Fri 28 February 2025: South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. The official rate is 32%, rising to 42% when discouraged job seekers are included. Among young people aged 15 to 24, unemployment reaches a staggering 60%. While much attention has focused on youth exclusion from the labour market and their survival strategies, far less is […]
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Fri 28 February 2025: After eight years of negotiations, Botswana and De Beers Group finally signed the renewed diamond sales agreement on Tuesday in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Botswanan President Duma Boko said during the signing ceremony that the new agreement added a possible five-year extension to the provisional deal. Describing the new agreement […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has introduced several security upgrades after uncovering fake websites targeting COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (cSRD) grant applicants. The official application site is https://SRD.sassa.gov.za, but two fraudulent platforms—https://srd-sassa.org.za and https://srdsassagov.co.za—were found to be stealing personal information from applicants hoping to access the R370 grant. […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: Militaries that have taken power in Africa’s Sahel region – notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – have put pressure on western mining firms for a fairer distribution of revenue from the lucrative mining sector. Gold is one of the resources at the heart of these tensions. West Africa has been a renowned […]
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Wed 26 February 2025: There’s been a global trend in the reduction of aid to Africa since 2018. Donors are shifting their funding priorities in response to domestic and international agendas. Germany, France and Norway, for instance, have all reduced their aid to Africa in the past five years. And, in 2020, the UK government reduced its Overseas Development Aid from […]
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Wed 26 February 2025: Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has urged men to actively participate in the fight against HIV and AIDS. This as he kicked off a campaign aimed at enrolling 1.1 million individuals in HIV treatment by December 2025. Statistics show that 65% of those tested in a 2010 campaign were women, underscoring […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: Judith Suminwa says more than 2,500 bodies buried without identification, ‘significant’ number of civilians among dead. More than 7,000 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last month, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa says, with a “significant” number of civilians among the dead. Speaking to […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: In conjunction with the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) Energy Safety & Security Priority Committee, Eskom is tackling a concerning surge in violent crimes against its employees. Although there was a brief decrease earlier in the financial year, attacks have spiked since October 2024, putting staff at serious risk […]
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Mon 24 February 2025: The Senegalese government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) have signed a peace agreement brokered by Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, bringing an end to one of Africa’s oldest conflicts, which has lasted four decades, state media reported. “We were able to participate in the conclusion of this […]
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Mon 24 February 2025: A long-planned bank to fund oil and gas projects in Africa must balance profit with climate considerations, experts say. A group of African countries is set to launch a bank to fund oil and gas projects amid growing reluctance by Western institutions to further invest in fossil fuels. The long-planned “Africa […]
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