Fri 03 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ ‘A slap in the face for South Africans’: It’s these images of Zuma and Ajay together that have led to several questions directed at Ronald Lamola, Dirco Minister. On Wednesday, he finally responded. Lamola said while Zuma was entitled to certain privileges […]
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Thu 02 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Was Zuma looking for funding? Zuma told reporters in Haridwar, an ancient City in the northern state of Uttarakhand, that he had come to India to catch up with his “friend” and “brother”, Ajay. Zuma told the Indian media that South African authorities […]
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Thu 02 July 2026: Eight schoolgirls, accused of causing a dormitory fire that killed 16 fellow students at Utumishi Girls Academy, pleaded not guilty to murder charges before a Kenyan court on Wednesday. The minors appeared before High Court Judge Diana Kavedza in Kibera, Nairobi, where they denied 16 counts of murder linked to the […]
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Wed 01 July 2026: The attacks targeted a secondary school in the northeastern town of Lassa, in Borno State. At least 37 students remain missing after gunmen raided their school in northeast Nigeria, according to local officials. The attack occurred on Monday when assailants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group stormed a secondary […]
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Wed 01 July 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa makes changes to National Executive: “These changes will affect the Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Trade, Industry and Competition, Electricity and Energy, Higher Education, and Water and Sanitation,” the Presidency said in a short statement on Tuesday night. Read […]
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Tue 30 June 2026: Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the transitional president of Burkina Faso, maintains discreet diplomatic ties with Israel, even while publicly expressing staunchly anti-Western rhetoric, Africa Intelligence reported. Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s transitional president, has quietly approved the accreditation of Israel’s new ambassador to Ouagadougou, Simon Seroussi, who is currently based in Abidjan. […]
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Tue 30 June 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa holds last-minute talks with anti-immigration leaders: President Cyril Ramaphosa met with two of the country’s most prominent anti-immigration activists, Nkosikhona Ndabandaba and Ngizwe Mchunu, in the hours before nationwide community demonstrations were set to proceed, in what appeared to be a last […]
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Tue 30 June 2026: Overburdened consumers will be in for some relief from tomorrow after the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) announced a decrease in fuel prices, excluding LP Gas. The adjustment for prices from July are as follows: Petrol 93 (ULP & LRP): R2.01 decrease. Petrol 95 (ULP &LRP): R1.96 decrease. Diesel […]
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Mon 29 June 2026: The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned mass gatherings in the capital, Kinshasa, and three other provinces in a bid to curb the spread of the Ebola virus, the Interior Ministry said in a directive to provincial governors late Sunday. Political meetings, public marches, demonstrations and other gatherings likely to attract […]
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Mon 29 June 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ President warns against vigilantism: “Where there is criminal conduct, those responsible will be held accountable and the law will take its course. We must reject the idea that acts of violence or intimidation are justified on the basis of a grievance, for […]
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