Wed 22 May 2024: Johannesburg, South Africa – After weeks of legal disputes and rulings from the country’s electoral commission and court, South Africa’s highest court on Monday barred controversial former President Jacob Zuma from becoming a member of parliament. The Constitutional Court’s decision brings finality to the matter, however, experts have said it will not hamper Zuma’s […]
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Tue 21 May 2024: Data from the third week of May indicates that South African motorists can expect a significant drop in fuel prices, with reductions anticipated for both petrol and diesel, BusinessTech reported. According to week three data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), petrol and diesel prices are showing an over-recovery of between […]
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Mon 20 May 2024: South Africa’s highest court has disqualified former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in the upcoming general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma’s 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court makes him ineligible to stand for election. Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at a corruption […]
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Christian Malanga and his son, wearing a US flag patch, speak before attempting to storm the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa. Source: Facebook Mon 20 May 2024: On Sunday, the leader of an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was killed, and about 50 people, including three American citizens, were arrested, according […]
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Mon 20 May 2024: Illegal currency traders have vanished from the streets of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, as authorities intensify efforts to stabilize the new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, Xinhua reported. On April 5, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced the gold-backed ZiG, replacing the inflation-ravaged Zimbabwean dollar. The ZiG is part of a legal […]
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Sun 19 May 2024: Former South African president Jacob Zuma surprised many in December 2023 by declaring he’d canvass for a new rival to the African National Congress (ANC), the party he used to lead. The new uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) is on the ballot papers in the upcoming national election and provincial elections. […]
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Fri 17 May 2024: The UN humanitarian office said, on Friday, that half of Sudan’s population needs aid as famine and disease outbreaks are “closing in”, Anadolu Agency reports. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began in April 2023. More than 15,000 people have since been killed and many more displaced. A […]
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Fri 17 May 2024: The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) with the assistance of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, on Friday conducted searches and seized evidence at Home Affairs offices in five provinces. The SIU said in a statement that this is part of an ongoing investigation into the affairs […]
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Thu 16 May 2024: The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is encouraging beneficiaries to ensure that they read SASSA notification letters. These notifications, according to the agency, could be messages to inform beneficiaries about changes that could affect their social grants. SASSA has since stressed the importance of ensuring that the addresses of beneficiaries […]
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Thu 16 May 2024: Six suspects were shot and fatally wounded and five firearms were recovered during two separate shootouts with KwaZulu-Natal police on Thursday. KZN police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker, said four men, who were suspected to be behind a string of cash-in-transit (CIT) robberies in the province, were shot and fatally wounded in […]
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