartheid regime in Sharpville on this day in 1960.

• Human Rights Day is Meaningless for the Poor

  Mar 21, 2025 | 15:31 pm

  [Abahlali] The human rights that we celebrate every year are meaningless for many South Africans who continue to endure crushing poverty 30 years after apartheid.

• Minister Commits to Better Access to Quality Sporting Facilities

  Mar 21, 2025 | 15:11 pm

  [SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has emphasised the importance of investing in school sports to provide young people with opportunities and prevent delinquency.

• Kariega Residents Share Their Reflections On Human Rights Day

  Mar 21, 2025 | 15:10 pm

  [SAnews.gov.za] The residents of Kariega in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality have shared their thoughts on the significance of Human Rights Day, emphasising the importance of freedom, self-expression, and government accountability.

• SA Should Exit Agoa Before Being Pushed, Warns Citi MD

  Mar 21, 2025 | 13:07 pm

  [Daily Maverick] Citi South Africa MD Gina Schoeman believes that SA should negotiate an Agoa exit before we get kicked out, so we can beat investors at their rand-weakening game.

• Human Rights Festival Celebrates Liberation Heroes

  Mar 21, 2025 | 11:17 am

  [SAnews.gov.za] Constitution Hill will this weekend host one of Gauteng's key events - the 2025 Human Rights Festival from 20 to 23 March 2025.

• Sharpeville - 'These Politicians Just Come and Create a Spectacle'

  Mar 21, 2025 | 10:01 am

  [GroundUp] Residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township

• Fears Grow for R800 Million Cut to US Funding of Medical Research in SA

  Mar 21, 2025 | 09:57 am

  [spotlight] Medical researchers in South Africa are in limbo as they wait to hear whether over R800 million in research grants from the United States National Institutes of Health will be terminated. South Africa's top universities, which receive the bulk[…]

• Media Resilience in Southern <b>Africa</b> - Intelwatch

  Mar 21, 2025 | 09:45 am

  ... in South Africa over the span of 8 days (3 overlapping 4 day trainings), ... Staging national, regional and international campaigns promoting awareness ...

• Government Adopts Improved Approach to Curb Road Crashes

  Mar 21, 2025 | 08:21 am

  [SAnews.gov.za] Over the last two months, government has adopted an improved approach to managing road safety and it has resulted in a decrease in road crashes.

• One Vaal Dam Sluice Gate Opened

  Mar 21, 2025 | 08:21 am

  [SAnews.gov.za] The Department and Water and Sanitation opened one sluice gate at the Vaal Dam on Thursday to increase outflows and manage dam water levels.

• Political Will Needed to Save Lives Amid USAID Funding Cuts, Say Activists

  Mar 21, 2025 | 08:21 am

  [GroundUp] "We will not let our people die" says Zackie Achmat

• A Month After Journalist Sibusiso Ndlovu and His Partner Went Missing, Investigators Have Few Leads

  Mar 21, 2025 | 08:08 am

  [Daily Maverick] The disappearance of journalist Sibusiso Ndlovu and his partner, Zodwa Mdluli, over a month ago has left families, friends and colleagues grasping for answers.

• South Africa Holds Interest Rate At 7.5 Percent Amid Global Trade Uncertainty

  Mar 21, 2025 | 08:05 am

  [Daba Finance] TLDR

• CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe Congratulates Newly-Elected IOC President Ms. Kirsty Coventry

  Mar 21, 2025 | 08:03 am

  [CAF] The Confédération Africaine de Football ("CAF") President, Dr Patrice Motsepe congratulates newly elected President of the International Olympic Committee ("IOC"), Ms. Kirsty Coventry.

• Rates Held Steady in Face of Escalating Uncertainty and Trade Tensions

  Mar 21, 2025 | 07:55 am

  [Daily Maverick] The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) is playing it cautious as levels of global uncertainty reach unprecedented levels due to US President Donald Trump's trade wars and other shenanigans.

