• Lucas Moripe Stadium to Host Tuesday's Banyana, Malawi International Friendly

  Apr 7, 2025 | 18:50 pm

  [SAFA] The two sides played the first of their two-match series at UJ Soweto Campus on Saturday afternoon and the venue was supposed to host the second meeting between the two sides on Tuesday. But the incessant rains that have[…]

• General Visible Policing Should Not Be a Priority for SA Police

  Apr 7, 2025 | 14:13 pm

  [ISS] The concept of 'visible policing' is confusing efforts to strengthen South Africa's national police service.

• Media Statement - Public Works Committee Welcomes Closure of the Pont Holiday Resort Through 'Operation Bring Back'

  Apr 7, 2025 | 11:50 am

  [Parliament of South Africa] Parliament, Saturday, 5 April 2025 - The Acting Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure, Mr Mluleki Dlelanga, has welcomed the successful closure of the Pont Holiday Resort in Port St Johns as[…]

• Media Statement - Committee Wants Accountability Processes Expedited for Those Behind Regulatory Lapses in George Building Collapse

  Apr 7, 2025 | 11:49 am

  [Parliament of South Africa] Parliament, Saturday, 05 April 2025 - The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements has called for disciplinary processes to be expedited and for officials found to be at the centre of regulatory lapses at the National Home[…]

• New Research Challenges Thinking On the Places Where TB Is Transmitted

  Apr 7, 2025 | 11:47 am

  [spotlight] For centuries, it was believed that tuberculosis spread primarily when a vulnerable person spends hours in a poorly ventilated space with someone infectious. But new findings suggest that much TB transmission also occurs through casual contact.

• Mbombela Residents Believe Marriage Bill Will End Forced Marriage

  Apr 7, 2025 | 11:44 am

  [Parliament of South Africa] Some residents of the greater Ehlanzeni District Municipality believe the Marriage Bill [B43--2023] will end the worrying tradition of "Ukuthwala", where young girls are often forced into marrying older males.

• All of Africa Today - April 7, 2025

  Apr 7, 2025 | 10:23 am

  [allAfrica] Nigeria's 'Take-It-Back' Movement Determined to Hold Protest

• Perceived Anonymity, Victim-Blaming 'Fuels Cyberbullying and Trolling'

  Apr 7, 2025 | 10:10 am

  [allAfrica] Cyberbullies often justify their actions as an "inevitable" within online spaces while shifting blame onto their victims, reveals a new report by the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC). The report, titled Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence on Social Media,[…]

• How the New U.S. Tariffs Were Calculated and What They Mean for AGOA Trade Deal

  Apr 7, 2025 | 09:20 am

  [allAfrica] Cape Town -- The formula used by the Trump administration to calculate the tariffs the United States is imposing on countries across the globe is being widely criticised by trade specialists.

• Severe Storm Alert for Northern Cape - South African News Briefs - April 7, 2025

  Apr 7, 2025 | 08:00 am

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• Zimbabwe Misses the Boat On Billionaire Strive Masiyiwa's AI Factory As South Africa Strikes Jackpot

  Apr 7, 2025 | 07:35 am

  [New Zimbabwe] CASSAVA Technologies, the tech firm founded by Zimbabwean telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa, dealt a blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "Open for Business" mantra last week.

• State-of-the-Art Home Affairs Office Opens in Mitchells Plain

  Apr 7, 2025 | 07:35 am

  [SAnews.gov.za] Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber on Saturday officially opened a new state-of-the-art office in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town.

• DA Writes to Motshekga, As Oversight Reveals Shocking State of 1 Military Hospital

  Apr 7, 2025 | 07:33 am

  [DA] DA pursues Motshekga's intervention on sorry state of critical parts of 1 Military Hospital, after over a billion rand wasted.

• DA Calls for Immediate Action Against Five Non-Compliant KZN Municipalities Amid Ethekwini Water Crisis

  Apr 7, 2025 | 07:33 am

  [DA] The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls for the immediate public disclosure of the five non-compliant KwaZulu-Natal municipalities that have failed to submit corrective action plans, as well as binding recovery timelines and independent oversight to address the collapse of water[…]

• South Africans Give Mixed Reviews On Govt's Performance On Education

  Apr 7, 2025 | 06:52 am

  [Afrobarometer] Attainment still reflects large gaps by economic status and race.

