Wed 09 April 2025: With the launch of the R500 million Spaza Shop Support Fund (SSSF), government is ready to assist entrepreneurs who want to establish startups, expand their businesses, and gain essential business skills to improve the performance of their enterprises. This is according to the Minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni. With […]
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Wed 09 April 2025: US aid cuts force South Sudanese clinics to close, as children die while on a desperate trek for medical care. Eight people, including five children, have died after walking for three hours in blistering heat to seek treatment for cholera in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei state, as United States aid cuts forced local […]
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Tue 08 April 2025: Rwanda began a weeklong commemoration Monday marking 31 years since the 1994 genocide against the ethnic Tutsi population. President Paul Kagame and first lady Jeannette Kagame, joined by the dean of the diplomatic corps in the capital Kigali and representatives of genocide survivors, laid wreaths at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where […]
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Mon 07 April 2025: The proposed Firearms Control Amendment Bill has ignited widespread public opposition and political backlash across South Africa. At the centre of the controversy is the Bill’s attempt to overhaul the Firearms Control Act of 2000 — with critics warning that it could disempower law-abiding citizens while failing to address the core issues fuelling […]
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Mon 07 April 2025: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s relations with Algeria have deteriorated amid a series of coups and strengthened Russian ties. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have recalled their ambassadors from Algeria in response to the downing of a Malian drone. The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a confederation of the three African […]
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Mon 07 April 2025: It was yet another unwelcome development for Mark Zuckerberg’s technology titan Meta, the parent company of Facebook. The High Court of Kenya has found that the US-based entity can be sued over its alleged role in disseminating content that incited violence in neighbouring Ethiopia. While the case can be heard in Kenya, the […]
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Sun 06 April 2025: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he will direct the government to suspend all tariffs on US imports. Mnangagwa posted on X on Saturday that this measure aims to boost American imports in Zimbabwe and promote Zimbabwean exports to the US. “This action underscores our commitment to a framework of equitable trade […]
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At Camps Bay, Cape Town, wastewater is pumped out to sea. Steve Kretzmann/GroundUp Sun 06 April 2025: As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of using millions of litres of clean, drinkable water to flush toilets. South Africa’s Water Research Commission […]
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Sat 05 April 2025: At the break of dawn, Ronin’s handler gently sets him down at the edge of a suspected minefield. A lightweight harness, attached to a thin rope, wraps snugly around the rat’s small torso, guiding him methodically across the terrain. With an eager twitch of his whiskers and the promise of a slice […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: The move deals a harsh blow to the small, impoverished state, which Trump mocked as a place ‘nobody has heard of’. The Trump administration has imposed a steep 50 percent tariff on Lesotho, a small, impoverished African nation of two million people – the highest tariff levied on any country. The […]
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