• South Africa Hasn't Given Individuals Access to the African Court - This Needs to Be Fixed

  Mar 21, 2025 | 07:45 am

  [The Conversation Africa] US President Donald Trump's second term has brought South Africa's domestic human rights record into stark international prominence. Based on misinformation, Trump's anti-South African campaign seems designed to weaken South Africa's image as an international torch bearer[…]

• Scientists in Antarctica - Why They're There and What They've Found

  Mar 21, 2025 | 07:43 am

  [The Conversation Africa] A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa's isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one of its nine team members of becoming violent.

• What Is Apartheid? New Book for Young Readers Explains South Africa's Racist System

  Mar 21, 2025 | 07:42 am

  [The Conversation Africa] A new book, Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid, has just been published in South Africa. Intended for young people but speaking to readers of all ages, the book explores what it was like living[…]

• SiriusXM appoints Anjali <b>Sud</b> to Board of Directors

  Mar 21, 2025 | 00:10 am

  South Africa Indices · Major Indices · World Indices · Global Indices · Indices ... Sud to its Board of Directors. The company, which maintains a ...

• How Dirty Air Puts Pregnancies at Risk

  Mar 20, 2025 | 13:58 pm

  [allAfrica] Air pollution is a growing global concern, with significant implications for public health.

• Herd of Life-Sized Animal Puppets to Travel Through Central Africa to Norway

  Mar 20, 2025 | 13:10 pm

  [GroundUp] Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate change

• Sassa Explains Why It Paid Grants to 75,000 Dead People

  Mar 20, 2025 | 13:10 pm

  [GroundUp] Systems are being improved to solve the problem

• Former Lottery Official Fails in Court Bid to Unfreeze His Pension Fund

  Mar 20, 2025 | 13:10 pm

  [GroundUp] Judge says former NLC chief risk officer Marubini Ramatsekisa didn't explain how he could live at an expensive golf estate while claiming to be unemployed

• Removal of Illegal Connections Sparks Protests in Khayelitsha

  Mar 20, 2025 | 13:10 pm

  [GroundUp] Residents of Social Distance informal settlement demand electricity supply

• More Than 100 Law Firms Defrauded the Road Accident Fund

  Mar 20, 2025 | 08:44 am

  [GroundUp] Special Investigating Unit tells Parliament duplicate payments to lawyers amounted to R340-million

• City Power Hit by Multimillion-Rand Fraud - South African News Briefs - March 20, 2025

  Mar 20, 2025 | 06:54 am

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• One Day Left Until the Sassa Gold Card Stops Working

  Mar 20, 2025 | 06:26 am

  [SAnews.gov.za] Social grant beneficiaries who have not replaced their South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) gold cards with the new Postbank black cards, have only one day left to make the change, before their gold cards stop working.

• South Africa's Unsafe Water Supplies - Licensing Service Providers Won't Solve the Issue

  Mar 20, 2025 | 06:04 am

  [The Conversation Africa] In many cities and towns across South Africa, water shortages and supply disruptions have become more frequent. Most recent figures show that 33% of all urban water users and 65% of rural users face regular water cut-offs.[…]

• Big Oil Find in Limpopo? or Just False Hope?

  Mar 20, 2025 | 06:04 am

  [GroundUp] Troubling questions for Booi Brothers about their exploration in Vhurivhuri

• Armed Gangs Target Five Cape Town Schools, Demand 10% of Teachers' Salaries

  Mar 19, 2025 | 13:48 pm

  [GroundUp] Police have made no arrests

• U.S. 'Deserves Better' as Expelled Ambassador Rasool Readies for Return to South Africa

  Mar 18, 2025 | 13:38 pm

  [allAfrica] The U.S. expects a certain level of respect from other nations, U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a press briefing. Bruce said that America "deserves better" regarding the standard of diplomatic relations, calling for a representative who[…]