July 27
South Africa: Salaries Crept Up, but Buying Power Just Hit a Two-Year Low
Scrolla
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Malawi: Malawi Visa Blow As US Shifts Embassy Services to Nairobi
Nyasa Times
Malawi has been dealt yet another humiliating blow in its rapidly deteriorating relationship with the United States, after Washington announced it is suspending routine visa… Read more »
South Africa: Government Sends 68,000 Illegal Migrants Home
Scrolla
More than 68,000 foreign nationals have been processed for repatriation since June as police and border officials step up operations against illegal immigration and cross border… Read more »
South Africa: Exposing a Syndicate - - By Getting Scammed
GroundUp
And how we were let down by a bank and the police Read more »
Zimbabwe: 'L Have Never Accepted a Cent From Zanu-PF'- - Says Chamisa, Denies Bribery Allegations
New Zimbabwe
FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has dismissed claims that he received money from Zanu PF to silence him on the controversial Constitutional… Read more »
Angola: Lobito Corridor Motivates Creation of Lagos-Dakar Link
ANGOP
Nigeria's minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has proposed the creation of a transport corridor between Lagos (Nigeria) and Dakar (Senegal), inspired by Angola's… Read more »
South Africa: #Aids2026: Daily Pill. Monthly Pill. Six-Monthly Jab. Why Choice Matters
Bhekisisa
A new once-a-month HIV prevention pill is moving into the final stage of testing. But early South African uptake data of the six-monthly anti-HIV jab suggest the biggest… Read more »
Angola: Over 900 Families Affected By the Rain in Cunene Receive Support
ANGOP
At least 923 families affected by the recent rains of 2026 in Cunene province began receiving support Monday in various municipalities, under the Disaster Emergency Response Fund… Read more »
Angola: Lunda Norte Province Launches Over 400 Graduates Into Job Market
ANGOP
Lunda Norte Province presented over the weekend 478 new graduates in various fields of the Education Sciences from the Dundo Teacher Training School and the Faculties of Law and… Read more »
South Africa: 'I Regret My Decision' - Mom's 8-Year Old Hospitalised After Circumcision By Suspended Doctor
Health-e
A Limpopo mother from Maleboho says she regrets taking her eight-year-old son for circumcision at a make-shift surgery that left him with septic wounds and hospitalised for a week. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Can Zimbabwe's Mineral Ambitions Benefit Smaller Producers? [analysis]
New Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe wants to move beyond being a supplier of raw minerals and build industries that process and manufacture from its own resources. But as the government tightens restrictions… Read more »
Malawi: Miss Malawi Chisi Says She Will Address Miss World Controversy 'At Appropriate Time'
Nyasa Times
Reigning Miss Malawi Thandie Chisi has finally spoken out amid the raging row over who should represent the country at this year's Miss World pageant -- but the beauty queen is… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Continues Diplomatic Engagements With Nigeria on Migration, Governance, and Regional Security [press release]
Govt of SA
The Special Envoy of President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, the Honourable Ronald Lamola, MP, has… Read more »
South Africa: Does Regular Exercise Stop You Getting Sick in Winter? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Winter has a way of making the office, train and school pick-up line feel like a giant petri dish of germs and potential infection. It's also when many of us quietly let our… Read more »
South Africa: World Nature Conservation Day - South Africa's Natural Heritage Is Disappearing Quietly [opinion]
Daily Maverick
Most conservation losses do not begin with bulldozers, but with indifference - a landscape dismissed as 'just scrub', a patch of land assumed to have little value, a decision… Read more »
South Africa: The Myth of the Level Playing Field - Why SA's Wealth Gap Requires a Redress [opinion]
Daily Maverick
Where most countries wrestle with financial inequality through inheritance, in South Africa the legacy of apartheid means only a few South Africans see wealth pass from one… Read more »
Africa: Angola's Russia Spy Trial Signals a New Phase of Information Warfare in Africa
Daily Maverick
Angola's legal action against Russian nationals underscores a pivotal shift in Africa's approach to information warfare, challenging external narratives and asserting national… Read more »
South Africa: Everything You Need to Know About Voting During the November 4 Local Government Elections
Daily Maverick
Your go-to guide on the 2026 local elections ahead of the final voter registration weekend this Saturday and Sunday. Read more »
Botswana: University of Botswana to Name Building After Kengalogile
Botswana Daily News
Naming a building after someone who made a key development is a common way to honour and recognise their work. Read more »
South Africa: IDAC Head's Resignation Accepted
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has accepted the request by the Independent Directorate Against Corruption's (IDAC) head, Advocate Andrea Johnson, to resign with immediate effect. Read more »
South Africa: JSC Tells Ramaphosa to Suspend Judge in Landmark Harassment Case
Scrolla
The JSC has advised President Cyril Ramaphosa to suspend Judge President Selby Mbenenge, pending Parliament's decision on his possible impeachment. The case stems from a sexual… Read more »
South Africa: Disgraced Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge to Be Suspended
Daily Maverick
Mbenenge has been on special leave since 2023. The Judicial Service Commission recently found him guilty of gross misconduct over sexual harassment. Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Urged to Align Sexual Health Services With Regional Model Law
Nyasa Times
Malawi has been urged to align its sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) policies with a regional model law currently being implemented across four countries in East and… Read more »
South Africa: Montana Runs Out of Luck - SIU Freezes R16-Million Properties
GroundUp
The Special Tribunal has frozen two multi-million rand properties linked to former PRASA boss Lucky Montana Read more »
Lesotho: Lesotho Rural Schools Still Dealing With Aftermath of US Funding Cuts
GroundUp
Community volunteers completed one school but another is still waiting for promised donor money Read more »
