Mon 11 August 2025: First national convention to kick off this week amidst funding debates and concerns over rushed planning Preparations for South Africa’s inaugural National Convention are moving forward this week, despite significant controversy, the withdrawal of several prominent legacy foundations, and lingering questions over its budget. The convention, scheduled to begin on Friday, […]
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Mon 11 August 2025: Mali has arrested around 20 soldiers suspected of wishing to overthrow the government of President Assimi Goita, sources told AFP on Sunday. “Since three days ago, there have been arrests linked to an attempt to destabilise the institutions. There have been at least around 20 arrests,” a Malian security source told AFP. […]
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Mon 11 August 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US tariffs to have minimal impact: South Africa’s central bank believes the US tariffs will only have a modest impact on the country’s economic growth while leaving its inflation levels broadly unchanged. https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2025/south-africas-central-bank-sees-only-modest-impact-from-us-tariffs/ ————- ◼️ Global treaty to tackle plastic pollution: In response, […]
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Mon 11 August 2025: With the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC 5.2) on Plastic Pollution underway in Geneva, Switzerland, South Africa has reaffirmed its support for a legally binding global treaty to tackle plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is already harming communities, economies and ecosystems – from land to rivers to oceans. “Plastic […]
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Sun 10 August 2025: Niger’s government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s sole industrial gold mine, accusing its Australian operator of “serious breaches” as the West African country seeks greater control of natural resources. Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have severed relations with many foreign mining companies in recent years, with Niger nationalising the local […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: The World Health Organization on Thursday said nearly 100,000 cholera cases had been reported in Sudan since July last year, as it warned of more hunger, displacement and disease to come. Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ National dialogue in peril: In a joint statement released on Friday, 8 August, the foundations—including those of Steve Biko, Thabo Mbeki, Chief Albert Luthuli, Desmond and Leah Tutu, FW de Klerk, and Oliver and Adelaide Tambo—announced their immediate withdrawal from the event’s Preparatory […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Citing a rushed process and government overreach, several prominent legacy foundations have pulled out of the upcoming National Convention. A coalition of South Africa’s most respected legacy foundations has withdrawn from the inaugural National Convention, scheduled for 15 August. The pull-out casts a shadow over the credibility of the entire National […]
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Fri 08 August 2025: The United States has announced a pause on all routine visa applications for citizens of Zimbabwe. The announcement marks the latest restriction imposed by the Trump administration on travellers from Africa. The State Department said in a statement on Thursday that the US embassy in Zimbabwe would pause all routine visa […]
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Fri 08 August 2025: President Gustavo Petro says his government is trying to find out how many Colombians died in the attack. Sudan’s air force has destroyed a UAE aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it was landing at an airport in Darfur controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), army-aligned state TV reported. The […]
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