Wed 06 August 2025: Experts warn that unsustainable tariff hikes, which have risen 600% in recent years, are pushing millions towards energy poverty and creating a volatile environment. A crisis is brewing in South Africa, not of bombs and bullets, but of skyrocketing electricity costs that threaten to ignite widespread social unrest. With tariffs having surged […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: Petrol consumers will breathe a sigh of relief at the pumps this month, as the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has announced a decrease in the price of fuel for the month of August. Those who use diesel and paraffin, however, will have to dig deeper into their pockets, […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: At least 80 people have died and over 2,100 cases have been recorded in Sudan’s five Darfur states until July 30, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, UNICEF said 20 people lost their lives to the outbreak while 1,180 cases were reported in Tawila, in […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: On Monday, Sudan alleged that the United Arab Emirates recruited Colombian mercenaries to support the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in their fight against the government-aligned Sudanese army. Since April 2023, the conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and triggered the […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: Focus on ‘zama zamas’ ignores the organised crime networks profiting from the trade, while a complex socio-economic legacy traps thousands of former mineworkers. As law enforcement agencies intensify crackdowns on illegal miners, known as zama zamas, a leading researcher argues that the focus on individual workers overlooks the highly organised criminal […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: The United States’ decision to impose a 30% tariff on South African imports has sent shockwaves through local industries. As the country’s second-largest trading partner, the US provides vital market access for agriculture, automotive and textile exports. Economists warn that the tariffs could threaten jobs and disrupt supply chains that have […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: Senegal said Saturday that it is positioning new gendarmerie units in the east of the country as it faces growing security threats along its border with Mali. Terrorist attacks early last month in western Mali included an assault on Diboli, a border community less than 500 metres from the town of […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: At least 55 irregular African migrants have drowned when a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, officials said Sunday. The boat with dozens of migrants, mostly from Ethiopia, sank off the coast of Abyan province in southern Yemen at dawn due to bad weather conditions, a security source told Anadolu […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: The Border Management Authority (BMA) intercepted and deported nearly 10 000 people attempting to cross the border illegally during the first quarter of the financial year. This is according to BMA Commissioner Dr Michael Masiapato who briefed the media on the first quarter performance of the agency on Sunday. “Of the 9 […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: Millions of unemployed South Africans, many of whom survive on a Social Relief of Distress Grant government grant of R370 (about US$21) per month, are not able to pay for electricity and still afford food and shelter. In the working class community of Thembisa in South Africa’s industrial heartland of Gauteng, the local […]
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