Wed 06 March 2024: The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has announced that all grades of fuel will increase by at least R1 from today. The following are the increases have been announced: Petrol (93 ULP & LRP): R1.21 increase. Petrol (95 ULP & LRP): R1.21 increase. Diesel (0.05% sulphur): R1.05 increase. Diesel […]
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Tue 05 March 2024: Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has announced that South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023. In the fourth quarter, six of the 10 industries kept the economy in the green, with the transport, storage and communication industry making the biggest positive impact, expanding […]
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Tue 05 March 2024: The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the sanctions, which target three companies and 11 individuals, including the Mnangagwas his wife, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, and retired Brigadier-General Walter Tapfumaneyi, for alleged corruption and human rights violations. following a review of the sanctions program, which had been in place […]
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Mon 04 March 2024: A week ago, attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso killed approximately 170 people, according to a regional prosecutor, as violence flared across the country. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly claimed in a statement on Sunday that he had received information of attacks on the villages of Komsilga, Nodin, and Soroe in […]
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Mon 04 March 2024: The South African Police Service (SAPS) has assured the community of Diazville in the Western Cape, where Joslin Smith went missing, that they remain committed to finding the six-year-old and reuniting her with her family. Police Minister General Bheki Cele on Saturday met with the family of Joslin Smith, as well […]
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Sat 02 March 2024: Since the latter part of 2023 hardly a week has gone by without some residents of Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial capital, losing their water supply. Notices of planned outages from the local water authority are a common occurrence. Unplanned water shutdowns also happen regularly. The entire city has been affected – shanty towns, less affluent and more affluent […]
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Fri 01 March 2024: President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia declared the current drought a national disaster, stating that the absence of rain had severely damaged the agricultural sector and affected over a million families. At a time when farmers in southern Africa most need rain, the country has gone five weeks without any, Hichilema said […]
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Fri 01 March 2024: Authorities in Malawi have reported that flash floods have destroyed two lakeshore districts, Nkhotakota in the central region and Karonga in the northern region, leaving thousands of people displaced and one dead. Over 7,000 people have been displaced by the floods in Nkhotakota alone, according to a statement released on Thursday […]
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Fri 01 March 2024: Dan Marokane officially assumes his role as Eskom Group Chief Executive today. In a statement on Friday, the Eskom Board expressed confidence in Marokane’s abilities, as well as in the leadership and staff of Eskom, emphasising their collective commitment to turning the organisation around. “We expect Morokane and his leadership team […]
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Fri 01 March 2024: Legislators in Rwanda adopted on Wednesday a treaty that was agreed in December between the UK and Rwanda, allowing London to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda. The agreement was signed in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, by Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta and British Home Secretary James Cleverly, with at least […]
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