Mon 11 August 2025: With the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC 5.2) on Plastic Pollution underway in Geneva, Switzerland, South Africa has reaffirmed its support for a legally binding global treaty to tackle plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is already harming communities, economies and ecosystems – from land to rivers to oceans. “Plastic […]
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Sun 10 August 2025: Niger’s government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s sole industrial gold mine, accusing its Australian operator of “serious breaches” as the West African country seeks greater control of natural resources. Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have severed relations with many foreign mining companies in recent years, with Niger nationalising the local […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: The World Health Organization on Thursday said nearly 100,000 cholera cases had been reported in Sudan since July last year, as it warned of more hunger, displacement and disease to come. Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ National dialogue in peril: In a joint statement released on Friday, 8 August, the foundations—including those of Steve Biko, Thabo Mbeki, Chief Albert Luthuli, Desmond and Leah Tutu, FW de Klerk, and Oliver and Adelaide Tambo—announced their immediate withdrawal from the event’s Preparatory […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Citing a rushed process and government overreach, several prominent legacy foundations have pulled out of the upcoming National Convention. A coalition of South Africa’s most respected legacy foundations has withdrawn from the inaugural National Convention, scheduled for 15 August. The pull-out casts a shadow over the credibility of the entire National […]
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Fri 08 August 2025: The United States has announced a pause on all routine visa applications for citizens of Zimbabwe. The announcement marks the latest restriction imposed by the Trump administration on travellers from Africa. The State Department said in a statement on Thursday that the US embassy in Zimbabwe would pause all routine visa […]
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Fri 08 August 2025: President Gustavo Petro says his government is trying to find out how many Colombians died in the attack. Sudan’s air force has destroyed a UAE aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it was landing at an airport in Darfur controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), army-aligned state TV reported. The […]
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Fri 08 August 2025: Legal experts and activists question government inaction as citizens allegedly commit war crimes in Gaza Legal experts and human rights activists are raising alarms over the South African government’s failure to prosecute its citizens serving in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), creating what they describe as a state of impunity. This […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: The surge in African billionaires signals elite capture rather than economic progress, locking millions into poverty. On July 9, 2025, I was overwhelmed by a profound sense of despair and disappointment upon reading a report from Oxfam International, a globally recognised NGO, revealing that just four of Africa’s richest billionaires hold a […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: ◼️ Inside Ramaphosa’s call with Trump: “The two leaders undertook to continue with further engagements, recognising the various trade negotiations the US is currently involved in. Respective trade negotiating teams will take forward more detailed discussions,” Ramaphosa spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said. https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/ramaphosas-call-trump-devastating-tariffs/ ————- ◼️ SA raises concern over arrival of “dangerous […]
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