April 15
Liberia: Bridge Disaster in Baltimore Gets FBI Criminal Investigation
The US has opened a criminal investigation into what occurred on a cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse last month,… Read more »
April 16
South Africa: After the Bell - Why Julius Malema Is the Mirror Image of Donald Trump
Investors do, of course, want certainty. Obvs. What they don't want is the certainty that someone will come and grab their assets. The notion that you will certainly be hit by a… Read more »
April 09
South Africa: Ship in Wales Searched for Joshlin Smith, but Six-Year-Old Still Nowhere to Be Found
A Gauteng couple's report to the international Human Trafficking Hotline Web Chat led to the Panamanian ship Frontier Asuka, which left Saldanha Bay harbour days after Joshlin… Read more »
April 04
Africa: Standard Chartered, Old Mutual Fintech Arms to Launch UAE Wealth Management Platform
The new wealth platform will be headquartered in the UAE, the Middle East's financial hub, providing access to advanced budgeting, savings and investment solutions for users in the… Read more »
March 21
South Africa: Bill That Calls for Full Review of US Relations With SA Crosses First Hurdle in US Congress
A bill that would call on the US government to comprehensively review US relations with South Africa crossed its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday when it passed the House of… Read more »
March 10
South Africa: DA Urges Western Governments to Help Counter Threats to 29 May Polls
The DA and other Multi-Party Charter parties believe the ANC's expected drop to below 50% presents opportunities -- but also risks. Read more »
March 07
South Africa: South Africa Asks ICJ to Urgently Act to Prevent 'Full-Scale Famine' in Gaza
South Africa has again approached the International Court of Justice, with an urgent plea to issue additional emergency measures and modifications to its earlier order against… Read more »
March 05
Zimbabwe: U.S. Imposes New Sanctions On Zimbabwe Leaders for 'Human Rights Abuse'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some of his inner circle remain sanctioned by the US, which has also paused its participation in talks to clear Zimbabwe's international debts. Read more »
February 26
Mauritius: Norwegian Cruise Ship Halted At Mauritius Due to Outbreak
A vessel operated by Norwegian Cruise Line has been halted at Mauritius -- with passengers temporarily unable to disembark or board -- after several people became ill. Read more »
February 15
Southern Africa: Embargo Against Invasive Israeli Spyware Essential After International Court of Justice Ruling
Southern Africa has proved to be very much open for business for Israeli spyware, despite the fact that controls on the uses of these technologies barely exist. Governments have… Read more »
Africa: Behind the Baobab Curtain - Putin's Adventures Are Reshaping Africa
West Africa is now separated into two blocs with antagonistic ideologies, allied with foreign sponsors on opposite sides of the geopolitical divide. Read more »
South Africa: Vladimir Putin Justified Adolf Hitler's Invasion of Poland - South Africa Must Denounce Him
The world is reeling from brutal wars, seething conflicts that could soon explode, and the prospect of deadly weapons (not all of them physical) that are already creeping towards… Read more »
February 14
South Africa: Fikile Mbalula Heads to Moscow for Forum On Combating Western 'Neocolonialism'
The ANC indicated it will join political parties from the Global South in Russia this week to discuss forming an organisation to challenge the dominance of the West and erode… Read more »
February 10
South Africa: New US Bill Calls On the Biden Administration to Review America's Relations With SA
The bill would also require the Administration to examine whether SA is undermining US security and foreign policy interests. Read more »
January 14
South Africa: SA's Genocide Case Against Israel Could End the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza, Says Amnesty International
Aid organisations, solidarity campaigns and scholars have voiced their support for South Africa's genocide case against Israel, which concluded on Friday afternoon at the… Read more »
January 12
South Africa: 'Nothing Will Stop This Suffering, Except an Order From This Court' - - SA Sets Out the Evidence Against Israel
South Africa's high-powered legal team urged the International Court of Justice to assert its authority at the Hague on Thursday. Israel will present its arguments on Friday. Read more »
January 10
South Africa: Parties Weigh Up SA's Genocide Case Against Israel - Newbies Change Starts Now and Rise Mzansi in Support, Maimane's Bosa Says It's a 'Misstep'
The International Court of Justice in the Hague will hold its first hearing in South Africa's genocide case against Israel on Thursday. Which South African political parties back… Read more »
December 05, 2023
Angola: Angola Shows How Overriding Democracy Is America's New Realpolitik in Africa
The opposition's appeal to respect democratic principles, the separation of powers and civil-political liberties is at odds with Washington's support for a civilian constitutional… Read more »
November 28, 2023
South Africa: SA Catholic Bishops Condemn War in Gaza and Ask Israeli Ambassador Hard-Hitting Questions
On the eve of his departure for Israel, ambassador to South Africa Eliav Belotsercovsky received a forthright letter from the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops'… Read more »
November 26, 2023
South Africa: Crime Rate Exacts a Huge Toll On the Economy, Says World Bank
The bank's findings reveal the price extracted from the public and private sectors -- and ordinary citizens -- by the country's high crime rate. Essentially, it's yet another tax. Read more »
November 22, 2023
South Africa: Pretoria Ponders Implementing ANC Vote to Cut Ties With Israel
Officials point out that any decision on severing relations with Israel would have to be made by the Cabinet, which meets again on 29 November. Read more »
November 21, 2023
South Africa: National Assembly Approves 'Non-Instructive' Resolution to Cut Diplomatic Ties With Israel and Shut Embassy
With a vote of 248 for and 91 against, the amended EFF motion calling on the government to close the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and cut diplomatic ties was carried in the National… Read more »
Africa: Brics-Plus Leaders Agree to Disagree On Contentious Middle East Issues
In a virtual summit held on Tuesday, leaders of the BRICS-Plus bloc skirted potential disagreements over members' differing positions on the Middle East conflict. Read more »
South Africa: Israel Recalls South African Ambassador Ahead of Parliamentary Vote On Shutting Pretoria Embassy
Israel has recalled Ambassador Eliav Belotserkovsky 'for consultations' as Parliament was expected to vote on Tuesday on whether to close the Israeli embassy in South Africa.… Read more »
November 20, 2023
South Africa: Gift of the Givers' Ahmed Abbasi, Killed in Gaza, Honoured At Cape Town Cathedral
A free Palestine and a reminder of love were the key messages at an interfaith service in Cape Town for Gift of the Givers Gaza office head Ahmed Abbasi, who was killed in the… Read more »