Thu 24 July 2025: Department dismisses claims of collaboration with Hamas as unverified, baseless, and part of a campaign to discredit South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has vehemently denied explosive allegations that the South African government collaborated with Hamas ahead of the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel. […]
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Wed 23 July 2025: The Niger says it will open an investigation following the auction in the United States of America of a meteorite discovered in the West African country. “The Council of Ministers was informed of the auction in the United States of America for nearly US$5 million of a meteorite discovered in the […]
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Wed 23 July 2025: Durban seafood business loses thousands in a sophisticated fake payment scam, highlighting a growing trend targeting online sellers. A Durban seafood business has been swindled out of R6 492 in a cautionary tale for all online vendors, falling victim to a sophisticated fake payment scam. The incident saw a fraudster use […]
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Tue 22 July 2025: The Pestalozzi Trust has launched a constitutional court challenge against the BELA Act, arguing Parliament failed to ensure meaningful public participation, creating a flawed and potentially unconstitutional law. South Africa’s controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act is facing a significant legal challenge that could send it back to Parliament. The Pestalozzi Trust, […]
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Tue 22 July 2025: Sudan’s Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority (TPRA) has announced a “precautionary restriction” on WhatsApp voice and video calling services across the country beginning on Friday, July 25, 2025. In a statement, TTRA says the measure is being implemented to counter potential security threats and safeguard national security and the country’s paramount […]
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Tue 22 July 2025: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has warned neighbour Ethiopia against launching a new war between the two countries, with tensions high in the Horn of Africa region. Eritrea and Ethiopia have had fraught relations since the former declared independence in 1993, with tens of thousands of people killed in a war between the two […]
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Mon 21 July 2025: Kenyan rights activist Boniface Mwangi is accused of “facilitation of terrorist acts” during protests that rocked the country in June 2025, investigators said on Sunday, a day after he was arrested. Mwangi, who was arrested at his home near Nairobi, is being held at a police station in the capital and […]
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Sat 19 July 2025: The declaration has been agreed by representatives of both sides in Doha, weeks after talks in Washington. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group have signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end fighting in eastern Congo. The declaration was signed on Saturday between representatives […]
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Sat 19 July 2025: he Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has assured the public that the presence of anti-retroviral (ARV) residues in drinking water poses no health risk and cannot result in HIV transmission. This follows the release of a study by North West University’s Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management and the Africa […]
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Eswatini’s King Mswati III Thu 17 July 2025: The Trump administration has pushed third-party countries to accept deportees whose home countries allegedly will not accept them. The government of the tiny, landlocked African country of Eswatini has confirmed that it received five individuals deported from the United States under President Donald Trump. In a statement on […]
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