Mon 04 November 2024: Britain’s Prince William landed in Cape Town on Monday for a four-day trip to South Africa centred on his annual Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators. The heir to the British throne will attend a global wildlife summit and meet with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the trip, which is his first to South Africa since 2010. […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: Due to load shedding being suspended for over seven months, Eskom’s diesel savings have reached R13.7 billion year-on-year. In a statement on Friday, Eskom said load shedding has remained suspended for over seven months (219 consecutive days) since 26 March 2024. “Investments in the Generation Recovery Plan have been instrumental in […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: The number of bodies found in a mass grave from 2011 in Libya’s capital Tripoli, has risen to 73, according to local sources, Anadolu reports. A statement by the government’s Search and Identification of Missing Persons Authority has said excavation and search operations are ongoing in the Bir al-Esta area of Tajoura, where […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: Zimbabwe will seek compensation from Britain for the colonial injustices suffered by indigenous Zimbabweans during the 1890-1980 colonial period, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday. Addressing the Zimbabwe National Elders Forum at the State House in Harare, the country’s capital, Mnangagwa announced an initiative to study the impacts of Britain’s colonialism […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: The last two summits of Brics countries have raised questions about the coalition’s identity and purpose. This began to come into focus at the summit hosted by South Africa in 2023, and more acutely at the recent 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia. At both events the alliance undertook to expand its membership. In 2023, the first […]
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Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. Sat 02 November 2024: Mauritius lifted restrictions on social media access imposed less than 48 hours prior due to what the government called cyber-terrorism risks, Bloomberg reported Mauritius Telecom said on Saturday all social media platforms were once again “fully accessible”, while Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth said an inquiry was […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: The African Union’s health watchdog has warned that the mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources to avoid a “more severe” pandemic than COVID-19. “The situation is not yet under control, we are still on the upward trend generally,” Ngashi Ngongo from the Africa Centres for Disease […]
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Fri 01 November 2024: South Africa – Mass shootings are not new to South Africa, but they have become increasingly common in recent years, particularly in provinces such as the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Gauteng. In an interview with Salaamedia, Adele Kirsten, Director of Gun Free South Africa, identified the illegal circulation of firearms […]
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Fri 01 November 2024: President Mokgweetsi Masisi says he will ‘step aside’ after shock outcome for the governing Botswana Democratic Party. Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has conceded defeat as preliminary results showed his governing party lost its parliamentary majority after nearly six decades in power. Masisi’s concession on Friday came before the final results were […]
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Thu 31 October 2024: With no clear indication on when and how the government intends to expand the list of zero-rated items, South African households will continue to bear the brunt of a rising cost of living. So says the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group (PEJD). Finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the medium-term budget […]
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