June 19
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Lithium Producers Plead for More Time to Complete Beneficiation Plants
New Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S lithium producers have appealed to the government to extend the January 2027 deadline for a ban on lithium concentrate exports, saying that most companies are still… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Kenya Denies Awarding $1.2-Billion Airport Expansion Contract to Controversial Businessman Chivayo
New Zimbabwe
Kenya has denied that a company linked to controversial Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo has won a multi-billion-US-dollar contract to expand the country's main airport,… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Registers Positive Inflation Trend As Falling Food Prices Ease Cost-of-Living Pressures
Nyasa Times
Malawi has recorded a welcome improvement in its inflation outlook, with the latest figures from the National Statistical Office (NSO) showing that the pace at which prices are… Read more »
Malawi: RBM Commends Old Mutual Malawi's Strategic Investment Drive As It Launches New Equity Fund
Nyasa Times
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has praised Old Mutual Malawi for its continued efforts to develop innovative financial products that support economic growth, expand investment… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Unvalidated Title Deeds May Not Be Recognised in Future Transactions - Says Registrar
New Zimbabwe
Chief Registrar of the Department of Deeds, Companies and Intellectual Property, Willie Mushayi, has urged property owners to validate and securitise their title deeds, saying the… Read more »
South Africa: Soweto in the Early 1970s
UCT
The sacrifice of the Class of 1976, their act of defiance, their courage and bravery are steeped in South Africa's post-apartheid history. Read more »
South Africa: Youth Month - Student's Tutoring Programme Helps Learners Excel At Life Sciences
UCT
"Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity; it is an act of justice. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by… Read more »
South Africa: Stellenbosch Food and Wine Community Hosts Fundraiser for Errieda Du Toit
Daily Maverick
Cape Town food professional and cookbook author and television personality Errieda du Toit is facing substantial medical bills, and Stellenbosch food and wine professionals have… Read more »
South Africa: History and Craft Meet in the Gardens of Babylon
Daily Maverick
The vegetable garden at Babylonstoren gave me something I had not expected. A direct line from the Company's Garden in 1652 to my present, here at the foot of the Simonsberg,… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mutsvangwa Lays Into Chiwenga for Attacking Zvigananda, Jumps to Tagwirei's Defence
New Zimbabwe
ZANU PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has laid into Vice President Constantino Chiwenga for attacking Zimbabwe's super-rich community and accused him of trying to use that as… Read more »
South Africa: Mkhwanazi and Khumalo Rocked Up for Arrest but IDAC Got Cold Feet
Scrolla
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo went to Brooklyn Police Station on Thursday after IDAC summoned them. Khumalo's… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Lloyd Chitembwe Resigns As Triangle United Head Coach
New Zimbabwe
Triangle United head coach Lloyd Chitembwe has resigned from his position, ending his short stint with the Lowveld-based club. Read more »
June 18
Zimbabwe: House Passes Bill to Extend Presidential Term Limit
New Zimbabwe
THE contentious Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Bill (CAB3) has sailed through the National Assembly, moving a step closer to becoming law after securing the… Read more »
Africa: South African Scientists Make Breakthrough in Decoding Cancer's Most Effective Survival Strategy [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In the intricate biology of the human body, organs such as the breast, the colon and the lungs are lined with a defensive barrier known as the epithelium. At the heart of this… Read more »
Namibia: Who Was Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo? the Namibian Leader Who Chose Justice Over Power [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Celebrated Namibian liberation leader Andimba Toivo ya Toivo played an important role in his country's development. Beyond Namibia, however, he remains unknown to many. Read more »
Africa: Mokoena Strike Keeps South Africa's World Cup Hopes Alive After Battling Draw With Czech Republic
CAF
South Africa refused to let their FIFA World Cup dream fade away as a late Teboho Mokoena penalty earned Bafana Bafana a hard-fought 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic in Atlanta… Read more »
South Africa: A Call to Humanity - a Diplomatic, Geopolitical, and National Appeal to Stand With Malawians in South Africa [opinion]
Nyasa Times
To the People of Malawi, Southern African Neighbors, and Global Citizens of Conscience, Read more »
Africa: All of Africa Today - June 18, 2026
allAfrica
Mozambique Police Accused of Using Spy Networks to Target Government Critics Read more »
South Africa: What Happens When the World's Best HIV Prevention Tool Meets the Planet's Deadliest Infectious Disease?
Bhekisisa
The roll-out of South Africa's six-monthly HIV prevention medication lenacapavir (LEN) has to consider our other epidemic: TB. Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Journalists Face Killings and Silence As Repression Deepens
RFI
Mozambique's journalists are facing growing pressure after years of killings, disappearances and attacks that have gone unpunished. Violence against reporters intensified after… Read more »
South Africa: Impeachment Committee Vows to Fight Ramaphosa's Court Bid to Block Its Work
Daily Maverick
A legal showdown looms that will decide whether President Cyril Ramaphosa is able to delay his impeachment hearing, possibly for years. Read more »
Botswana: Lesabo Project to Address Water Scarcity
Botswana Daily News
The successful implementation of the proposed Lesotho-South Africa-Botswana (LESABO) water transfer project will strengthen Botswana's long-term water security, support industrial… Read more »
South Africa: What's Overlooked in Student Mental Health in South Africa - Social Connection and Sexual Wellbeing [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Student mental health has become one of the defining challenges facing universities worldwide. In South Africa, these concerns are often framed around reports which point to… Read more »
Nigeria: Xenophobia - Boycotting Pan-African Firms Threatens Jobs, Economic Integration - Mupita
Leadership
As renewed xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa continue to generate outrage across the continent, president and chief executive officer of MTN Group, Ralph… Read more »
South Africa: Immigrant Traders Abandon Shops in Springs After Threats
GroundUp
Vigilante groups in Kwathema say immigrants must be out by 30 June or else Read more »
