Following the recall of South Africa’s ambassador to Israel, International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has announced that he will not be replaced. In a speech, published on the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s (Dirco) website, Sisulu said that the decision to not replace ambassador Sisa Ngombane formed part of the downgrade process. In 2018, […]
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International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says withdrawing SA ambassador is just ‘stage one’ in downgrading relations with Tel Aviv. The South African government has implemented what International Relations Minister Sisulu calls “stage one” of its programme of downgrading relations with Israel, by withdrawing its ambassador from Tel Aviv permanently. Minister of International Relations and Co-operation […]
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Clashes reported south of the Libyan capital as UN prepares for peace conference Forces loyal to Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar edged closer to the capital Tripoli on Thursday, prompting the government to issue a call to arms just weeks before a UN-sponsored conference aimed at bridging the country’s political divide. Dozens of militias have […]
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Consumers are increasingly using digital technology for more than just shopping. There is a revolution occurring in how customers access entertainment and media, for example, 38% of global consumers stream entertainment at least daily. In South Africa, cord-cutting is also increasingly popular, with 22.9% of consumers streaming movies daily, and 23.9% streaming music daily. Among […]
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Deaths due to terrorist attacks, inter-communal violence Sixty-two people were killed this week in terrorist attacks and subsequent inter-communal clashes in northern Burkina Faso, a minister said late Wednesday. In a statement, Territorial Administration Minister Simeon Sawadogo said there were 62 deaths – 32 by terrorists and 30 due to community conflicts — in the […]
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BEIRA, Mozambique (AP) — A cholera vaccination campaign is kicking off to reach nearly 900,000 cyclone survivors in Mozambique as officials rush to contain an outbreak of the disease. Vaccinations are beginning on Wednesday morning in the hard-hit city of Beira, where most of the more than 1,400 cases have been reported since the outbreak […]
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Eskom will be the main beneficiaries of the cash injection, but the loans coming from Brics’ development bank will be invested in many different projects. The President of the Brics National Development Bank, Kundapur Vaman Kamath, says the bank plans to approve development financing amounting to $2.3 billion / R30 billion in South Africa by […]
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LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell last year experienced a sharp rise in the number of oil spills caused by pipeline theft in Nigeria, which the company said were the result of larger output and higher oil prices. The number of spills caused by sabotage and theft in the Niger delta rose last year to […]
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Moroccan politicians stressed that the body responsible for determining the nature and course of the “framework law” on the teaching of scientific materials in French is in the hands of the government led by the Justice and Development party. In an interview with Arabi24, the Head of the Independence party in the Moroccan House of Representatives, […]
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Best news we’ve heard about Eskom in a while. De Beer Attorneys, a well-renowned law firm, is calling on South Africans to hold Eskom to account for the effects of load shedding. As reported by IOL News, the law firm believes that Eskom is liable for reinstating all profits lost due to the rotational power cuts that we […]
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