HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | TUESDAY – 19 MAY 2026

Tue 19 May 2026:  Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Trump administration proposes welcoming thousands more Afrikaners to U.S.: The Trump administration has proposed raising the cap on refugee admissions for fiscal year 2026 to 17,500 specifically for White South Africans. The proposal is outlined in an emergency determination sent to Congress that […]

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TRUMP OFFICIALS PROPOSE ALLOWING MORE WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN REFUGEES INTO US

White South Africans demonstrate in support of President Trump in front of the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on Feb. 15. Tue 19 May 2026: The Trump administration has proposed raising the cap on refugee admissions for fiscal year 2026 to 17,500 specifically for White South Africans. The proposal is outlined in an emergency […]

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100 MILLION AFRICAN CHILDREN ARE NOT IN SCHOOL. WHAT’S DRIVING THE TREND AND HOW TO REVERSE IT

Mon 18 May 2026: Many countries across Africa have embraced universal basic education policies in recent decades. But recent data has revealed that more than 100 million children and adolescents remain out of school, out of a total potential population of 469 million. The latest statistics suggest that after some years of progress, the situation […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | MONDAY – 18 MAY 2026

Mon 18 May 2026:   Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ How Correctional Services explained the R726 cooking oil controversy: This comes after Parliament uncovered staggering food price inflation within the DCS, revealing that the state was paying inflated prices on cooking items. It found that the department was paying R3,700 for gravy powder […]

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RWANDA GENOCIDE SUSPECT FÉLICIEN KABUGA DIES IN THE HAGUE DETENTION

Sun 17 May 2026: Felicien Kabuga, accused of financing the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, died in a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) announced Saturday. In a statement, the mechanism said the medical officer of the United Nations Detention Unit (UNDU) was immediately notified, while […]

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SOUTH AFRICAN STUDY REVEALS MOST DOG FIGHTS HAPPEN AT HOME – AND HOW BEST TO PREVENT IT

Sun 17 May 2026:  Dogs can be very aggressive towards one another, as many people will have witnessed in public places. But in South Africa aggression between dogs occurs more often in people’s homes. We, a group of South African veterinary scientists including epidemiologists and a behaviourist at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of […]

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GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED OVER EBOLA SPREAD IN DR CONGO AND UGANDA

Sun 17 May 2026: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern” after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths were reported. In a social media post on Sunday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […]

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US, NIGERIA STRIKES ALLEGEDLY KILL ISIS’ SECOND-HIGHEST LEADER IN AFRICA: TRUMP

Sat 16 May 2026: President Donald Trump announced late Friday that US and Nigerian strikes allegedly killed the second-highest leader of ISIS globally, in a joint military operation. “Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active […]

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ACUTE HUNGER GRIPS NEARLY 20 MILLION PEOPLE IN WAR-BATTERED SUDAN, SAYS IPC

Sat 16 May 2026: Both a lack of access to food and health facilities will ultimately lead to death for many, warned the Norwegian Refugee Council. More than 40 percent of Sudan’s population is facing acute hunger, according ⁠⁠to a report by a global hunger monitor, the three-year civil war having created one of the […]

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