April 30
South Africa: Officials At Nelspruit Correctional Centre 'Too Relaxed' for the Environment [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services expressed its concern over dilapidated infrastructure, poor adherence to protocols, and what it described as "relaxed" attitude… Read more »
South Africa: Ministers Commit to Clearing Military Veterans' Housing Backlog By 2029
SAnews.gov.za
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane and Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga have committed to eradicate the housing backlog affecting military veterans by… Read more »
South Africa: President Ramaphosa Rallies All Spheres of Government to Tackle Water Crisis
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for urgent, coordinated action across all three spheres of government to resolve South Africa's deepening water crisis, warning that poor… Read more »
South Africa: IFP Ready to Fight and Win As Local Government Election Date Is Set [press release]
IFP
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) welcomes the official proclamation of the 2026 Local Government Elections with South Africans set to go to the polls on Wednesday, 4 November 2026. Read more »
South Africa: Court Declares Cape Town's New Fixed Charges Unconstitutional
GroundUp
Fixed charges for water, sanitation, and cleaning be set aside from 30 June Read more »
South Africa: Reforms to South Africa's Technical Colleges Keep Failing Students and Employers - Why? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa's 50 public technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges are, in the main, struggling institutions. Read more »
South Africa: Water Contractors Down Tools, Demand Payment From Ethekwini Municipality
GroundUp
Mayor Xaba promised outstanding payments would be processed soon Read more »
South Africa: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Parts of SA
SAnews.gov.za
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over the northern half of the Northern Cape, as well as the central and… Read more »
South Africa: Introducing the Africa Youth Portal - A New Initiative to Empower the Next Generation of Policy Leaders [press release]
SAIIA
The project launch, hosted at SAIIA's headquarters in Johannesburg on 23 April, marks the commencement of a multi-year partnership between SAIIA and the Mastercard Foundation. Read more »
South Africa: South African Police Not Offering Training to '5,500 Police Trainees' - Jobseekers Should Look for Opportunities On Verified Platforms
Africa Check
South African police not offering training to '5,500 police trainees' - jobseekers should look for opportunities on verified platforms Read more »
South Africa: It Is Time for South Africa to Get Serious About the Link Between Substance Abuse and Mental Health
spotlight
Substance abuse is both a symptom and a consequence of untreated mental illness, and government needs to urgently step in to confront this dangerous overlap, argues Gauta Mashego… Read more »
South Africa: Gunmen Shoot At Drivers and Burn Three Trucks
Scrolla
Attackers blocked the N3 highway near Vosloorus on Wednesday night and shot at drivers to try and hijack three trucks. The truck drivers ran away without getting hurt before… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa High Court Orders Freeze On Chivayo's Assets, Bank Accounts, Private Jet
New Zimbabwe
The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria has ordered a freeze on bank accounts and key assets linked to controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo, including a luxury… Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town's Bid to Manage Metrorail Gets the Go-Ahead in R1.9-Trillion National Plan
GroundUp
Mayor welcomes plan to rejuvenate country's freight and passenger rail Read more »
Africa: African Union Advances Continental Infrastructure Agenda At 5th Stc-T&e Session in Johannesburg
African Union
The African Union Commission (AUC) concluded the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee on Transport and Energy (STC-T&E) today in Johannesburg, bringing… Read more »
South Africa: Derby Hangover Costs Chiefs in Race for Third Place
Scrolla
Coach Cedric Kaze says his tired Kaizer Chiefs players were not on the pitch during the first half in Bloemfontein. Kaizer Chiefs lost the Betway Premiership match, but they hold… Read more »
South Africa: Deadline Looms for Ethekwini Smmes Eyeing Lions' Den Opportunity
SAnews.gov.za
Small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) in the eThekwini Municipality have only a few hours remaining to submit applications for the 2026 Lions' Den Business Plan… Read more »
South Africa: Anti-HIV Jab Due in Six Weeks but Funding Cuts Hollow Out Delivery System
Daily Maverick
The uptake of the once-every-six-month HIV prevention jab lenacapavir (LEN) in South Africa will be heavily affected by the Trump administration's funding cuts to the country, a… Read more »
South Africa: De Rustica Olive Estate Recognised As the Best in the World, Again.
Daily Maverick
All industries innovate and adapt to survive. In common with all agriculture, the international Olive industry is constantly evolving, testing and adapting new improved cultivars… Read more »
South Africa: River Chaos Beats Polished Glory in New Zealand's Wildest Boat Race
Daily Maverick
The Waikato River race strips sport back to something raw, unpolished and deeply human, where participation outweighs performance. Along a demanding 142km stretch of river,… Read more »
South Africa: Football's Biggest Stage Hit By Early Wave of Injury Withdrawals
Daily Maverick
A handful of soccer players have already been ruled out of the 2026 Fifa World Cup through injury. Others are in a race against time to regain fitness before the soccer spectacle… Read more »
South Africa: Blitzboks Revival Built On Culture, Consistency and a Long View
Daily Maverick
The Blitzboks have emerged as the team to beat in this season's HSBC SVNS series, having finally broken their Hong Kong hoodoo. But their resurgence is built on more than results.… Read more »
April 29
South Africa: No, Cape Town Not 'Officially' a US Province. Old Fabricated Audio Strikes Again
Africa Check
IN SHORT: A video claiming that Cape Town is officially a province of the US, after South Africa's Democratic Alliance party secured a loan from the "Bezos Foundation", is… Read more »
South Africa: March and March Repeats South Africa's Familiar Anti-Migrant Script in Joburg
Our City News
The March and March Movement may be new to the streets of Gauteng, but its message is not. Read more »
South Africa: Treasury Drops Diesel Levy to Zero for May
Scrolla
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the government will keep the R3 relief for petrol in May to block big increases. The government is dropping the diesel levy to zero to… Read more »
