Sun 31 March 2024: South Africa is in the middle of a deep electricity crisis. In 2023 the public, many of whom are voters, experienced the worst loadshedding to date, losing power for an average of five hours a day. The power shortages were largely due to excessive breakdowns in the country’s coal power plant fleet, […]
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Sat 30 March 2024: During the Easter long weekend, police have warned the people to exercise additional caution when shopping or taking out cash from ATMs at busy malls and stores. During this period criminals take advantage of increased consumer spending to steal people’s hard-earned money. “Never accept help from strangers when using an ATM. […]
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Sat 30 March 2024: Lions, whose numbers are decreasing due to poaching, are struggling to survive against the rising population of their fierce rival hyenas in South Africa’s largest wildlife reserve, Kruger National Park. The majestic lions, apex predators of the African savanna, have become prime targets for poachers due to the high demand and […]
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Fri 29 March 2024: No decision has been made on the movement of US forces from Niger, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. “There’s been no decisions made at this stage on the movement of US forces,” Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters when asked about the future of US troops in the West African country. […]
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Fri 29 March 2024: 45 of the 46 people on board a bus died when it fell off a bridge and into a ravine in South Africa, according to the Department of Transport. Following the crash on Thursday, the lone survivor, an eight-year-old girl, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. About 300 kilometers […]
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Thu 28 March 2024: The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) says e-tolls will end on Thursday, 11 April 2024. According to a government gazette signed off by the Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga, the Gauteng Free Improvement Project (GFIP) will no longer be toll routes. This follows a meeting between the Minister of Transport, […]
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Thu 28 March 2024: The International Court of Justice issued new provisional measures on Gaza as part of the case brought by South Africa on the prevention of genocide, indicating that Israel must submit a report to the court on “all measures taken” to abide by the order within a month. ICJ adopted unanimously an order requesting […]
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Thu 28 March 2024: Since mid-April 2023, over 600,000 people have been displaced from Sudan into South Sudan as a result of violent fighting between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), a global charity stated on Wednesday. According to Save the Children, the number of people—both refugees and returnees—has […]
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Wed 27 March 2024: The Republic of Ireland’s Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has said that the war on Gaza now “represents the blatant violation of international humanitarian law on a mass scale”. “The taking of hostages. The purposeful withholding of humanitarian assistance to civilians. The targeting of civilians and of civilian infrastructure. The indiscriminate use […]
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Wed 27 March 2024: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has decided to hold the repo rate unchanged at 8.25%. Addressing a media briefing on Wednesday, SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago said the decision was unanimous. “In assessing this forecast, the MPC noted a range of risks. Inflation expectations have moderated […]
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