Thu 06 March 2025: Rwanda has demanded £50 million (over $63.5 million) from the UK after the Labour Party scrapped the controversial deportation deal upon taking office, according to media reports. “The UK had asked Rwanda to quietly forego the payment based on the trust and good faith existing between our two nations,” Rwanda’s government […]
Continue Reading
Wed 05 March 2025: Report says more than 95 percent of children in the central town of Kabwe had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The failure of Zambia’s government to intervene against “blatant violations” of environmental laws is worsening the exposure of a high number of children to severe health risks, mostly lead […]
Continue Reading
Wed 05 March 2025: South African retailer Woolworths Holdings reported a 24.8% fall in first-half profit on Wednesday and said it will reassess the value of the assets of underperforming brands in its Australian fashion business. In Australia, high interest rates and elevated living costs continue to weigh on consumer discretionary spending, resulting in more […]
Continue Reading
Wed 05 March 2025: Children under five, including babies, are among victims of sexual violence in the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to findings shared today by UN children’s agency UNICEF, Reuters reports. The UN agency cited a database compiled by Sudan-based groups helping survivors of sexual violence which showed […]
Continue Reading
Gift of the Givers teams provide hot meals to flood displaced victims in Soweto [ Dec 9, 2022 – File photo] Wed 05 March 2025: At least 15 million South Africans suffer from food insecurity. That means they don’t have enough nutritious food to live healthy lives. This is due to a combination of factors, including unemployment, poverty, inequality and food system […]
Continue Reading
Tue 04 March 2025: The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced the adjustment of fuel prices with effect from 5 March 2025. Based on current local and international factors, the fuel prices for March 2025 will be adjusted as follows: Petrol 93 (ULP & LRP): 7 cents per litre (7.00 cents per litre (c/l)) […]
Continue Reading
Tue 04 March 2025: South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2024, following a decrease of 0.1% in the third quarter of 2024. This is according to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), which attributed the growth to, among others, an increase by 17.2% in the agriculture, forestry and […]
Continue Reading
Patrice Lumumba, center, first Prime Minister of independent Congo in 1960. The CIA celebrated his death Tue 04 March 2025: Historian Susan Williams grew up in Zambia. Like other scholars of her generation raised in former settler societies of southern Africa, she empathises with the continent’s people. Williams’ widely acknowledged new book, White Malice – The CIA and […]
Continue Reading
Mon 03 March 2025: The Department of Health will initiate a consultative process this week with various organisations impacted by the decision of the United States government to freeze and reduce donor funding for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) response programmes. This follows the announcement by the United States President Donald Trump’s administration about significant cuts […]
Continue Reading
Mon 03 March 2025: South Africa is one of only 52 countries that guarantee access to water as a human right. “Access” from a human rights perspective means that water is physically accessible, clean and safe for consumption, and affordable. Section 27 of the country’s constitution stipulates that everyone has the right to access sufficient water. But South […]
Continue Reading
