SA desperately needs to address the health risks posed by overcrowded detention centres and migrant deportation processes, a rights group says.

Advocacy groups are questioning whether the JSC properly applied itself to the consultation process of appointing a new chief justice.

President Zuma has fired Sicelo Shiceka and Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde as Cabinet ministers in his latest reshuffle, and has also suspended Bheki Cele.

Infant formula will no longer be supplied free of charge at government health facilities to mothers who are able to breastfeed.

The SA Municipal Workers' Union has condemned acts of violence committed by striking members, but says it "understands" why they resort to aggression.

More than 30 countries have recognised Libya's rebel council, but SA has so far refused to accept its legitimacy, and criticised Nigeria for doing so.

Despite the postponement of Parliament's vote on the Protection of Information Bill, it did not mean the fight to stop the legislation had been won.

The long-awaited NHI policy document is available for public comment. Don't feel like wading through the 59-page document? Read our breakdown.