June 24
Malawi: Chilima Crash Inquiry - Plane Crashed After Severe Weather Warning, Expired Locator System and Resource Strain Revealed
Nyasa Times
Fresh testimony before Parliament has raised troubling questions about the circumstances surrounding the military flight that claimed the life of former Vice-President Saulos… Read more »
Botswana: Mining Costs High Amid Challenges in the Global Diamond Market
Botswana Daily News
Debswana Diamond Company chief operations officer, Mr Koolatotse Koolatotse has underscored the need to manage the cost of production at mines amid challenges in the global diamond… Read more »
South Africa: More Than 200 Bank Branches Now Offering Smart ID Card
SAnews.gov.za
The Department of Home Affairs has reached another historic milestone on its path-breaking journey of digital transformation, with 203 bank branches now live in the new digital… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Landmark Solar Deal Set to Power Zimbabwe's Energy Future
263Chat
Zimbabwe's drive towards increased renewable energy generation received a significant boost this week after ZimGreenCo and Dolcin Trading signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement… Read more »
Southern Africa: SADC to Convene Meeting of Ministers of Finance and Investment and Peer Review Panel to Strengthen Cooperation in Investment, Financial Integration and Macroeconomic Surveillance [document]
SADC
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will hold a Meeting of the Committee of Ministers of Finance and Investment and the Peer Review Panel on 2 July 2026 in Harare,… Read more »
South Africa: National Treasury Releases Provincial Budget Report
SAnews.gov.za
National Treasury has released the Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Report for the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, which covers provincial receipts and payments. Read more »
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Malawi: Malawi - African Development Fund Approves $8.5m Grant to Restore Cyclone-Ravaged Irrigation Schemes
African Development Bank (AfDB)
The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group has approved an $8.49 million grant from the African Development Fund (ADF) to support Malawian communities hit by… Read more »
Malawi: Tobacco Sales Hit K258.5 Billion in 9 Weeks, but Earnings Still Trail Last Year
Nyasa Times
Malawi's 2026 tobacco marketing season has generated K258.5 billion in the first nine weeks, with farmers selling 71.8 million kilograms of leaf, according to official market… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zim Approves 10-Year Sugarcane Industry Development Plan to Boost Output, Ethanol Production
New Zimbabwe
Discover moreNewspaper advertising spaceConstitutional Law & Civil RightsDiaspora news serviceCABINET has approved the Zimbabwe Sugarcane Industry Development Plan (2026-2035),… Read more »
June 23
South Africa: Johannesburg Has Taken a Big New Loan to Help Fix Its Electricity Problems, but the Results Will Take Time [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Just over a third (38%) of the residents of South Africa's commercial capital, Johannesburg, reported being satisfied with their electricity services in a survey conducted in… Read more »
South Africa: Durban Settlement Electrified After 2020 but Many Meters Never Worked
GroundUp
Residents in Kenville say they are unhappy because they still have to use illegal connections despite electrification Read more »
South Africa: City Power and Eskom Terrorising Your Neighbourhood? Introducing Electricity Extortion Watch
Daily Maverick
An alarming phenomenon has taken hold in Johannesburg over the past several months: Dozens of our readers have reported being extorted and intimidated by City Power and Eskom… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Platinum Producers Owed $228mln in Unpaid Export Earnings
New Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's government owes platinum miners $228 million in unpaid export income under its foreign currency retention system, exerting pressure on a sector recovering from a… Read more »
Zimbabwe: 'A Condemnation to Slavery' - Domestic Workers Slam U.S.$90 Minimum Wage
New Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Domestic and Allied Workers Union (ZDAWU) has condemned the government's newly gazetted minimum wages for domestic workers, describing them as "poverty wages" that… Read more »
Tanzania: Namibia President Visit - Huge Economic Impact Beckons
Daily News
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday bid farewell to Namibian President Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah following her historic three day State Visit to Tanzania. Read more »
Tanzania: Namibian Health Experts Impressed By Technology and Services At Kairuki Hospital
Daily News
A delegation from the Ministry of Health of Namibia, accompanied by business leaders who travelled with the President of Namibia, visited Kairuki Hospital to witness the… Read more »
South Africa: A Rare New Investment Opportunity Has Landed in Observatory
Daily Maverick
Creative, vibrant and unmistakably alive, Observatory is one of Cape Town's most character-filled urban suburbs. Here, students, medical professionals, entrepreneurs, young… Read more »
South Africa: Big Fuel Cut Is Coming but Here Is What It Looks Like After Tax
Scrolla
Fuel prices are dropping in July. But the saving at the pump is not as large as the headline numbers suggest. Read more »
June 22
Malawi: Malawi's Digital Clampdown Intensifies With New Arrest
Nyasa Times
Malawi's tightening grip on online speech has come under fresh scrutiny after the arrest of political activist Fredrick Billy Malata in Lilongwe on Monday -- the latest sign of… Read more »
South Africa: SARS Says R40 Billion Went Back to South Africans Last Year
Scrolla
SARS paid R40 billion in tax refunds last filing season, more than it collected from taxpayers during the same period. SARS says tax refunds back in South African hands drive the… Read more »
South Africa: Madlanga Commission Reopens Ekurhuleni Corruption Probe - South African News Briefs - June 22, 2026
allAfrica
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Namibia: Global Cyber Threat Puts 13 Namibian Organisations At Risk
Namibian
A global cybersecurity incident known as FortiBleed may have exposed administrator credentials and firewall configuration data at 13 Namibian organisations. Read more »
Namibia: Oil Discovery Not the Real Achievement
Namibian
A petroleum province can be lost long before a single cargo sails. Read more »
Namibia: Namibia's Road Funders Sailing Amid Rough Seas ... RFA Determined to Deliver On Mandate
New Era
The Road Fund Administration (RFA), despite recent decreases in its revenue streams, continues to execute its mandate. The company relies primarily on fuel levies, but rising fuel… Read more »
South Africa: Funding Boosts Postgraduate Student Success - South African Study Measures How [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Postgraduate education is good for a country. Thriving economies need people with advanced academic degrees to enhance research productivity. Research and innovation capability… Read more »
South Africa: 500 Malawians Stranded in Joburg After Repatriation Buses Lacked Permits
GroundUp
Seven buses from Cape Town and Durban dropped passengers at the Malawian consulate in Sandton instead of taking them home Read more »
