South Africa: Schools Opening Under Level 3 - Clock Ticking for Govt to Respond to Maimane's Concourt Challenge

The government's attorney has until Friday to file a responding affidavit to the One South Africa (OSA) Movement's challenge to the reopening of schools. Read more »

South Africa: Eastern Cape Govt Departments Owe Suppliers R2.3 Billion in Outstanding Payments

Eastern Cape provincial government departments owe businesses a combined R2.3bn in outstanding payments. Read more »

South Africa: Another Shooting On the Cape Flats As Gun Violence Surges During Lockdown Level 3

A 41-year-old man has been shot and wounded by an unidentified suspect in a shooting incident in Lavender Hill, Cape Town on Friday. Read more »

South Africa: Mapisa-Nqakula Got It Wrong On Collins Khosa Inquiry, Report Is Final - SANDF

A day after lawyers wrote to the state attorney to raise concerns about "contradictory statements" the Minister of Defence made about an army investigation into Collins Khosa's… Read more »

South Africa: Unions Worried About Schools' Readiness to Reopen As Meeting With Minister, MECs Postponed

As the date of the return of pupils in Grades 7 and 12 draws nearer, education unions are still concerned that schools - especially those in rural areas - are not ready. Read more »

South Africa: Tim Swiel On Why a Move North Could Be a Good Option for SA Rugby

Former Western Province and Sharks utility back Tim Swiel feels it may be a good move for SA Rugby to head north. Read more »

South Africa: COVID-19 - South Africa Can Ill-Afford Another Western Cape Type Outbreak, Says Mabuza

Deputy president David "DD" Mabuza has warned that South Africa cannot afford to have another province going the way of the Western Cape, which is the epicentre of the coronavirus… Read more »

South Africa: Economy Still in the Hands of Those Who Controlled It Before Democracy - ANC Deputy SG

While the ANC might not fully agree with its Ekurhuleni chairperson, Mzwandile Masina, it complained that South Africa's economy largely remained under the control of those who ran… Read more »

South Africa: Cabinet Should Have Consulted Parliament On Extension of National State of Disaster Extension

President Cyril Ramaphosa should have briefed Parliament on the extension of the national state of disaster, the DA said on Thursday. Read more »

South Africa: Ingonyama Trust Admits 'Constant, Perennial Irregular Expenditure'

If it is found that 26 years into democracy - that the Ingonyama Trust is a failure, it should be scrapped, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and… Read more »

South Africa: Free State Cops Arrest 5 Suspected of Robbing Post Offices of Pension Money

Five people, aged 24 to 64 have been arrested in connection with two unrelated armed post office robberies in the Free State on Wednesday - one in Selosesha, Thaba Nchu, and… Read more »

South Africa: Citizens Who Trust Ramaphosa Willing to Sacrifice Human Rights to Curb COVID-19 Spread, Survey Finds

South Africans, who have trust in President Cyril Ramaphosa, are more likely to sacrifice their human rights in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Read more »

South Africa: Lockdown - Floyd Shivambu's Assault Case Postponed Due to Travel Restrictions

EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu's assault case was postponed again at the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Friday, due to provincial travel restrictions during lockdown. Read more »

South Africa: South African Medical Student's Body to Be Repatriated From Cuba in July

The body of fifth year South African medical student Sibusiso Qongqo, stuck in Cuba for over a month, will be repatriated on 2 July when the rest of his medical student peers… Read more »

South Africa: Sharks Prop Latest to Land European Move

The Sharks are set to lose prop Juan Schoeman with the 28-year-old having put pen to paper with English club Bath . Read more »

South Africa: Four in Court Over 130 Tons of Stolen Railway Tracks Worth R8m

Four people appeared in the Stilfontein Magistrate's Court in the North West on Wednesday in connection with alleged stolen Transnet railway tracks worth about R8 million. Read more »

South Africa: Murdered Boy, 4, Found Dead On the Day of His Birthday Party to Be Buried

The Spiderman outfit little Bandile Skosana, 4, would have worn to his birthday party is now what he will be clothed in when he is buried on Friday. Read more »

South Africa: Here Is What the High Court Said About the Various Lockdown Regulations

Although the country is still on lockdown, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has declared various regulations governing Alert Level 3 and 4 as unconstitutional and invalid. Read more »

South Africa: Another 2 Killed, 4 Injured During More Shootings in Cape Town

At least another four shooting incidents have been recorded in the Cape Town area this week since the start of lockdown Level 3 - including three in the Du Noon area and one in… Read more »

South Africa: 'F***ing Blacks' Video Being Investigated By Prestige Pretoria Boys' School

Pretoria Boys' High School says it is taking steps to address "a number of social media posts" by its pupils which contain racist and offensive language. Read more »

South Africa: Snake Catcher to the Rescue As 2 Massive Black Mambas 'Dance' in Kwazulu-Natal Backyard

Veteran KwaZulu-Natal-based snake catcher Nick Evans got an unusual call about two black mambas "dancing" in someone's backyard in Escombe . Two male mambas were fighting it out,… Read more »

South Africa: Gauteng Man Dead After Girlfriend Allegedly Chased and Stabbed Him

A woman from Springs on Gauteng's East Rand has been arrested for allegedly using a knife to stab her boyfriend and chasing him when he attempted to flee. Read more »

South Africa: Kznru President Leaves to Join SA Rugby Executive Committee

President of the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union, Schalk Liebenberg , has been elected to the SA Rugby executive committee for a two-year term. Read more »

South Africa: George Floyd's Death Offers Nation a Chance to Address Rights Issues - Govt

South Africa's national government said on Tuesday that the "regrettable death" of George Floyd presented the US with an "opportunity to address fundamental issues of human rights,… Read more »

South Africa: Eastern Cape Showing Same Pattern That Drove Up Outbreak in Western Cape - Mkhize

The Western and Eastern Cape accounts for 78% of the country's confirmed coronavirus cases, with the Eastern Cape showing the "same pattern that drove up the outbreak" in the… Read more »