Category: Africa

Thu 02 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Ramaphosa calls for the release of South Africans abducted by Israel: President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the Israeli government to immediately release South Africans and other nationals detained after Israeli naval forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters off Gaza. https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2025-10-02-ramaphosa-calls-for-the-release-of-south-africans-abducted-by-israel/ […]

Wed 01 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘Worst political interference’: A week after former national police minister Nathi Mthethwa was fingered in the Madlanga Commission, he was found dead outside a hotel in Paris. Mthethwa, the country’s ambassador to France, was discovered at the foot of the Hyatt Regency hotel […]

Tue 30 September 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ United States puts SA on watch list for sanctions: It was published on Monday, nearly three months after it was due to be delivered to Congress, after most of the staff in the office that prepares it were laid off. Brazil and South […]

Mon 29 September 2025: A Sudanese community committee has announced the death of 95 people, including 73 children, in Abu Shouk camp in El Fasher, due to hunger and disease over the past 40 days. The emergency room of Abu Shouk camp (a popular committee) said in a statement: “More than 73 children under the […]

Mon 29 September 2025:    Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Phala phala report could do damage: The report on IPID’s investigation into Phala Phala could “seriously damage operational relations between institutions,” leading to its classification as “top secret” by the government, according to Police Minister Firoz Cachalia, adding that this is why it […]

Sat 27 September 2025: Madagascar’s president on Friday sacked his energy minister in a bid to calm protests over power cuts and water shortages, which had left wreckage strewn across the capital a day earlier. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds of mostly young people in Antananarivo on Thursday, in protests President Andry […]

Sat 27 September 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Malema wants Cyril Ramaphosa to testify: “We plead that let these names that have been submitted be subjected to consultations. Then we shall be advised. Including the president, the president was mentioned in the committee where the minister said he consulted the president […]