Tue 05 August 2025: Focus on ‘zama zamas’ ignores the organised crime networks profiting from the trade, while a complex socio-economic legacy traps thousands of former mineworkers. As law enforcement agencies intensify crackdowns on illegal miners, known as zama zamas, a leading researcher argues that the focus on individual workers overlooks the highly organised criminal […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: The United States’ decision to impose a 30% tariff on South African imports has sent shockwaves through local industries. As the country’s second-largest trading partner, the US provides vital market access for agriculture, automotive and textile exports. Economists warn that the tariffs could threaten jobs and disrupt supply chains that have […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: Senegal said Saturday that it is positioning new gendarmerie units in the east of the country as it faces growing security threats along its border with Mali. Terrorist attacks early last month in western Mali included an assault on Diboli, a border community less than 500 metres from the town of […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: At least 55 irregular African migrants have drowned when a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, officials said Sunday. The boat with dozens of migrants, mostly from Ethiopia, sank off the coast of Abyan province in southern Yemen at dawn due to bad weather conditions, a security source told Anadolu […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: The Border Management Authority (BMA) intercepted and deported nearly 10 000 people attempting to cross the border illegally during the first quarter of the financial year. This is according to BMA Commissioner Dr Michael Masiapato who briefed the media on the first quarter performance of the agency on Sunday. “Of the 9 […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: Millions of unemployed South Africans, many of whom survive on a Social Relief of Distress Grant government grant of R370 (about US$21) per month, are not able to pay for electricity and still afford food and shelter. In the working class community of Thembisa in South Africa’s industrial heartland of Gauteng, the local […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: The Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), Dr Michael Masiapato has noted a widely circulated message claiming that a new law, effective from May 2025, requires all persons born in South Africa to enter and exit the country solely using a South African passport, and that failure to comply will […]
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Image via Vessel Finder. Fri 01 August 2025: Following the #BlockTheBoat protest in Durban, pro-Palestine activists and a Member of Parliament are calling for greater government accountability on its commitments to Palestine. Pro-Palestinian activists are demanding increased government transparency and decisive action regarding South Africa’s trade and diplomatic relations with Israel, following a recent protest […]
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Fri 01 August 2025: Ethiopia said on Thursday that it planted 700 million tree seedlings in a single day as part of its national reforestation programme, the Green Legacy Initiative. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who launched the initiative in 2019, said the effort was more than a one-time campaign and has become a national culture […]
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Fri 01 August 2025: Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo has reaffirmed government’s commitment to tackling the growing challenge of water infrastructure sabotage and criminal activities of the so-called “water mafia”, who continue to violate citizens’ constitutional right to water access. Speaking during a webinar hosted by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), […]
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