News South Africa

City of Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato is expected to make the final decision on the fate of the redevelopment of the River Club in Observatory.

A woman has suffered a head injury, reportedly from a gunshot, during a farm robbery in Paarl.

South Africa recorded 1 676 new Covid-19 infections by Thursday, along with 144 new Covid-19-related deaths.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that he would “absolutely” vote for Trump if he became the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.

A third coronavirus vaccine by Johnson & Johnson could be approved for emergency use by the FDA by Friday, accelerating the US vaccine rollout.

A teacher at a school in the north-western Zamfara state tells the BBC at least 300 girls were taken.

Meet Gardi Koko and Navy Malela, the two whistleblowers who risked everything to raise the alarm

A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond.

Police in Cameroon have arrested nine people on suspicion of homosexuality, most of them at an HIV/AIDS care centre, an LGBT rights lawyer said.

Officials said previously 10 people were killed and 47 were injured in Tuesday’s attack when jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades.

Cabinet has approved a number of new bills for submission to parliament, including new proposed legislation around land, discrimination and the establishment of the Postbank.

Google is accused of relying on pieces of its code within websites that use its analytics and advertising services to scrape users’ supposedly private browsing history and send copies of it to Google’s servers.

This week MoneywebNOW looked at Australia putting the squeeze on Google, the Jubilee Metals Group, resource stocks and more.

Acting Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, briefs media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, 24 February 2021.

The Independent Panel to assess whether there are valid grounds to remove Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane from office has handed its report to National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise.

The Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, will brief the media on various social relief measures that the Department is implementing to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the most vulnerable groups.

Television news broadcaster, eNCA says its reporter’s action during the coverage of Budget Speech was not racially motivated or with malicious intent.

Keep track of the matchday squads for the first round of SA Rugby’s Preparation Series.

Flyhalf Paolo Garbisi has urged Italy to seize the day to end their Six Nations drought against an Irish side who have lost their opening two games.

Kaizer Chiefs have flown out of Johannesburg on a special chartered flight headed for Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou.

Itumeleng Khune and Kaizer Chiefs could go separate ways at the end of the season if media reports are anything to go by.

Terms like “missed work” could put pupils under undue pressure when schools reopen, guidance says.

Lady Gaga is offering a $500 000 (R7 474 300) reward for the return of her French Bulldogs named Koji and Gustav.

Award-winning artist’s new album addresses social ills

Promoted | Artificial intelligence for IT operations, or AIOps for short, continues to be met by mixed reactions by decision makers in the IT industry.

Ecommerce enabler Parcelninja was acquired by JSE listed logistics company Imperial on 1 February. Here is how it all happened.

Cell C is showing signs of having turned the corner, at least when it comes to its income statement – the company’s balance sheet still needs fixing through a planned recapitalisation.

Telegram has rolled out a major update which adds several new features and improvements to the messaging app.

Improving Rand not enough to offset spike.

Many scientists are expecting another rise in infections. But this time the surge will be blunted by vaccines and, hopefully, widespread caution. By summer, Americans may be looking at a return to normal life.

The New York Times would like to hear from parents and adolescents who are dealing with mental health challenges.

During the pandemic, there was a dramatic increase in exposures to hand sanitizer reported among kids under 6, U.S. poison center data shows.

“If I accept the vaccine,” one cancer patient says, “it will be with a strong feeling of guilt that at best I will be prolonging my life for a few months or years.”

Planned UK first hopes to be looking for extraterrestrial life within five years.

Climate change could destroy “entire cities” in a matter of decades, says Sir David Attenborough.

The health of on estuary is a description of the condition of an estuary and are driven by two key drivers, water quality and quantity. Rain falling on the land eventually makes its way to a lake, river, stream, estuary, or ocean. Some rainwater flows slowly, in a thin layer called sheet flow across the […]

See the bloom of an Amazonian moonflower that captured interest from around the world.