April 05, 2023
Zimbabwe: 'Pathway to Hope' - It's Time to Give Zimbabwe Back to the People
Zanu-PF today is a ruling party steeped in patronage politics and captured by rogue capitalists and criminals of all stripes who are making millions out of a crooked system while… Read more »
April 04, 2023
South Africa: Trade Union Numsa Threatens Nationwide Bus Strike Ahead of Busy Easter Weekend
Trade union Numsa has for the second year in a row warned of a national bus strike over stalled wage negotiations on the eve of the Easter weekend. Read more »
South Africa: Impeachment Committee Chair in Virtual Verbal Scuffle With Suspended Public Protector
While Busisiwe Mkhwebane may be mutely absorbing her Section 194 impeachment inquiry, evidence leaders are dropping hefty clues as to where they will be testing her later. Read more »
April 03, 2023
South Africa: Power Utility Exempted from Reporting Irregular, Wasteful and Fruitless Expenditure
Eskom's exemption from reporting irregular, wasteful and fruitless expenditure and criminal conduct losses set off alarms, amid persistent scepticism over government pledges on… Read more »
South Africa: Durban Agrees to Provide 'Action Plan' On Sewage Pollution - - One Year After the Floods
Nigh on a year after devastating floods hit the KwaZulu-Natal coastline, Durban municipal leaders have agreed finally to publish a detailed 'action plan' to repair and upgrade the… Read more »
South Africa: Opposition DA's Big-Time, On-Time Congress Felt Refreshingly Normal in Disturbed Times
It's been a while since the Democratic Alliance was able to meet in person. For this political addict, it was an opportunity to see how the one big party outside the Congress… Read more »
April 02, 2023
South Africa: John Steenhuisen Re-Elected as Leader of Opposition Democratic Alliance
Mpho Phalatse has accepted losing the leadership race and reiterated that she is not planning to leave the DA for ActionSA. Read more »
Zambia: Zambia Reaps Rewards of Positive Neutrality and Economic Diplomacy While Others Flounder
Maintaining a balance of international partnerships is critical for Zambia's economic development. Foreign powers play a central role in supporting domestic infrastructure, mining… Read more »
South Africa: Nationwide Snake Antivenom Stockpile Shortage an 'Absolute Catastrophe' - Reptile Expert
Amid a frantic scramble for snake antivenom in South Africa, snake bite victims are receiving half the prescribed dose - that's if they're lucky to be treated at all. Desperate… Read more »
South Africa: South Africans Are Borrowing Money to Fund Groceries - Study
The FinScope Consumer Survey shows that surging energy costs have affected almost 18 million adults, who say they have been forced to live without electricity because they simply… Read more »
South Africa: Journalist Jeremy Gordin Found Dead, Police Investigate House Robbery and Murder
A manhunt is under way following the murder of journalist and author Jeremy Gordin whose body was found in his Johannesburg home. Read more »
South Africa: In Apparent Effort Not to Upset Putin's Russia, ANC Government Bans Arms Sales to Poland
The ANC's South Africa has bet firmly on a dark side of history in selecting its partner of choice in the Russification of its foreign and domestic policy. Its choice is not based… Read more »
South Africa: Jeremy Gordin - Journalist, Poet, Writer and an All-Round Mensch
Gruff, pugnacious, broad-chested and bearded, with a barrelling gait, he could be mistaken on the newsroom floor for an old merchant mariner, but his bark was far worse than his… Read more »
South Africa: Steenhuisen Declares Julius Malema and the EFF 'Political Enemy Number One' After Being Re-Elected
Not many changes in the DA's leadership as John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille remain at the helm. Read more »
South Africa: DA Again Votes Against Having a Deputy Leader (Again)
Helen Zille voted against the amendment, saying they have learnt from the ANC that it is a bad idea to have a deputy leader as it creates two centres of power. Read more »
March 30, 2023
South Africa: Port St Johns Flood Crisis Leaves More Than 1,000 Displaced
President Cyril Ramaphosa was flown by helicopter to visit the Eastern Cape coastal town of Port St Johns on Tuesday as continuous flooding created a growing humanitarian crisis,… Read more »
March 29, 2023
South Africa: Hawks Raid Properties of Top ANC Figure in Tembisa Hospital Tender Corruption Probe
The Hawks have raided the home and business premises reportedly belonging to Sello Sekhokho, the ANC Ekurhuleni treasurer-general. The raid forms part of investigations into the… Read more »
March 27, 2023
South Africa: Mass Shooting in Khayelitsha Leaves Four Dead, Five Injured
Quick police action led to the arrest of suspects after a mass shooting in Khayelitsha at the weekend. Read more »
South Africa: Alleged Rhino Poaching Kingpin Gunned Down Near Kruger Park
Yet another suspected poacher 'big man' has died in a hail of bullets in Mpumalanga's landscape of fear. Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds Left Homeless After Fire Sweeps Through Hout Bay's Imizamo Yethu
A fire destroyed dozens of shacks in Imizamo Yethu informal settlement in Hout Bay on Sunday evening. Some residents lost their homes for the second time in less than a year. Gift… Read more »
South Africa: Govt, Public Sector Trade Unions On the Verge of Sealing 7.5% Pay Rise Deal
Trade unions representing the majority of public servants in SA are prepared to accept the government's offer to increase pay by 7.5% during the 2023/24 fiscal year, followed in… Read more »
March 26, 2023
South Africa: Reserve Bank Expected to Hike Interest Rates Again
It would be the ninth consecutive hike since November 2021, adding a cumulative 400 basis points since then and taking the repo rate to 7.50% and the prime lending rate to 11.0%. Read more »
South Africa: Basic Education Minister Questions Details of Child's Death In School Pit Toilet
While the Department of Basic Education has admitted that not enough has been done to eradicate pit toilets and provide sustainable school sanitation, it says how Langalam Viki… Read more »
Africa: Investing in a Pan-African Genome Initiative Would Provide Great Returns for Humanity
African genomes carry more variations than European genomes because they have a longer evolutionary history, and thus they offer more insights into potential new therapeutic… Read more »
Liberia/South Africa: It's Do or Die for Bafana Bafana When They Face Liberia in Monrovia
It won't be easy to trump the Lone Stars on home soil -- especially considering that Bafana Bafana failed to do so on their own turf. Read more »