June 10
Ghana: Bawumia Says Citizens App to Be Launched Later This Year
Accra Times
If a Citizens App is launched, it would add to the growing list of digital platforms, like the Ghana.gov platform launched by the Vice President Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Replaces IGP Arase With Argungu As Chairman, Police Service Commission
Vanguard
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd) as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Appoints New Heads of Police Service Commission, NPTF [press release]
Premium Times
The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate. Read more »
Nigeria: Tripartite Committee Submits Report to Govt
Premium Times
President Tinubu inaugurated the 37-member committee headed by Bukar Aji, on 30 January, in line with the Minimum Wage Act, 2019. Read more »
Nigeria: NLC Criticises Governors Calling for Less Than N60,000 Minimum Wage
Premium Times
NLC said the governors calling for less than N60,000 as minimum wage "do not mean well". Read more »
Nigeria: EFCC Secures Final Forfeiture of 20 Choice Properties, Others for Arthur Eze
Leadership
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has through the Court of Appeal, Abuja, recovered 20 properties, 10 vehicles and three princely wristwatches from two brothers,… Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Why NLC Can't Continue With Strike Action for Now - Ajaero
Leadership
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that it will postpone its planned strike action over the new national minimum wage pending when a final decision is taken by the… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Political Impasse Threatens Progress and Unity As Parties Look to Form Gnu [analysis]
Daily Maverick
South Africa stands at a crossroads. While forming a government of national unity or coalition government may seem like a solution, the potential for inefficiency and internal… Read more »
Zambia: Zambia's Insistence On GMO-Free Maize Imports Will Hurt Consumers' Pockets [analysis]
Daily Maverick
With Africa struggling to meet its annual food needs, using technology and genetically modified seeds should be explored to boost production. Read more »
South Africa: Now the Election Dust Is Settling, Let's Get Back to Critical Basics of Equal Education [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The progress in transforming our education system has been stifled for too long at the expense of our children. It is time to press incoming leaders to eradicate pit latrines and… Read more »
South Africa: ANC in Minority - Trying to Understand the Path(s) Ahead for South Africa [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Why have the ANC and its allies fallen apart or become a shadow of themselves, hardly able to put a coherent idea across? What has it been in post-apartheid South Africa, possibly… Read more »
South Africa: Look Left, Look Right - What Does 'Progressive' Mean in the Coalition Talks? [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Why are the MK party and the Patriotic Alliance being described as 'progressive' or 'left' -- when many of their policies are far right? Read more »
South Africa: First National Assembly Sitting Is On Friday - With or Without MK Party MPs [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Amid boycott talk from the MK party, Parliament is not blinking -- and preparations for the first sitting of the National Assembly on Friday are going ahead. Read more »
South Africa: Abysmal Ranking of Transnet Ports Underscores Long Haul to Fix Key Logistics Operations and Infrastructure [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The ports in Cape Town and Ngqura (in the Eastern Cape) were the world's worst performing and least competitive in 2023, ranking 405th and 404th, respectively. A total of 405 ports… Read more »
South Africa: Sorry, Comrades, the South African Electorate Doesn't Particularly Like Communists [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Populist rhetoric by revolutionary Marxist-Leninists can get you bums on seats in a stadium, but not very many on the seats of Parliament, as the electorate has shown. Read more »
South Africa: After the Bell - Why the MK Party's Political Plans Have a Low Probability of Legal Success [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Last week, I wrote about some of the legal and political aspects of SA's election impasse that were not being considered. I got some really interesting responses, many from legal… Read more »
South Africa: NGO Lodges South Africa's First 'Greenwashing' Advertising Complaint With Watchdog Against TotalEnergies [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Greenpeace defines greenwashing as 'a PR tactic used to make a company or product appear environmentally friendly, without meaningfully reducing its environmental impact'. Read more »
South Africa: SONA Disruptions - Parliament Had Every Right to Eject EFF MPs, Court Finds [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The Western Cape High Court has found that the Economic Freedom Fighters has no right to reject the authority of parliamentary rules nor disrupt parliamentary proceedings. Read more »
South Africa: Load Reduction Hits Joburg to Prevent 'Total Grid Collapse' [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It's not load shedding, but it has the same effect. Load reduction is back in Johannesburg, with City Power saying it's critical to prevent dire consequences for its power systems… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Will Attend Ukraine's Peace Summit This Weekend, but Not Ramaphosa [analysis]
Daily Maverick
President Cyril Ramaphosa is trying to form a government but National Security Adviser Sydney Mufumadi and director-general of international relations Zane Dangor will travel to… Read more »
South Africa: Police 'Hope for Quick Arrests' After Three Children Die in Khayelitsha Barber Shop Shooting [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Four people, including three children, were killed in a shooting in Khayelitsha at the weekend. The police have yet to make any arrests. Read more »
South Africa: Democracy 2024 (Day Seven) - 12 Days to Reshape a Country* [opinion]
Daily Maverick
The centre holds as enough parties give a national unity government the thumbs-up. Read more »
Malawi: Teary Malawians Wait With Unabated Breath As Rescue Mission Continue to Search for Chilima's Missing Aircraft
Nyasa Times
Malawians are sitting on the edge of their hearts as confusing, disturbing and heartbreaking reports continue to unravel about the missing aircraft which had vice-president Saulos… Read more »
Malawi: Attorney General Chakaka Obtains an Injunction Stopping Health Workers From Proceeding With Their Strike
Nyasa Times
Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda has obtained an injunction at the Industrial Relations Court restraining nurses and physicians from proceeding with their strike. Read more »
Ghana: President Akufo-Addo Commissions Law House Complex
GhanaToday
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Law House complex, whose construction stalled for almost 25 years. Read more »