Fri 11 October 2024: The South African Revenue Service (SARS), the country’s tax authority, has issued a stern warning on Wednesday to taxpayers who hold digital currencies, urging them to declare crypto assets on tax returns. According to the SARS, more than 5.8 million South Africans hold crypto assets, yet many have not declared them […]
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Fri 11 October 2024: “Your hair feels like pubic hair.” That was one of the first insults that someone hurled at my hair. She was a junior at my school. She would touch my hair and repeat this sentence to all present. I had to threaten her with violence to get her to stop touching […]
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Fri 11 October 2024: Kenya’s Ministry of Health has said that the country is on high alert following notification of an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda amid fears of cross-border transmissions. Cabinet Secretary for Health Deborah Barasa said that Kenya shares strong air and road connections with Rwanda, with daily flights […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: An energy expert says South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, can avoid exorbitant tariff hikes if it prioritises cost-cutting measures. This is one way to ensure affordability for South Africans, whose pockets are squeezed ever so tightly. Speaking in an interview with Salaamedia on Wednesday, energy expert Chris Yelland, managing director at EE Business […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: Vote counting was under way in Mozambique on Thursday after a peaceful national election that is widely expected to see the ruling Frelimo party extend its 49 years in power. Votes are counted first at each polling station and district results expected by Saturday could give an early indication of who […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: The leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has accused Egypt of being involved in air strikes on the paramilitary group, but Cairo has rejected Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo’s claims. Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, claimed that Egypt was using United States bombs in its strikes targeting his forces near Jebel Moya, […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: A burial ceremony took place Wednesday in North Kivu in Congo for victims of a ferry accident that left more than 78 people dead. The ceremony at the Nyirangongo’s Makao cemetery was attended by leaders from various sectors and representatives of civil groups and was presided over by interior and social […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has called on law enforcement to clamp down on the selling of expired food in local spaza shops. This follows the deaths of five children due to food poisoning after they consumed food from a local spaza shop. Last month, the Gauteng […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: Nigeria received 600,000 additional doses of cholera vaccine Tuesday to contain an outbreak of the infectious disease in northeastern Borno State caused by devasting floods. UNICEF Deputy Representative in Nigeria Rownak Khan said the vaccine and other medical items were part of a global response to halt the spread of cholera, […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: Voters in Mozambique are set to head to the polls in an election that is almost certain to see the governing party Frelimo maintain its half-century grip on power, despite a stiff challenge from a charismatic newcomer. Close to 17 million voters in the Southern African nation of 31 million people, are registered […]
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