Tue 05 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa’s private Zimbabwe farm visit sparks questions over true purpose: Some speculated that Ramaphosa was on a mission to strike private business deals with members of the Zimbabwean business sector, given that he flew in the same helicopter as people described by the […]
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Mon 04 May 2026: The Department of Health (DoH) has called for public calm following confirmation of a rare Hantavirus case in a critically ill British national in South Africa. The patient was a passenger aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was travelling to the Canary Islands via Cape Verde from Argentina. The ship […]
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Mon 04 May 2026: Before his 2019 death in a Manhattan jail cell, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein built connections across Africa’s elite. According to a report by Miami Herald on Wednesday, Epstein tried to amass money, power and women across the continent. When Senegal investigated former President Abdoulaye Wade’s son for corruption, Epstein supported […]
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Mon 04 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Madlanga Commission Day 100: Last month, the commission granted Witness G permission to testify partially in camera, after his legal team argued that disclosing his identity could place him and his informants at risk. His lawyer, Tshepo Matlala, previously told the commission […]
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Sun 03 May 2026: While Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, is still to announce the date for the launch of the game changing HIV prevention medication Lenacapavir, the injectable will help the country in its fight against HIV, while also benefiting South Africans. Lenacapavir is administered via injection twice a year, offering six months of continuous […]
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Sat 02 May 2026: China on Friday extended zero-tariff treatment to all African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations, a move aimed at strengthening trade ties and supporting industrial development across the continent, according to state-run media. Under the new policy, tariffs have been removed on imports from 53 African nations, including emerging economies […]
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Sat 02 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ IEC reassures public that local elections won’t disrupt school exams: “Around that time, it would be the beginning of exams, and not a lot of our learners would be writing exams. We wanted to hold the elections before the exams are in […]
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Thu 30 April 2026: Aid agencies warn that time is running out to avoid an ‘irreversible humanitarian catastrophe’. Nearly eight million people in South Sudan are at risk of acute hunger as conflict and displacement worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis, according to a United Nations-backed report. Published on Tuesday, the report warns that 7.8 […]
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Fri 01 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Hate on parade: The marches and heightened anti-foreigner sentiment drew a warning from UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Speaking on SA’s Freedom Day on Monday, 27 April, a UN statement said: “…the Secretary‑General is deeply concerned by reports of xenophobic attacks and acts of […]
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Thu 30 April 2026: As Mali’s military government battles to reassert control, spokesperson for Tuareg rebels says it will fall ‘sooner or later’. Mali’s Tuareg rebels, involved in a continuing uprising, including the assassination of the country’s defence minister, have said they want to drive the military government’s Russian backers out of the country. Mohamed Elmaouloud […]
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