URGENT: SASSA GOLD CARDS WILL STOP WORKING SOON – GET YOUR NEW POSTBANK BLACK CARD NOW!

Fri 14 February 2025: URGENT: SASSA Gold Cards Will Stop Working Soon – Get Your New Postbank Black Card NOW! 🚨 📅 Deadline: 28 February 2025 Time is running out! If you rely on a SASSA Gold Card to receive your grant, you must switch to the new Postbank Black Card before 28 February 2025 – or you […]

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SUDAN’S BURHAN SAYS ‘NO NEGOTIATION, COMPROMISE’ WITH PARAMILITARY RSF

Thu 13 February 2025: Sudan’s Sovereign Council leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Thursday that there will be no negotiation or compromise with groups taking up arms against the state, Anadolu reports. “The army will not abandon those who took up arms to fight alongside it in the war of dignity,” Burhan said during a visit to the […]

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DIAMOND-DEPENDENT BOTSWANA AIMS TO DIVERSIFY ECONOMY

Thu 13 February 2025: With the diamond industry facing an uncertain future, Botswana is seeking to develop industries such as agriculture, copper mining, and tourism to diversify its economy, the country’s vice president said on Monday. “Botswana’s reliance on diamond revenues has been both a strength and a vulnerability. To secure Botswana’s future, we must […]

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SA SPENT R7.7 BILLION ON ALCOHOL OVER THE DECEMBER HOLIDAYS

Thu 13 February 2025: Social Development Deputy Minister Ganief Henricks has told the portfolio committee on Social Development the scourge of substance and drug abuse is a challenge not only for South Africa, but globally.  Addressing the portfolio committee on Wednesday, the Deputy Minister highlighted the consequences of drug abuse on South African society.  The […]

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HISTORIC CASE BY DR CONGO AGAINST RWANDA KICKS OFF AT AFRICAN COURT AMID CONFLICT IN GOMA

Thu 13 February 2025: The hearing of an unprecedented case brought by the Democratic Republic of Congo against Rwanda over alleged human rights violations began on Wednesday amid the ongoing conflict in Kinshasa’s eastern North Kivu province. Congo filed the case at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Tanzania in 2023 alleging […]

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‘NO CHANCE’: SOUTH AFRICA SAYS WON’T WITHDRAW ISRAEL GENOCIDE CASE DESPITE TRUMP THREATS

Wed 12 February 2025: South Africa has vowed not to withdraw its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), despite the Trump administration’s threats and aid cut. There is “no chance” South Africa could withdraw its case it filed in December 2023, Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola told the Financial Times. “Standing […]

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BLOODIED RELATIONS: THE CONFLICT IN THE DRC – THE ROLE OF RWANDA, SOUTH AFRICA, AND ISRAEL

Wed 12 February 2025: On a humid January day last year, a group of women activists gathered outside the UAE’s sprawling embassy in Pretoria’s upscale Waterkloof neighborhood. Among them were pensioners, homemakers, doctors, and journalists, standing resolute with large posters condemning the UAE’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. As they chanted in unison, […]

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GHANA’S PRESIDENT MOVES TO BRIDGE USAID FUNDING GAP

Tue 11 February 2025: President John Mahama has directed his minister of finance to “take urgent steps” to bridge the funding gap caused by the Trump administration’s freeze on US Agency for International Development (USAID) programmes. “The President expressed deep concern over the funding gap estimated at $156 million,” a statement from Mahama’s office reads. That […]

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