November 05
Namibia: Building Workers Pension Fund Calls for Benefits to Be Claimed
Namibian
The Namibia Building Workers Pension Fund, an umbrella fund for the construction sector, is encouraging pensioners and their beneficiaries to claim their pension benefits. Read more »
Africa: £86m of Support Catalysed For Earthshot Solutions as EarthShot Event Takes Place in Cape Town [press release]
The Earthshot Prize
Over £86M in value catalysed to date for Earthshot Prize solutions, up from £48M since launch of match-making platform Launchpad Read more »
South Africa: People With Disabilities Demand Better Access to Public Transport
GroundUp
The Disability Revolution group wants the City of Cape Town to include specific measures for people with disabilities in its transport planning Read more »
Namibia: Revised Resettlement Criteria to Be Implemented ... Corridor Farmers, Marginalised a Priority
New Era
The national resettlement criteria, whose revision is almost complete and will soon be implemented, aims to prioritise the plight of generational farmworkers, address overcrowding… Read more »
Africa: South Africa's Pargo Expands to Egypt With $4m Investment
Daba Finance
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Zimbabwe: 2025 Budget to Build Resilience - Prof Ncube
The Herald
The 2025 national Budget will focus on building resilience to deepen structural economic transformation and consolidate gains achieved under the National Development Strategy 1… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Bridgefort Diversifies Into Financial Services
The Herald
Bridgefort Capital, formerly Medtech Holdings, is moving to establish itself as a leading financial services business in Africa through the acquisition of Diaspora Kapita (DK), a… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt Pushes for Sustainable Financing Models for Farming Sector
The Herald
Government is committed to fostering an enabling environment where private investment can flourish through creating policies that support agricultural financing, establishing… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Businessman Acquitted of Selling Stolen Fuel
The Herald
Kwekwe businessman, Asif Kurawely, has been acquitted of the charges related to the purported sale of stolen fuel. Read more »
November 04
Botswana: I Dare Not Fail, Says Botswana's New President Duma Boko
allAfrica
Botswana's new president took office on Friday after a fast transfer of power after elections that ended nearly 60 years of rule by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's G20 Presidency in 2025 - a Pivotal Moment for the Country and Africa
Africa Renewal
The theme 'Fostering solidarity, equality, and sustainable development' aims at addressing critical global challenges, with a strong focus on Africa's development Read more »
Namibia: Namibia's Game-Changing 2024 Elections - Swapo Might Face Defeat for the First Time Since Independence in 1990 [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The former liberation movement South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) has been in firm political control of Namibia since independence in 1990. Read more »
South Africa: Overpaid Consultants and Bosses Distort the Public Sector Wage Bill and Fuel Legalised Corruption [opinion]
Daily Maverick
Government entities are paying excessive amounts to 'consultants' and top bureaucrats, so much so that in our opinion this amounts to legalised corruption. Read more »
South Africa: Diesel, Petrol Price to Increase in November
SAnews.gov.za
Prices of all grades of fuel as well as that of petrol and gas are expected to rise this coming Wednesday. Read more »
Tanzania: South African Billionaire Motsepe Faces $195m Lawsuit in Tanzania
Daba Finance
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Southern Africa: Drought-Hit Zambia Boosts Power Imports to Combat Blackouts
Daba Finance
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South Africa: Residents Help Free State Municipality Restore Electricity
GroundUp
Dozens of people from affected villages helped officials for several days to erect fallen electricity pylons Read more »
South Africa: Mamelodi Residents Struggle to Claim UIF As Labour Office Closed
GroundUp
The department says it shut the offices out of safety concerns in August after sporadic service delivery protests Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Strongly Condemns the Spike in Police Killings [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is horrified that police killings have spiked to the highest level in five years according to the latest South African Police… Read more »
November 03
Zimbabwe: Emotional Abstracts Recount Zimbabwe's Struggles and Strength
RFI
Zimbabwe's dramatic landscapes and enduring struggles resonate in Gillian Rosselli's abstract paintings, which reveal her homeland's resilience amid drought, poverty and… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Needs to Move With Speed On the New 'Green Gold', Hydrogen [opinion]
Daily Maverick
We are an attractive energy partner for any nation. Developed economies in particular have been burned by volatility in their energy supplies, be they Russia invading Ukraine or… Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa Signs Petroleum Bill As SA Lags Behind Neighbours in Hydrocarbon Race
Daily Maverick
The bottom line is that there is now at least some of the regulatory clarity that investors need for the upstream sector. How all of this is administered under Gwede Mantashe, who… Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds of Illegal Miners Arrested After Underground Food and Water Supplies Cut
Daily Maverick
The zama zamas who surfaced at Orkney over the weekend are the small fish in this big pond of criminality. The big fish have yet to be landed in the net. Read more »
November 02
Mozambique: Mozambican Strike Affects Fuel Supplies in Neighbouring Countries
AIM
The fuel company Puma Energy Zambia has ordered its staff to park its trucks currently in Mozambique in safe places following the strike declared by fugitive presidential candidate… Read more »
November 01
Africa: 'No, Long Covid is Not a Thing in Your Head, You're Sick' [interview]
allAfrica
allAfrica's Juanita Williams sat down with Professor Resia Pretorius, Stellenbosch University, who's been researching how blood clots form and the impact of inflammation for… Read more »
