EASTER WEEKEND ROAD DEATHS DROP IN MOST PROVINCES, SAYS TRANSPORT MINISTER

Tue 22 April 2025: Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has confirmed a notable decrease in road fatalities and crashes across South Africa during the Easter weekend, except Mpumalanga. At a media briefing held at the Kranskop Toll Gate along the N1, Creecy reported encouraging progress in road safety enforcement and compliance. “The fatalities and the crashes […]

Continue Reading

US SCALES BACK DEVELOPMENT, DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN AFRICA

Tue 22 April 2025: The US is significantly reducing its development and diplomatic operations in Africa, causing growing concern over the region’s future of health, education, and economic progress. Under the Trump administration, a leaked executive order revealed plans to restructure the State Department’s Africa operations and dramatically scale back US Agency for International Development […]

Continue Reading

AFRICA DOESN’T NEED AID. IT NEEDS CONTROL OVER ITS CRITICAL MINERALS

Mon 21 April 2025: African countries can break aid dependency by simply capturing the full value of their mineral resources. The decision of US President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend foreign aid and shut down the USAID agency has sent shockwaves across the development industry. In 2024, nearly a third of the $41bn in US […]

Continue Reading

AFRICA’S HEALTHCARE FUNDING CRISIS: 3 STRATEGIES TO MANAGE DEADLY DISEASES

Sat 19 April 2025: The increasing trend of reducing foreign aid to Africa is forcing the continent to reassess its approach to healthcare delivery. African countries face a major challenge of dealing with high rates of communicable diseases, such as malaria and HIV/Aids, and rising levels of non-communicable diseases. But the continent’s health systems don’t have the […]

Continue Reading

IS ZIMBABWE WOOING DONALD TRUMP BY PAYING WHITE FARMERS AND ENDING TARIFFS?

Fri 18 April 2025: Zimbabwe is the only country to have suspended tariffs on US imports so far. Long-frozen relations between the United States and Zimbabwe may be thawing after the Southern African nation slashed all taxes on US goods flowing into the country and announced it has begun to pay compensation to white farmers […]

Continue Reading

RTMC STEPS UP ROAD SAFETY MEASURES FOR EASTER 2025

Thu 17 April 2025: Traffic volumes are expected to surge from Thursday afternoon into Friday morning as South Africans travel to places of worship and holiday destinations for the Easter long weekend. Another spike is anticipated on Monday as people return home. Authorities urge travellers to plan their routes accordingly, especially on busy routes such […]

Continue Reading

UNDER-16 INSTAGRAM USERS TO BE BARRED FROM LIVESTREAMING WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT

Thu 17 April 2025: US-based Meta – the tech company behind Facebook and Instagram, among others – announced Tuesday that users under the age of 16 will no longer will be able to use the livestream feature without parental permission. Under updates to the Teen Accounts feature on Instagram, users younger than 16 will also […]

Continue Reading