Tue 10 December 2024: African Union Special Envoy on the Prevention of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities Adama Dieng on Monday called for urgent actions to combat racism, negative ethnicity, xenophobia, and all forms of intolerance in the region. Speaking at the International Conference on Genocide Prevention in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, Dieng said that […]
Continue Reading
Tue 10 December 2024: At least 90 people have been killed in violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in neighbouring Mozambique. A disputed election result sparked demonstrations in October. The ruling Frelimo party, which has held power since 1975, claimed victory in the 9 October election with 71% of the vote, according to […]
Continue Reading
Mon 09 December 2024: Police have completed the operation to resurface illegal miners at the abandoned South Mine in Sabie, Mpumalanga. The operation commenced last Tuesday and was completed on Friday evening. During the operation, a total of 153 alleged illegal miners were brought to the surface, with three bodies retrieved on Wednesday. No injuries […]
Continue Reading
Sat 07 December 2024: South Africa – President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a significant step to enhance safety on South Africa’s roads and railways by signing the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill and the Rail Safety Bill into law. These laws aim to protect lives, promote accountability, and strengthen regional cooperation across Southern Africa. Strengthening Road […]
Continue Reading
Sat 07 December 2024: The World Health Organization said on Friday it is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate an as-yet undiagnosed disease linked to multiple deaths in a remote area of the country. The WHO experts are on their way to Panzi, a locality in the […]
Continue Reading
Fri 06 December 2024: Agriculture Minister, John Steenhuisen, has commended a joint operation to remove products that were incorrectly labelled and sold as honey-based syrup from various stores in Gauteng. The operation conducted by the Directorate: Inspection Services (D: IS) within the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), targeted products marked as […]
Continue Reading
Fri 06 December 2024: South African authorities said Friday they will deport 71-year-old Janusz Walus, a white supremacist who has served three decades in prison for the 1993 killing of anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani. Walus, a Polish immigrant who acquired South African citizenship, gunned down Hani outside his home in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg in […]
Continue Reading
Fri 06 December 2024: Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called on locals to refrain from registering spaza shops for illegal immigrants, which is considered an unlawful activity. “We have realised [there is] a tendency where some of South Africans were seen to try to register, but not for themselves to operate. They are registering for […]
Continue Reading
Fri 06 December 2024: United States Africa Command, or AFRICOM, is a military structure founded in 2007 with the entire African continent as, to use the military jargon, its “theatre of operations”. The idea behind establishing the Command is hegemonic in nature and interventional in practice. The Command’s mission statement says AFRICOM “counters transitional threats and malign […]
Continue Reading
Thu 05 December 2024: South African media practitioners have been called to submit their entries to the 2025 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards competition. “To promote regional integration and cooperation (cross-border issues), the awards aim to recognise excellence in journalism in the area of print, photo, television, radio as well as to encourage […]
Continue Reading
