Wed 22 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ SA won’t compromise on its policies to appease US: US President Donald Trump’s administration previously led a disinformation drive against South Africa, incorrectly claiming a genocide against Afrikaner farmers. Lamola gave a brief update on trade talks while speaking at the Financial Times […]
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Wed 22 October 2025: When Donald Trump sent a last-minute invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the Sharm el-Sheikh ceasefire summit, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stopped his private plane from landing in Egypt. While the Turkish presidential plane circled above, officials say Erdoğan pushed Cairo hard, threatened to boycott the event, and rallied other Muslim […]
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Mon 20 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘No Comment’ – Ramaphosa on Mchunu’s PKTT claims: “I will await the conclusion of the proceedings and the submission of the commission’s report before making any comments,” Ramaphosa said. The president’s remarks come amid escalating controversy over the December 2024 disbandment of the […]
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Tue 21 October 2025: South Africa is facing a sharp rise in obesity-related diseases like type 2 diabetes. Between 2010 and 2019, the prevalence of diabetes nearly tripled from 4.5% to 12.7%. This increase is linked to lifestyle risk factors including drinking sugary beverages, eating unhealthy foods, and not getting enough physical activity. To help tackle the problem, the government […]
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Mon 20 October 2025: One billion Africans have to cook on open fires or with fuel that is hazardous to their health and the environment, the International Energy Agency said Friday. The problem, which its report says can be easily solved, causes as much greenhouse gas emissions every year as the aviation industry. Two billion people across the world […]
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Mon 20 October 2025: Biko, Mandela and the words South Africa is reaching for. Minibus taxis lean on their hooters and squeeze in the gaps. Hatfield’s main road is a river of backpacks and hoodies as Pretoria University students jaywalk between the flashing green man. On the corners flanking Burnett Street, ten—maybe twelve—volunteers with placards […]
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Mon 20 October 2025 Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Calls grow for major security reforms in SA: “We can definitely show a correlation between a leadership deficit and a growth in serious crime. “When it comes to one of the most important components of Saps, that being the role of crime intelligence, […]
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Senegal Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, attend a ceremony after receiving the official report on the Thiaroye massacre, at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Oct. 16, 2025. Sun 19 October 2025: A 1944 massacre by French troops against African soldiers demanding their pay in Senegal was “premeditated” and “covered up,” […]
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Sat 18 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Will Gaza ceasefire change SA’s ICJ genocide case against Israel? “The ceasefire is a welcome step because, of course, we want to end the killing,” Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s former foreign minister said. “But I’m concerned because the struggle of the people of […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘He hasn’t paid anything’: The Presidency is fighting to get former president Jacob Zuma to pay back R29 million in taxpayer funds that he spent on his corruption trial costs. However, the office does not believe that Zuma will ever pay, given that […]
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