Wed 30 November 2022: The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has welcomed government’s decision to ban the trade of scrap metal, as it will significantly improve its ability to run trains and protect the rail infrastructure. “The theft of cables and metals have badly damaged our network. It is more than theft, it […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: After explosives were dropped nearby a base for Russian mercenaries operating with the country’s military by a low-flying fighter plane, authorities in the Central African Republic launched an investigation. The Wagner Group outpost in Russia and nearby residences were reportedly targeted, according to witnesses, during the incident that happened in the […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: The official unemployment rate has slightly decreased by one percentage point to 32.9% in the last quarter of 2022, with some 204 000 job gains during the last quarter – a year-on-year decrease of about two percentage points. This is according to Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey released by […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: The formal procedure of sending stolen bronzes from Benin back to Nigeria has started at a small museum in south-east London. On Monday, the Horniman Museum officially transferred ownership of the 72 priceless artifacts to the Nigerian government. The artifacts were stolen by force from Benin City in 1897. History made […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: Namibia will step up efforts against wildlife crime in the country during this year’s festive season, an official said Saturday. Romeo Muyunda, spokesperson of the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT), said Namibia has observed that in the past poachers took advantage of the festive season to undertake criminal activities […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: The Department of Health is working with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to conduct a feasibility study on the rollout of solar panels in critical areas in health facilities. According to a statement released by the department on Monday, the move is part of the energy mix to […]
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Sun 27 November 2022: Police and government sources report that al-Shabab fighters assaulted a hotel used by government officials in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Security officials said the shooters were wearing “suicide” vests. There was no word yet on any casualties in the latest al-Shabab armed group attack. The attackers stormed the Villa Rose […]
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Sun 27 November 2022: Police used water cannons to disperse crowds in Belgium’s capital, after the mood turned sour, during the country’s shock defeat to Morocco, at the FIFA World Cup, on Sunday. Dozens of fans smashed shop windows, threw fireworks and torched vehicles. According to Brussels police, Even before the end of the match, […]
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Sun 27 November 2022: Anti-colonial activists in Namibia – calling themselves A Curt Farewell – have scored a victory after a statue of a colonial German officer, Curt von François, was removed from outside the Windhoek City Council in the country’s capital. Namibia was under German colonial rule before being governed by apartheid South Africa, gaining independence in 1990. We asked Namibian political […]
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Sat 26 November 2022: The Control of the Tobacco and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill is a crucial cog in the journey to ensuring that health is indeed one’s wealth. Inherently each person is responsible for their health – however, the math it is not always that simple and the draft bill that is currently before […]
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