Sat 22 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ ANC lays criminal charges against DA leader Mark Burke over crypto company: “Burke served as the DA’s Federal Finance Chairperson while being associated with a company facing serious regulatory scrutiny,” the ANC said. “Publicly disclosed IEC records also indicate that he personally donated […]
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Fri 21 August 2026: Human Rights Watch alleges that the killings by Africa Corps troops took place in the presence of Malian soldiers. Russian-controlled paramilitaries in Mali have “summarily killed” nine civilians, including four children, a month after killing several others in an air strike, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. In a statement published on Thursday, HRW […]
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Fri 21 August 2026: The death toll from a boat accident in northwestern Nigeria has climbed to 52, officials confirmed. Sokoto State authorities announced on Friday morning that the number of fatalities from the capsizing of an overloaded vessel had increased to 52, with the majority of the victims reported to be children. “We are […]
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Fri 21 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ SA police give up on deadlines for body camera rollout: In a recent written Parliamentary response to the Democratic Alliance (DA), Cachalia admitted that the procurement process was still underway and that the tender had not been concluded. Mpho Matlala, a professor […]
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Fri 21 August 2026: A suspected multimillion-rand crystal methamphetamine manufacturing operation has been dealt a major blow by a high-impact, intelligence-driven raid. The operation was conducted by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) in collaboration with the South African Police Service (SAPS), the South African Narcotics Bureau Head Office, Crime Intelligence Head Office, Hawks […]
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Thu 20 August 2026: The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70,000 Ervebo vaccines from the global Ebola virus disease vaccine stockpile for use in the current fast spreading Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The government requested a release of Ervebo vaccines last week from the International Coordinating […]
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Thu 20 August 2026: Egypt warned Wednesday against the construction of new Ethiopian dams on the Nile River, with Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty saying Cairo has the right to defend its water security. “Egypt will not allow additional dams to be built on the Nile,” Abdelatty said in an interview with Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya. […]
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Thu 20 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ NIH reverses Trump-era ban on South African research funding: South African researchers, who are at the forefront of global research into HIV and tuberculosis, have historically been the biggest recipients of NIH grants awarded outside the US. But their world was thrown into […]
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Wed 19 August 2026: Spain’s government is working to transfer about 500 unaccompanied migrant girls from the North African enclave of Ceuta to mainland Spain following the mass arrival of migrants at the end of July, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported Wednesday. The Ministry of Youth and Children is considering several options, including distributing the […]
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Wed 19 August 2026: South Africa’s decision to assist in the return of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) soldier Daniel Perez has raised concerns about the country’s foreign policy, especially given the government’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Speaking on the matter, South African Jewish activist, writer, and commentator Paul […]
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