Sun 23 February 2025: Crime researchers use murder (or homicide) rate per 100,000 as a crude measure of the general level of violent interpersonal crime globally. According to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime, South Africa’s murder rate of 45 per 100,000 (2023/24) is the second highest for countries that publish crime data. The […]
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Sat 22 February 2025: Former South African Minister of International Relations and current chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Naledi Pandor on Saturday called for urgent reforms to the United Nations, criticizing disparities in global responses to humanitarian crises. Speaking at an international panel discussion titled “A Fairer World is Possible” in London, hosted by […]
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Sat 22 February 2025: Will Brics nations pose a real challenge to Donald Trump’s second term in office? And how do Trump’s tariffs stack up against this rising bloc? US economist Richard D. Wolff joined us for an extended conversation on Trump, tariffs Brics, as well as the US plan to ‘take over’ Gaza. “This […]
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White South Africans demonstrate in support of US President Donald Trump in front of the US embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 15, 2025 [Jerome Delay/AP] Sat 22 February 2025: As Trump offers to take in Afrikaner refugees, many say right-wing lobbyists have spread misinformation and fear. Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa – On a […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: The Zambian government announced Tuesday the suspension of export duty on gemstones and emeralds after market players complained about its reintroduction. Secretary to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa said that the finance minister had signed a statutory instrument on the suspension of the 15-percent duty to allow local producers to compete more […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: France on Thursday withdrew from its sole military base in Ivory Coast, in West Africa, according to media reports. France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu attended the official decommissioning ceremony at the base, local media reported. Ivory Coast, a former French colony, will continue cooperating with France on the military level, as previously announced by Ivorian […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: The Sudanese government has accused Kenya of violating Sudan’s sovereignty by hosting an event during which the Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF) is expected to announce a parallel government on Friday. The event was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, but was […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: The South African president today urged the G20 to continue to advocate for diplomatic solutions to conflicts around the world. The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting officially started in Johannesburg, with the attendance of foreign ministers and representatives of over 30 countries and international organisations. “As the G20, we must continue to […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: The Government of National Unity (GNU) has hit another stumbling block, this time over a proposed two percentage point increase in value-added tax (VAT). Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana was expected to announce the VAT hike during his budget speech in Parliament on Wednesday. However, the Democratic Alliance (DA), a key partner […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: In addition to the 113 bronzes displayed at the Wereldmuseum (World Museum) in Leiden, the municipality of Rotterdam will also return six other objects looted in Britain’s raid in the late 1800s. The Netherlands said it was returning more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria that British troops looted in the […]
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