Thu 22 February 2024: South Africa’s economy is expected to grow at some 1.6% over the next three years, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reaching 0.6% in 2023. “Despite the improved global outlook for 2024, South Africa’s near-term growth remains hamstrung by lower commodity prices and structural constraints. We estimate real GDP growth of […]
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Wed 21 February 2024: Social grants are expected to increase to keep in line with inflation and increase access for those who are eligible. This does not include the Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD Grant) also known as the R350 grant. This was announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during the Budget Speech delivered […]
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Wed 21 February 2024: South Africa will hold national and provincial elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has said. Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party is expected to face a tough challenge to retain its parliamentary majority in the country’s seventh democratic election since the end of the apartheid system in 1994. […]
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Wed 21 February 2024: The Gauteng e-toll scheme is expected to be delinked from the end of March this year. This was announced by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi during the State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Monday evening. “E-tolls are a system that was introduced in the province by national government on the basis […]
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Tue 20 February 2024: The Department of Health has hit back at a misleading voice note making the rounds on social media platforms claiming that people who vaccinated against COVID-19 are dying due to the vaccine. The voice note, which is also circulating on WhatsApp, promotes the use of an unregistered over-the-counter product called Nature’s […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government have launched the Second Ten-Year Implementation Plan of the AU’s Agenda 2063: “The Africa we want”. Agenda 2063 serves as a 50-year blueprint for Africa’s socio-economic development and integration. It was adopted by the AU Member States at the Assembly of Heads […]
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Members of a military council that staged a coup in Niger attend a rally at a stadium in Niamey, Niger, August 6, 2023. Mon 19 February 2024: The West African debt management agency announced on Monday that Niger failed to make a debt payment of 13.4 billion CFA francs ($22 million) last week, raising […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and conservation partners on Friday began relocation of endangered black rhinoceros from a private sanctuary in northern parts of the country to less populated and poaching-free habitats. Six black rhinoceros were relocated from Ol Pejeta Conservancy, in the northwestern county of Laikipia, to Loisaba Conservancy, in […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: Pope Francis appealed on Sunday to Sudan’s warring factions to put an end to a 10-month conflict that has seen millions displaced and prompted warnings of famine. “I ask again the warring parties to stop this war, which causes so much damage to the people and the future of the country”, […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: Public hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israeli practices in Palestine began on Monday. The public hearings started following the UN General Assembly’s request for an advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. A […]
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