Fri 14 March 2025: UN Security Council meets to discuss war’s toll on children as MSF secretary-general slams ‘hollow’ ceasefire calls. The war in Sudan has exposed more than 12 million people to “pervasive” sexual violence that is being used to “terrify” the entire population, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). As the war nears […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: The Southern African regional bloc has said it will conclude its troop deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), having decided on a “phased withdrawal”. Leaders from the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) – which has lost at least a dozen soldiers in the eastern DRC since January […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: The US and Israel have contacted officials of three East African countries to discuss using their territories to settle Palestinians who have been forcibly displaced from Gaza, the Associated Press reported today according to Reuters US and Israeli sources cited by AP said officials from Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somaliland were contacted regarding […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the European Union’s €4.7 billion Global Gateway Investment Package aimed at supporting strategic investment projects. The President was speaking during a press briefing following the 8th South Africa-European Union Summit held in Cape Town on Thursday. The package is aimed at supporting: • A clean and just […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: Opposition parties, including those in the Government of National Unity (GNU), have strongly condemned Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s proposal to increase VAT by one percentage point—split into two increments of 0.5 percentage points, the first taking effect this year and the second successive year. They argue that the increase will disproportionately […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: The first rhino emerged cautiously, its massive frame moving into the golden grass of Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater. It sniffed the air, ears flicking, then took a slow step forward. Moments later, the others followed, a cloud of dust rising around their legs as they emerged from the metal cage. South African rangers-burly men clad […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: African Union urges member states and international community ‘not to recognise any government or parallel entity’. The African Union says that the announcement of a parallel government in war-torn Sudan risks severing the country, already ravaged by nearly two years of fighting. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been locked […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: Sixteen people lost their lives, and dozens more were injured in a devastating bus accident on the R21 near OR Tambo International Airport. The crash, which happened early on Tuesday, 11 March 2025, involved a City of Ekurhuleni passenger bus and a light motor vehicle. According to the Road Traffic Management […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: The Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) initiative has successfully eradicated over 93% of identified pit toilets in public schools across the country. This was revealed by Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube in Parliament today, where senior officials from the department presented to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education the analysis, implications […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: Since taking office, US president Donald Trump has implemented policies that have been notably hostile towards China. They include trade restrictions. Most recently, a 20% tariff was added to all imports from China and new technological restrictions were imposed under the America First Investment Policy. This isn’t the first time US-China tensions have flared. […]
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