April 21
South Africa: R560 Grant Cannot Feed a Child As Food Costs Hit R934
Scrolla
March data shows it costs R934,93 to feed one child, while the Child Support Grant pays R560, leaving a monthly shortfall. The grant is below the food poverty line and covers… Read more »
South Africa: Media Alert - Select Committee On Security and Justice to Assess Policing and Child Justice in Matlosana, North West Province [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Select Committee on Security and Justice will, from 22 to 24 April 2026, visit police stations and child justice centre in the Matlosana municipal area to assess progress in… Read more »
South Africa: National Assembly Passes the Division of Revenue Bill and the Special Appropriations Bill [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The National Assembly (NA) has today passed the Division of Revenue Bill and the Special Appropriation Bill during its plenary sitting. The Bills were tabled by the Minister of… Read more »
South Africa: Media Statement - Committee On Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Calls for Protection of Whistleblowers [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Portfolio Committee on Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment today resolved to intensify its oversight of alleged environmental violations linked to Sasol's operations. Read more »
South Africa: Proposal for Basotho, South Africans to Use IDs to Cross Borders
GroundUp
Improvement on 2026-04-22 16:56If the original article was only partially read, readers may have been left with the impression that IDs could already be used to cross the border.… Read more »
South Africa: Pit Toilets - Eastern Cape Parents Take Matters Into Their Own Hands
GroundUp
Parents at Good Hope Primary in Cofimvaba are building their own toilets Read more »
South Africa: Labour Court Slams Ccma Commissioner Who Questioned Assault Victim's Gender
GroundUp
A Durban judge has set aside a ruling that reinstated a worker dismissed for assaulting a colleague, because the commissioner's findings were likely influenced by views about the… Read more »
April 20
South Africa: Gauteng Health Urges Vigilance As Malaria Cases Increase
SAnews.gov.za
The Gauteng Department of Health has urged residents to remain vigilant and seek immediate medical attention if they experience Malaria-like symptoms. Read more »
South Africa: We Are Managing HIV With Selective Lenacapavir Roll-Out, Not Ending It
Health-e
South Africans are being told that providing a new HIV prevention tool (lenacapavir) to just about 456,000 people is a victory. It is not. In a country that still records hundreds… Read more »
South Africa: Stop Blaming Immigrants for Govt Failures, Johannesburg Marchers Say
GroundUp
"This march is a declaration that no one is illegal and that our future is bound together as one human race" Read more »
South Africa: Broken Clinics Push Patients to Expensive Doctors
Scrolla
A government report shows eight out of ten people in South Africa live without medical aid and face high costs. Working people pay cash for private doctors because the public… Read more »
South Africa: Muvhango Star Cynthia Shange Dies At 76
Scrolla
Cynthia Shange died in a hospital in the KwaZulu-Natal province after the famous television actress was sick for some time. Cynthia Shange was famous for acting in shows like… Read more »
South Africa: Mop-Up Operations Begin After Cape Storms - South African News Briefs - April 20, 2026
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South Africa: Parliament Pays Tribute to Renowned Thespian and Cultural Icon Cynthia Shange [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Presiding Officers of Parliament, National Assembly Speaker Ms Thoko Didiza and National Council of Provinces Chairperson Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, express their deepest… Read more »
South Africa: DA Calls for Parliament Inquiry Into Minister Tolashe for Multiple Infractions [press release]
DA
The Democratic Alliance has formally written to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development, requesting a committee inquiry into a series of serious… Read more »
South Africa: DA Refutes ANC's False Knysna Claims of Averting Day Zero Crisis [press release]
DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Knysna refutes the blatantly false claims made by the African National Congress (ANC) in its NEC press conference today that the ANC has averted a… Read more »
South Africa: No Water At Ramaphosa's Soweto Family Home and Surrounds for Nearly a Week
Daily Maverick
For nearly seven days, taps in Chiawelo, Protea, and parts of Dlamini ran dry - an inconvenience reaching even President Cyril Ramaphosa's Soweto family home. Joburg Water said it… Read more »
South Africa: Political Violence in South Africa Is Driven By a Power Elite Trying to Establish Dominance - New Research [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
For much of the past two decades, South Africa's recurring waves of protest have been interpreted through a dominant lens: the failure of the post-apartheid state to deliver… Read more »
South Africa: Can City Power's EV Pilot Withstand a Fragile Grid?
Our City News
A week after Johannesburg's City Power launched its first electric vehicle (EV) charging station, an energy expert is cautiously optimistic. While the EV Association of South… Read more »
South Africa: Fisantekraal Community Plant Indigenous Trees to Rehabilitate River
GroundUp
The Mosselbank River Conservation Team aims to rehabilitate the river's wetlands Read more »
Lesotho: Ministers to Unveil Advanced Tunnel-Boring Equipment for Lesotho Water Project
SAnews.gov.za
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina, Deputy Minister David Mahlobo, and Lesotho's Minister of Natural Resources, Mohlomi Moleko, are set to unveil state-of-the-art… Read more »
South Africa: President and Lesotho Leaders to Open Landmark Senqu Bridge
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to Lesotho this week to join King Letsie III and Prime Minister Samuel Matekane for the official opening of the Senqu Bridge in Mokhotlong. Read more »
South Africa: Chikunga Calls for Intensified Action to Tackle Youth Unemployment
SAnews.gov.za
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has called for intensified and coordinated efforts across all sectors of… Read more »
South Africa: New Law Helps Backyard Landlords Fight Bad Tenants
Scrolla
Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane says the new bill will protect people who rent out small backyard rooms to survive. The planned law allows municipalities across the… Read more »
South Africa: Ekurhuleni Appoints Acting Manager After Lerutla Airport Arrest
Scrolla
Kagiso Lerutla was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport. He faces fraud, corruption and defeating the ends of justice charges. Tsholofelo Koopedi will act as the city… Read more »
