Wed 21 May 2025: Headline consumer price index (CPI) inflation for April was 2.8%, slightly higher than March’s 2.7%, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has announced. The CPI increased by 0.3% month-on-month in April 2025. Inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages (NAB) rose to 4.0%, the highest annual rate since September 2024 (4.6%). The monthly […]
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Wed 21 May 2025: For the first time in three years, government has proposed an inflation-linked increase to the general fuel levy. “For the 2025/26 fiscal year, this is the only new tax proposal that I am announcing. It means from 4 June this year, the general fuel levy will increase by 16 cents per […]
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Wed 21 May 2025: The Sudanese army said Tuesday that the capital Khartoum is now “completely free” of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following months of intense warfare. “We announce today the full clearing of the entire state of Khartoum from any presence of the Al-Dagalo militia and the purification of our national capital […]
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Wed 21 May 2025: Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will this afternoon, return to Parliament to re-table the 2025 Budget Review. This decision follows the Minister’s recent announcement and subsequent request to the Speaker of the National Assembly to maintain the Value-Added Tax rate at its current level of 15 percent, reversing the previously proposed […]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa and Tesla founder Elon Musk will meet to discuss the operation of Starlink in South Africa. Image: SA government/X Tue 20 May 2025: South Africa’s government plans to offer a workaround of local Black ownership laws for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service to operate in the country, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, […]
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Tue 20 May 2025: The first International Security Conference on Africa (ISCA) opened Monday in Rwanda‘s capital, Kigali, with President Paul Kagame calling the forum “long overdue” and urging African-led responses to the continent’s security challenges. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Kagame said that Africa’s future “cannot be outsourced” and stressed the importance of the continent taking responsibility […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has assured the public that the withdrawal of the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) is currently underway and proceeding according to plan. This comes after a media report claimed that the South African soldiers were stranded in […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: The two countries have clashed over alleged persecution of white South Africans and Israel’s war on Gaza. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will begin a state visit to the United States on Monday in what his government describes as an attempt to “reset” the relationship between the two countries, which many […]
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Sun 18 May 2025: At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Reuters. Teenagers were lining up at the base’s gate when the attacker detonated their explosives, they said. A military captain […]
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Sat 17 May 2025: Despite claims that HIV testing and monitoring across South Africa have dropped following the withdrawal of US funding, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has dismissed suggestions that the country’s HIV/AIDS programme is falling apart. The Minister was responding to reports which stated that services have declined after cuts to the President’s […]
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