Sat 20 August 2022: In the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, gunmen with ties to al Qaeda attacked a hotel, leaving at least 12 people dead. Even after 24 hours, the authorities are still working to release the captives held by the extremists. Al Shabaab insurgents have taken responsibility for the assault. Before starting their shooting, […]
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Sat 20 August 2022: The Australian oil and gas company Invictus Energy said on Friday that it would start exploring for gas in northern Zimbabwe in the following month. If successful, this might result in the first gas production in Zimbabwe and help the nation’s ongoing power problems. Exploration was to start some 200 kilometres […]
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Sat 20 August 2022: More than 10 people were confirmed dead after hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, was hit by gunfire and explosions. On Friday night, gunmen assaulted the Hotel Hayat in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts. The Hotel Hayat is known to be frequented by government figures. Al-Shabaab, which has […]
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Fri 19 August 2022: The Department of Employment and Labour has called on employers to take sterner action to stem the tide of harassment in the workplace. “Harassment must not be cheap, culprits must be held accountable and disciplined,” Employment and Labour Deputy Director for Employment Equity (EE) Registry, Lucia Rayner said. Rayner said employers […]
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Fri 19 August 2022: While monkeypox is considered “low risk” in South Africa, the Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla says the high number of confirmed positive cases is becoming a cause for concern. This comes as the Minister announced the country’s fifth monkeypox case during a media briefing on Friday. According to Phaahla, the latest […]
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Thu 18 August 2022: The forest fires raging in northern Algeria have claimed the lives of at least 38 people and injured several others. a mother and daughter were killed in Setif, according to Kamel Beldjoud, the interior minister of the nation. Most of those killed occurred in El Tarf, close to the Tunisian border. […]
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Thu 18 August 2022: Plans are afoot to build two new universities, says Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande. This follows Cabinet’s approval for the establishment of the new University of Science and Innovation in Ekurhuleni and a new Crime Detection University in Hammanskraal in Gauteng. Nzimande said the process of developing […]
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Thu 18 August 2022: The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has called for nominations for the annual SAMRC Scientific Merit Awards. Qualifying candidates are individual researchers who, through published work, made groundbreaking contributions to impactful excellent science and health research aimed at advancing the lives of South Africans. The awards, which are among the […]
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Wed 17 August 2022: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, has indicated that racism is to blame for the lack of concern given by the world community to the situation of people in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray area. Calling it the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, with 6 million people unable […]
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Wed 17 August 2022: South Africa can avoid possible greylisting if it were to implement recommendations contained in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation report. The FATF commenced its assessment in 2019 and published its final report on 7 October last year. The mutual evaluation report had an adverse rating under technical compliance […]
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