Hundreds of people gathered at the Grand Parade in Cape Town to mark Mandela Day. Led by The Elders, a forum of former leaders founded by Nelson Mandela a decade ago, the ... Read more »
The country's Supreme Court has upheld a decision by the National Elections Commission to bar a government official from running for a seat at the national legislalture in October ... Read more »
The former finance minister Pravin Gordhan has called on President Jacob Zuma to resign and "allow someone else to reset the course to fulfill the kind of aspirations that Nelson ... Read more »
Civil society organisations gathered en masse in Randburg, Gauteng to discuss the way forward in light of ongoing reports of corruption and state capture, the impact on governance ... Read more »
Although the government intends to "curb environmental and health hazards" associated with the material, the authorities haven't given an alternative yet. Read more »
Activist group Reclaim the City has expressed cautious optimism following an announcement at the fourth annual Affordable Housing Africa Conference that ten City-owned sites in ... Read more »
President Museveni has taken church leaders to task for concentrating on politics and not the issues that most affect people like climate change and the challenges of the ... Read more »
As the world reflects on the theme of the AU summit - Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in Youth - and on Mandela's hope for younger generations, present-day ... Read more »
Three men in police uniforms staged a fake roadblock near the home to the most protected man in Zimbabwe. Read more »
Thokozani Magwaza's resignation as social grants chief - on the back of death threats - has been confirmed by Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini. Magwaza has largely ... Read more »
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