Tue 02 June 2026: Ousted PM says his party, which holds the parliamentary majority, will not participate in new government. Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has announced a new government featuring several members and allies of a party led by sacked prime minister and estranged ally Ousmane Sonko, who has pledged his group would not […]
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Tue 02 June 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa to table Presidency Budget amid impeachment tensions: President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the National Assembly on Tuesday to deliver the 2026/2027 Presidency Budget Vote, a decisive blueprint to drive economic growth, tackle poverty, and strengthen South Africa’s governance under the Government […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (DMPR) has announced that petrol will increase by R1.43 this Wednesday, while the prices of diesel, paraffin and LP gas will decrease. The adjusted prices for this month are as follows: Petrol 93 (ULP & LRP): R1.43 increase. Petrol 95 (ULP &LRP): R1.43 increase. […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ DA, RISE Mzansi account for nearly 90% of donations declared to IEC: Five political parties made declarations during the reporting period, including late and cumulative declarations. Democratic Alliance – R57 317 303 | RISE Mzansi – R30 000 000 | ActionSA – […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: More than seven million people in conflict-torn South Sudan — around half the population — are in dire need of food aid, the United Nations warned on Friday. The UN’s World Food Programme denounced the “alarming situation” in the world’s youngest sovereign state, saying the organisation was in “a tight race against time” to scale up its response. […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed reports that it has deployed soldiers in anticipation of protest action at the end of June. “The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has noted with concern misleading reports on social media suggesting that the SANDF will be deployed in anticipation of planned […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is advancing faster than the response effort to contain it, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Saturday, saying the scale and severity of the epidemic remain unclear amid major gaps in testing and logistics. In a statement released during a […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi scoops Newsmaker of the Year award: He warned that South Africa was approaching a dangerous point where institutions could become more fearful of the truth than of criminality. “When institutions begin to fear the truth more than they fear criminality, […]
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Sat 30 May 2026: Despite compliance challenges among applicants to the R500 million Spaza Shop Support Fund, government has approved R179.6 million in funding to support shop owners across all nine provinces. The fund, aimed at increasing the participation of South African-owned spaza shops in the townships and rural areas retail trade sector, was launched […]
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Fri 29 May 2026: The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash. A Kenyan court has suspended a plan to establish an Ebola quarantine facility for United States nationals exposed to the virus following a backlash from health workers and rights activists. High Court […]
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