Mchunu to launch 'rapid response' GBV programme in Eastern Cape . South Africa's national minister of public service and administration, Senzo Mchunu, will on Friday establish a rapid response programme to gender based violence (GBV) and femicide in the Eastern Cape ...

Covid-19: Human Rights Commission supports children going back to school . The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) supports children going back to school during the Covid-19 pandemic, it said in a statement.

In the statement released on Wednesday, the commission s...

Covid-19 cuts SA employment figures by three-million, women worst affected – study . Approximately three-million people in South Africa lost their jobs between February and April as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the results of a new study. Women accounted for two-mill...

High court hears FITA application for leave to appeal . The North Gauteng High Court on Wednesday heard an application from the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) for leave to appeal against its earlier dismissal of the group's legal challeng...

Police Committee approves Cele's nomination for IPID head . The Portfolio Committee on Police approved the appointment of Dikaledi Jennifer Ntlaseng as the new executive director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate on Wednesday on the basis of P...

Sadtu resolves that schools close until after Covid-19 peak . South Africa's biggest teachers' union, the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has resolved that schools should close amid a peak in Covid-19 cases in South Africa, it announced during a m...

Eastern Cape Covid-19 cases surpass 50 000 mark . The Eastern Cape has recorded more than 50 000 Covid-19 cases, making it the South African province with the third highest number of infections after Gauteng and the Western Cape.

South Africa has 28...

Show must go on: IEC says 2021 municipal elections on track . The earliest possible date for next year's local government elections is 4 August 2021 and must be held before 1 November 2021.

The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) announced th...

ANC salutes 'revered and outspoken activist' Zindzi Mandela . The African National Congress (ANC) said on Monday that deceased South African ambassador and daughter of struggle icons Nelson and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Zindziswa 'Zindzi' Mandela, was an icon in...

Sadtu to hold 'special meeting' on surge in Covid-19 cases . The national executive committee of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) will on Tuesday hold a virtual meeting to devise a response to the surge in Covid-19 cases across the country, i...