Wed 01 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Health risks exposed in SA’s latest water report cards: Anet Muir, chief director of water use compliance monitoring and enforcement, said the volume of water leaking from old or damaged pipes in Gauteng (431 million cubic metres per annum) was now almost equivalent […]
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Tue 31 March 2026: Moscow will not supply oil to countries that support anti-market measures to maintain a price cap, Russia has said. The energy market is currently volatile, with a shortage and rising cost of energy resources, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told the Russian daily Izvestia on Tuesday. Asked about trade with countries that […]
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Tue 31 March 2026: Israeli authorities have kept the third holiest site in Islam, Al-Aqsa Mosque, closed to Palestinian worshippers for 32 consecutive days, tightening restrictions under the cover of the US-Israeli war on Iran, the Wafa news agency reports. At the same time, Jewish groups calling for the destruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque have urged […]
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Tue 31 March 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Calls grow to cut fuel levies as prices surge: It is still not clear what measures government will implement to mitigate the impact of the high prices of fuel, which have been triggered by the ongoing war between the US, Israel and Iran. […]
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Tue 31 March 2026: At least 28 people are killed in Afghanistan and 17 in Pakistan after heavy rainfall causes severe flooding. Heavy rain that has caused severe flooding and landslides has killed at least 45 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past five days, authorities say. Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) said […]
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Tue 31 March 2026: At least 70 people were killed and more than 30 wounded in a gang “massacre” in Haiti’s Artibonite region, two rights organizations said, as nearly 6,000 residents fled attacks on the towns of Jean Denis and Pont Sonde. Garry Doriscat, communications officer for Defenders Plus, said the attacks were “flagrant violations […]
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Tue 31 March 2026: US Department of Defense demands retraction of report alleging broker sought multimillion-dollar investment for Hegseth. The United States Department of Defense has demanded the retraction of a newspaper report alleging that a broker for defence chief Pete Hegseth attempted to make a large investment in weapons companies in the run-up to […]
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Mon 30 March 2026: In a world where more than 3 million children die each year from hunger-related causes, about 1.3 billion tons of food-roughly one-third of all food produced globally-is wasted, according to the UN food agency. The UN has designated “food waste” as the theme for this year’s International Zero Waste Day on March 30, urging […]
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Mon 30 March 2026: Israel’s military is facing a deepening manpower crisis as it deploys forces across multiple fronts, with senior officials warning of severe troop shortages, mounting operational strain, and the risk of internal collapse. Military spokesperson Effie Defrin estimates that the army is short of around 15,000 soldiers, including between 7,000 and 8,000 […]
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Mon 30 March 2026: China is reinforcing its dominant position in Congo’s mining sector through a new cooperation deal, as global competition intensifies over critical minerals essential to energy and defense supply chains. The Democratic Republic of Congo, the world’s leading cobalt producer, signed a new agreement with China to expand cooperation in mining. The […]
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