Category: Africa

Since democracy in 1994, South Africa’s elections have been consistently judged to be legitimate, free and fair. Kealeboga J Maphunye, University of South Africa South Africa holds its sixth national election on May 8, coinciding with the country’s celebration of its silver jubilee as a democracy this year. The poll to choose national and provincial legislators […]

One of South Africa’s newest power plants, designed to supply the grid during peak-use periods, is defective and has been limited to operate at lower capacity. The deepest power cuts in more than a decade imposed by cash-strapped, state-owned Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. this month reduced the chances of the continent’s most-industrialized economy posting a stronger recovery […]

Motorists, this one’s for you: Sanral have given up in their quest to chase historical debt from e-tolls. Funny how it’s happened in election season, hey? In a massive victory for Gauteng road users and South African motorists in general, Sanral has backed down on plans to fine and blacklist drivers for their failure to settle […]

The camp is home to tens of thousands of people, mostly Somalis Kenya plans to shut a refugee camp that is home to nearly a quarter of a million people, mostly Somalis, in the next few months. The three-decade-old Dadaab camp in eastern Kenya would be closed by the end of August under the Kenyan […]

Calls rang loud for Western Sahara to be brought back to the discussion table. Western Sahara President Brahim Ghali has urged the African Union, the United Nations and Morocco to fast-track the long delayed referendum on the self-determination of the Arab nation. Until then, he said, the continent will not realise freedom.  Western Sahara referendum […]

Brace for impact, everybody. The forecast for the month ahead is a beast, as the petrol price is set for second consecutive major increase in April. They’ve got us by the gas pumps, here. Data released by the Central Energy Fund (CEF) this weeksuggests that the petrol price increase for April 2019 could hit South Africa […]

City officials have responded to the news that the Vaal Dam is less than 70% full: Here’s your reminder about what Level 1 water restrictions mean for Johannesburg. Local authorities in Johannesburg are keen to remind citizens that Level 1 water restrictions remain in place for the city. This comes after the Vaal Dam – Gauteng’s largest […]

The Carte Blanche team – famous for reporting news stories – became their own subject recently, when they were the victims of an on-shoot armed robbery. A guest presenter for Carte Blanche has opened up about their harrowing experience on-location after Masa Kekana revealed that she and her crew were targeted in an armed robbery. The production […]

Think before you get creative with the truth on your CV: The government are now one step closer to bringing in harsher penalties for “dishonest applicants”. The National Qualifications Amendment Bill is not here to play, ladies and gentlemen. The adjustment to the existing legislation comes with some pretty stern updates, which aims to clamp-down on […]

More than 100 people have been killed in an attack on a village in central Mali by armed men wearing traditional Dogon hunters’ clothing, reports say. Gunmen surrounded the village before attacking people in their homes in Ogossagou in the country’s Mopti region, a local official said. The attack on Saturday targeted members of the […]