June 04
South Africa: Hold My Vodka - Antarctica's Russian Ghost Ship Discovers Warp Drive
Daily Maverick
After uncovering Antarctic prospecting by Moscow's Akademik Alexander Karpinsky, Daily Maverick's probing questions may have prompted a bizarre and lightning-fast escape at 97… Read more »
Angola: Author Sousa Jamba Launches Book 'The House of the Two Bibles and Other Stories'
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A book of short stories about the Central Plateau and Angolan society, by writer Sousa Jamba, was launched on Thursday in Luanda, published by Mayamba publishing house. Read more »
South Africa: Karl Sander and Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi Remind Us That the Blue Line Holds Amid Corruption
Daily Maverick
When good cops break their silence it shows communities that professionalism still has a home in the South African Police Service. Read more »
South Africa: Crypto Assets and Exchange Control - A Critical Analysis of a Defining High Court Judgment
Daily Maverick
The high court judgment reset the legal definition of crypto when it held that cryptocurrency is both 'money' and 'capital'. South Africa now has conflicting high court authorities… Read more »
South Africa: Reforming SOEs Will Be a Critical Lever in SA's Future Development
Daily Maverick
The government is intensifying efforts to reform state-owned enterprises because it believes this will improve growth and restore public trust. Read more »
Zimbabwe/Zambia: Zimbabwe Head to Zambia for Four Nations Tournament
Cosafa
The Mighty Warriors have departed for Zambia ahead of the Four Nations Tournament, which is scheduled to run from 6 to 9 June at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. Read more »
Zambia/Zimbabwe: Mighty Warriors Leave for Zambia Confident Ahead of Four Nations Tournament
New Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE senior women's national football team, the Mighty Warriors, are set to depart for Zambia on Thursday morning ahead of the Four Nations Tournament scheduled to begin this… Read more »
June 03
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Secures Powerful UN Security Council Seat
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Zimbabwe has secured a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council after winning overwhelming support from member states during elections held at the United Nations… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Police On High Alert As Parliament Debates CAB3
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The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned that it will take firm action against anyone who incites violence, threatens public order or disrupts normal activities as Parliament… Read more »
Africa: More Than 2,000 Malawians Are Trying to Leave South Africa
Scrolla
Malawi's government announced a formal voluntary repatriation on 2 June after vigilante attacks on African migrants spread across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. … Read more »
Africa: All of Africa Today - June 3, 2026
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Zimbabwe: Voters Sue MPs, Oppose Extension of Presidential and Parliamentary Terms
New Zimbabwe
Members of Parliament from over 60 constituencies were on Tuesday served with court papers challenging the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3), as opponents… Read more »
Lesotho: The Mountain Men Behind Lesotho's Wool Wealth
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More than 80,000 herders tend the country's sheep and goats Read more »
Africa: African Integration Beyond Trade - When Africans Become Foreigners in Africa [guest column]
allAfrica
In my earlier piece in February, Beyond Preferences and Rhetoric: What Africa's 2025 Integration Moment Really Demanded I argued that Africa's long-term competitiveness would… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Opposition Accuses Zanu-PF of Fast-Tracking Constitutional Amendment Bill As Mudenda Rejects Calls to Delay Debate
New Zimbabwe
SPEAKER of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has dismissed opposition objections to a motion by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to suspend normal… Read more »
South Africa: Bosses Who Hire Undocumented Workers Could Soon Face Jail Not Just a Fine
Scrolla
Labour deputy minister Jomo Sibiya says employers are driving demand for undocumented workers and the law must now go after them directly. The Employment Services Amendment Bill… Read more »
South Africa: Israel Has Until 2029 to Answer South Africa's Genocide Case At World Court
Scrolla
South Africa has until November 2027 to respond to Israel's arguments at the ICJ, more than five years after the case was first launched in December 2023. Israel's next… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Churches Rally Behind Prayer for MPs As CAB3 Debate Intensifies
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The Zimbabwe Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) has called for national unity, peace and prayer as Parliament continues deliberations on Constitution… Read more »
Kenya: President Ramaphosa to Host President of Kenya
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President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday host Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto on a State Visit to South Africa, with the two leaders expected to strengthen bilateral… Read more »
Southern Africa: SADC Sounds Alarm Over Looming Region-Wide Hunger
Namibian
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for urgent and coordinated regional action to strengthen food security, climate resilience and agricultural systems. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Millers Warn of Bread Price Hikes in High Court Challenge
New Zimbabwe
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has filed an urgent legal challenge at the High Court seeking nullification of Statutory Instrument (SI) 87 of 2025, arguing that… Read more »
Southern Africa: Sightings of Blue and Fin Whales Increase in South-East Atlantic
UCT
Research led by the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, revealed a recent increase in sightings of the world's two… Read more »
South Africa: Judgment Looms in Deadly Usindiso Fire Trial - South African News Briefs - June 3, 2026
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Zimbabwe: Whoever Wins, Wins - Mnangagwa Tells Elites Amid Constitution Debate
New Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has smugly challenged disgruntled, retired military generals and former senior civil servants, telling them "whoever wins, wins" in ongoing… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Chinese Nationals Flee Haroni River After Exposé - As Community Welcomes Government Intervention
New Zimbabwe
CHINESE nationals who devastated parts of Haroni River through illegal riverbed mining have fled and left their Rusitu Valley camp empty after being exposed in a collaborative… Read more »
