Wed 10 April 2024: Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has moved to clarify a misunderstanding on the gazetted regulations recommendations on the Critical Skills and General Work Visas. This comes after some media reports had stated that the department had done away with the Critical Skills Visa in favour of a point-based system. Briefing […]
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Representational image Tue 09 April 2024: At least 80 people were rushed to various hospitals due to suspected food poisoning after they bought shawarma, a kind of meat or chicken wrap, at a fast food outlet in Zambia’s Chililabombwe Town in Copperbelt Province, the police said on Tuesday. Copperbelt Province Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba […]
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Representational image Mon 08 April 2024: A ferry boat overturned off the northern coast of Mozambique, leaving at least 94 people—including children—dead and 26 more missing, say officials. According to Lourenco Machado, an administrator of the country’s Maritime Transport Institute (INTRASMAR), the boat was an overloaded fishing vessel and lacked a license to transport […]
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Mon 08 April 2024: The UAE and Kenya are expanding cooperation in digitalisation and technology, Emirati News Agency, WAM, reports. According to the report, the two sides have signed a MoU to explore investments in digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI) services in Kenya, including developing data centre projects with a total capacity of up to […]
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Morocco is set to make history with the construction of the Grand Stade de Casablanca, a proposed stadium that would be the largest football stadium in the world. The North African country will host the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal, with aspirations for the mega-project to surpass Spain’s Bernabeu or Camp Nou as the […]
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Former South African President Jacob Zuma has endorsed the new uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party over the ruling ANC [File: MK Party X] Sat 07 April 2024: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – “We need change and we need change now,” said Princess Nozwe Zulu, sitting in her home in a low-income government housing project in Savannah Park, […]
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Sat 06 April 2024: The central bank of Zimbabwe has introduced a new “structured currency” that is backed by gold in an effort to stabilize the long-collapsing economy of the nation and battle extremely high inflation. Zim Gold (ZiG), the new currency, will be backed by gold, precious minerals, and foreign currencies, Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank […]
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Every April, humans and canines flock to the naval suburb of Simon’s Town to celebrate Just Nuisance’s life with cake, walkies and a pipe band [Courtesy of Dream Images Photography] Sat 06 April 2024: Cape Town, South Africa – Just Nuisance, who died 80 years ago this week, was the first dog in the world […]
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Fri 05 April 2024: Government intends to connect 1.5 million households in rural and township areas by the end of the year to the internet, enabled by Wi-Fi hotspots. Addressing a media briefing in Pretoria, the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Mondli Gungubele, said government plans to connect 5.5 million households in rural and […]
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Fri 05 April 2024: South Africa’s former parliament speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, was arrested and charged with corruption on Thursday, a day after she resigned over graft allegations. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Henry Mamothame confirmed that Mapisa-Nqakula was formally detained after handing herself over to police in Pretoria and made her first court appearance at […]
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