Wed 21 January 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ COSATU rejects salary hike for politicians and judiciary: Parks said it’s an even greater affront that the salary hikes include over 9,000 councillors when most municipalities are on the brink of collapse. “If government has spare funds, it must hire doctors, nurses, […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: The National Alliance of Independent Schools Associations (NAISA) has pushed back against calls for schools to police scholar transport, arguing that road safety is a shared responsibility rather than a burden for schools alone. This follows remarks by Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane, who suggested that parents and schools should take […]
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Tue 20 January 2026: Armed gangs kidnapped 163 Christian worshippers after storming two churches in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state on Sunday, a member of the clergy told AFP. “The attackers came in numbers and blocked the entrance of the churches and forced the worshippers out into the bush,” Reverend Joseph Hayab, head of the Christian Association […]
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Tue 20 January 2026: The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Monday it has found evidence that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Sudan’s Darfur region, citing repeated atrocities in El Fasher and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. ICC deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told the UN […]
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Tue 20 January 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Eskom says no to R213 billion from Western countries: The Electricity and Energy Minister said the terms for the R213 billion funding from major Western powers for Eskom’s decarbonisation are unappealing. He said Eskom will need to turn to other funding options, such […]
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Image Source: SABC News Tue 20 January 2026: Despite South Africa being the continent’s most developed economy with surplus agricultural production and an advanced food distribution system, nearly 1,000 children under the age of five died from severe acute malnutrition in public hospitals in 2025 alone. Activist Mark Heywood revealed that the actual death toll could […]
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Mon 19 January 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa approves R100,000 salary increase: President Ramaphosa has approved a 3.8% salary increase for South Africa’s top politicians, including ministers, deputy ministers and parliamentarians. The president’s salary is currently R3.35 million and will increase to R3.5 million is the commission’s recommendation is […]
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Mon 19 January 2026: Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Transport has thrown its support behind Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy’s call to ban any level of alcohol consumption for drivers. Earlier this week, Creecy released the festive season road statistics and called for zero tolerance for drinking and driving. It is currently a criminal offense to exceed […]
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Sun 18 January 2026: The US is struggling to maintain its economic footing in Africa after a decade of fluctuating relations, while rising bilateral trade still represents only a “symbolic share” of total US trade, an academic said. Yunus Turhan, an associate professor of international relations at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, in the Turkish […]
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Sat 17 January 2026: Museveni, 81, secured 71.65 percent support, electoral commission says, after contentious election campaign. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected to a seventh term, the country’s electoral commission has announced. Museveni, 81, won with 71.65 percent of the vote, the commission said on Saturday. He defeated his main challenger, 43-year-old Bobi Wine, who […]
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