• Scientists Warn African DNA Is Missing From the Global Genome Map

  Apr 4, 2025 | 14:10 pm

  [RFI] African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less than 2 percent of human genome sequencing worldwide comes from African populations.

• Women Ministry Speaks Out On Omotoso's Acquittal

  Apr 4, 2025 | 14:09 pm

  [SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, has expressed its disappointment with the acquittal of Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused from 32 serious charges, which include rape and human trafficking.

• Call for African Rainbow Minerals to Stop Selling Coal to Israel

  Apr 4, 2025 | 12:43 pm

  [GroundUp] Two ships carrying South African coal are due to arrive in Israel

• Immigration Advisory Board Appointed for the First Time in a Decade, Says Schreiber

  Apr 4, 2025 | 12:43 pm

  [GroundUp] 13-member Board will be advising the Home Affairs minister on matters relating to immigration policy, strategy, and implementation

• Why Was South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. Expelled? a View of the Ebrahim Rasool Affair

  Apr 4, 2025 | 11:52 am

  [The Conversation Africa] In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's ambassador to Washington, in mid-March 2025. In a post on X, US secretary of state Marco Rubio accused Rasool of hating the US and President[…]

• All of Africa Today - April 4, 2025

  Apr 4, 2025 | 10:06 am

  [allAfrica] UN Condemns Extrajudicial Killings In Sudan's Capital Khartoum

• Court Backs Woman Pastor Against Barrage of Sexist Abuse

  Apr 4, 2025 | 09:22 am

  [GroundUp] All employers, including churches, are subject to labour laws, judge points out

• Alcohol Industry Used 'Regulatory Capture' to Delay Liquor Bill, Say Researchers

  Apr 4, 2025 | 09:22 am

  [GroundUp] Liquor Amendment Bill still not introduced to Parliament after nine years

• School Children in Vhembe Wake Up At 4 - 30am to Fetch Water

  Apr 4, 2025 | 09:22 am

  [GroundUp] Water is not reaching households despite millions of rands spent on water projects

• Johannesburg on High Alert Amid Heavy Downpours - South African News Briefs - April 4, 2025

  Apr 4, 2025 | 08:04 am

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• Omotoso Acquittal an 'Assault' On Fight Against GBV - Justice Committee

  Apr 4, 2025 | 07:45 am

  [SAnews.gov.za] Parliament's Justice Committee has expressed concern over the acquittal of televangelist Timothy Omotoso on 32 serious charges, including allegations of rape, racketeering, human trafficking, and other crimes.

• Twenty African Countries, Including Poorest, Hit with High Trump Tariffs

  Apr 3, 2025 | 16:57 pm

  [allAfrica] The country that President Donald Trump declared "nobody's ever heard of" during his 4 March address to Congress has been hit with the highest U.S. tariffs in the world. Lesotho tops the list of 20 African nations upon which[…]

• Five Cash-in-Transit Robbers Killed in KwaZulu-Natal - South African News Briefs - April 3, 2025

  Apr 3, 2025 | 07:53 am

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• Ramaphosa Confronts New Pressures Ahead Of Zelensky's Ambiguous Visit

  Apr 2, 2025 | 17:24 pm

  [InfoWire] Against the backdrop of the planned visit of Volodymyr Zelensky to South Africa on April 24, Cyril Ramaphosa is facing growing internal tensions. He defends the invitation to the Ukrainian president to come to Johannesburg by stressing the need[…]

• 'State Failed to Prove Case' as Nigerian Pastor, South African Co-Accused Walk Free on 30 Rape Charges

  Apr 2, 2025 | 14:58 pm

  [allAfrica] Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho have been found not guilty on all charges. The verdict comes eight years after the accused were arrested - Omotoso was in custody for the duration of[…]

• Gunmen Raid Mpumalanga Church, Rob Worshippers - South African News Briefs - April 2, 2025

  Apr 2, 2025 | 08:26 am

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• G20 Presidency Briefing to the United Nations General Assembly by the G20 Sherpa, Mr Zane Dangor, Director-General of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation

  Mar 25, 2025 | 13:31 pm

  [G20 in South Africa 2025] H.E. The President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Philémon Yang, Your Excellences, Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, Distinguished delegates,