Thu 04 April 2024: The gender pay disparity in the nation is the main reason why South African women are earning less and accumulating more debt than their male counterparts, according to the National Debt Advisors. Women are disproportionately affected by this issue, especially single mothers, SABC news reported. Statistics South Africa reports a 30 […]
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Thu 04 April 2024: Botswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. Angered by proposals in Berlin to restrict the import of hunting trophies, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said in comments published on Wednesday that Germans should try living among elephants. He claimed that an explosion in the number […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has refuted reports claiming that two South African soldiers deployed as part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) have surrendered to M23 rebels. According to a statement released on Wednesday, this misinformation was found in various […]
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A view of the panel of five judges led by the country’s deputy chief justice, Richard Buteera. FILE PHOTO Wed 03 April 2024: A petition to repeal anti-gay law was denied by Uganda’s Constitutional Court. on Wednesday. The court ruled on Wednesday that certain sections of the law violated the right to health and […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: With nearly 13,400 confirmed cases since the first cases were reported in the northern border region of Karonga in mid-February, viral conjunctivitis is still on the rise in Malawi. Health officials report that the outbreak has already reached 26 of the 28 districts in the nation. 13,419 cases in all had […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: In separate declarations released late on Sunday, over 80 political parties and civil organizations urged the military junta to hold presidential elections as soon as possible in order to put an end to transitional military rule, Anadolu Agency reported. “Currently, the country is going through enormous difficulties, and the transition is […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: The price of electricity will increase this week, following Eskom’s implementation of its new electricity tariff of between 12.72% and 12.74%. This after the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) determined the increases in December last year. The increases are as follows: Local authority tariff charges: 1 July 2024 – 30 […]
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Mon 01 April 2024: The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism in Namibia voiced grave concerns on Monday regarding the increase in poaching within the country’s premier park, Etosha National Park, where 19 rhinoceroses had been unlawfully killed since the year 2024 began. In addition to the rhinoceroses killed in the national park, Romeo Muyunda, […]
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Mon 01 April 2024: Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga says alcohol remains the biggest contributor to road crashes, SABC reported. She joined traffic officials in manning a roadblock at the Mariannhill Toll Plaza in KwaZulu-Natal. Traffic authorities say a large number of vehicles have started to leave the province. This as travellers make their way home […]
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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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