Thu 10 October 2024: An energy expert says South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, can avoid exorbitant tariff hikes if it prioritises cost-cutting measures. This is one way to ensure affordability for South Africans, whose pockets are squeezed ever so tightly. Speaking in an interview with Salaamedia on Wednesday, energy expert Chris Yelland, managing director at EE Business […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: Vote counting was under way in Mozambique on Thursday after a peaceful national election that is widely expected to see the ruling Frelimo party extend its 49 years in power. Votes are counted first at each polling station and district results expected by Saturday could give an early indication of who […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: The leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has accused Egypt of being involved in air strikes on the paramilitary group, but Cairo has rejected Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo’s claims. Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, claimed that Egypt was using United States bombs in its strikes targeting his forces near Jebel Moya, […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: A burial ceremony took place Wednesday in North Kivu in Congo for victims of a ferry accident that left more than 78 people dead. The ceremony at the Nyirangongo’s Makao cemetery was attended by leaders from various sectors and representatives of civil groups and was presided over by interior and social […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has called on law enforcement to clamp down on the selling of expired food in local spaza shops. This follows the deaths of five children due to food poisoning after they consumed food from a local spaza shop. Last month, the Gauteng […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: Nigeria received 600,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine Tuesday to contain an outbreak of the infectious disease in northeastern Borno State caused by devasting floods. UNICEF Deputy Representative in Nigeria Rownak Khan said the vaccine and other medical items were part of a global response to halt the spread of cholera, […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: Voters in Mozambique are set to head to the polls in an election that is almost certain to see the governing party Frelimo maintain its half-century grip on power, despite a stiff challenge from a charismatic newcomer. Close to 17 million voters in the Southern African nation of 31 million people, are registered […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: Zambia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China on Monday to establish the southern African nation’s first cholera vaccine manufacturing plant. The project’s first phase will cost $37 million, with about three million doses expected to be produced through a joint venture between Zambia’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Jijia […]
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Mon 07 October 2024: Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won a second term with 90.69% of the votes in the presidential election held on Sunday, the country’s electoral commission announced on Monday. At a press conference in the capital Tunis, the head of Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), Farouk Bouasker, said the voter […]
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Mon 07 October 2024: Some civil society organisations in Malawi, on Monday, asked the Malawi government to revisit its stand on the raging war in Gaza “because its current approach is against its values of peace and respect for humanity”, Anadolu Agency reports. The stance of the southern African nation was a clear demonstration that it is […]
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