The “Smokers Protest” will take place on Saturday, and there will certainly be fuel for the fire following Bheki Cele’s remarks on the cigarette ban.
Several animals, found in shameful conditions in a house in Somerset West, have been confiscated by the Cape of Good Hope SPCA.
At this turbulent time, how does South Africa shape up when it comes to activism, and young women activists in particular?
So, the government’s ‘back to school’ operation is temporarily on the scrapheap. Here’s what you need to know about returning grades and new approaches.
The children, found with a real gun in Mpumalanga on Wednesday, were between the ages of six and nine.
Just days before a majority of school grades were meant to return to class, the Education Department has abruptly halted some of their plans.
You can read the data in black and white, but looking at the COVID-19 hot-spots of Gauteng on these maps really rams home the severity of the situation.
The Department of Public Enterprises named four unions that opted for South African Airways (SAA) severance packages. Three have objected.
Ministers of education, science and technology from several African countries have met to prepare a response to COVID-19 in terms of interventions in education, science and technology.
Gauteng may become the first region of South Africa to go back to a harder level of lockdown, as coronavirus cases continue to soar in the province.
The duo was arrested for corruption, fraud and money laundering. Allegations are in relation to a company known as Superior Quality Trading.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it has submitted a second formal request to the Zondo Commission of Inquiry to urgently investigate what it calls the ongoing role played by the ANC’s policy of cadre deployment in ‘capturing, corrupting and collapsing the South African state’.
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) said the business rescue of SAA would provide a better outcome than the liquidation of the airline.
The City of Cape Town deny their officers broke the law with an illegal ‘eviction’ on Wednesday, after a shocking video was shared online.
With more grades expected back at school on Monday 6 July, the EFF have branded the Education Department ‘homicidal’ for their recent proposals.
On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa identified three key tests that need to be met before the cigarette ban can be lifted in South Africa.
Part of the oil refinery in Milnerton, Cape Town was engulfed in fire on Thursday, after an explosion at the Astron facility devastated a major unit.
The killing of Siyabulelwa Siswana and his young child has sent shockwaves across Cape Town, and the SACP demand swift justice for their comrade.
DA leader John Steenhuisen has welcomed the suspensions and called upon all South Africans to reject brutality.
In addition to challenges presented by the pandemic, President Ramaphosa faces trouble from within his own political party.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed several key issues surrounding the lockdown, the cigarette ban, and gender-based violence.
Nelson Mandela’s birthday is 18 July but here in South Africa, we celebrate the life of Madiba for the entire month of July.
Thato always looked up to her mother who was a school teacher and owned child development centres. Today in her 30s, Thato is walking in her mother’s footsteps.
The Brackengate Field Hospital in the Western Cape has approximately 330 beds and is expected to take in its first patient on 10 July 2020.
According to party insiders, President Ramaphosa was vehemently opposed to the reinstatement but was ultimately overruled by the NEC majority.