November 01
Lesotho: Govt Loses Millions in Ha Belo Electrification Project
Lesotho Times
The government has reportedly incurred a loss of M49 million, with potential for even more losses, after the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) allegedly engaged an underqualified… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt Vows Action After Deadly Kuwadzana Road Accident
263Chat
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona, has vowed to enforce stricter road safety measures to protect the nation's commuters following a tragic accident… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Kuwadzana Accident - 'Reckless' Commuter Omnibus Driver Charged With Culpable Homicide As Death Toll Rises
New Zimbabwe
A commuter omnibus driver has been charged with culpable homicide following a fatal road accident along Harare-Bulawayo road, at the intersection of First Street and Bulawayo Road… Read more »
South Africa: 'Construction Mafia' Accused of Delaying Building of Joburg School
GroundUp
Parents want the reconstruction of Nancefield Primary School investigated Read more »
Africa: SA Department of Communications and Digital Technologies partners with Africa Tech Festival 2024, Hosts Exclusive Ministerial Summit [press release]
Africa Tech Festival
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October 31
Zimbabwe: Seven Killed, Eleven Injured in Separate Road Crashes
263Chat
Tragedy struck on the country's highways as two separate crashes left seven people dead and 11 others injured. Read more »
Zimbabwe: The Rise of the Mbingas [analysis]
African Arguments
Commonly called mbingas for their penchant for luxury, many of Zimbabwe's richest men and women are vessels for the ruling party's looting of state coffers. Read more »
South Africa: Treasury Optimistic About Economic Outlook
SAnews.gov.za
National Treasury expects improved growth prospects for the South African economy, despite slowing projected growth of some 1.1% in 2024 - down from the projected 1.3% earlier this… Read more »
South Africa: Inequality in Parental Leave - Concourt to Hear Case for Fathers, Adoptive Parents to Get More Leave
Daily Maverick
A couple have taken their two year challenge for equity in parental leave to the Constitutional Court. The landmark case has implications for same-sex, adoptive and surrogate… Read more »
South Africa: Minister Siviwe Gwarube Looks to February Budget to Avert Basic Education Funding Crisis
Daily Maverick
Enoch Godongwana allocated basic education an extra R376m on Wednesday, but offered nothing to save teacher posts, leaving a R78bn budget shortfall and provincial departments in a… Read more »
South Africa: SA's Electric Fences Kill 2,000 Pangolins a Year - Meet the Heroes Trying to Save Them
Daily Maverick
A section ranger at Sabi Sand Nature Reserve says he knows exactly what to do about this conservation ordeal. Elsewhere, scientists are also trialling designs. Read more »
South Africa: Competition Commission Rubber-Stamps Media24 Sale to Novus
Daily Maverick
The focus will now be on enhancing the content of Media24's digital news brands, News24 and Netwerk24. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt to Install Surveillance Cameras At Traffic Intersections and Roadblocks in Crackdown On 'Mushikashika'
263Chat
The Government announced a new initiative to install surveillance cameras at all roadblocks and traffic lights across the country in a bid to improve road safety and enforce… Read more »
South Africa: Stones Thrown At Trains in Cape Town
GroundUp
Metrorail says 16 trains have been taken out of service for repairs Read more »
Zimbabwe: 'Sanctions Have Cost Zim Significant Fortune'
The Herald
Economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries, for nearly two decades and half, have caused massive financial losses and damaging economic challenges, experts say. Read more »
Namibia: Signs of Slowdown in Namibia's Promised Green Hydrogen Initiatives As Swapo Turns to Fossil Fuels
Daily Maverick
Oxpeckers tracked 14 GH2 projects in Namibia, finding implementation had been slow and the only real growth had been in bureaucracy. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Council Hunts for Finance Director
The Herald
Harare City Council is hunting for a new finance director after going for more than eight years without a substantive one due to bickering among councillors. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Chibadura's Ally Chemudara Speaks Out
The Herald
Rodrick "Cowboy" Chemudara's name is quite familiar in sungura circles. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Research, Innovation Anchor Uz Industrialisation Week
The Herald
The University of Zimbabwe is running its Industrialisation Week, highlighting research and innovation as key drivers for Zimbabwe's economic transformation. Read more »
October 30
Zimbabwe: Chinese Steel Plant - Zimbabwe's Economic Boon or Environmental Nightmare?
VOA
Zimbabwe is aiming to be home to Africa's largest steel plant, but disputes over the project continue even as it ramps up production. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Fight Against Extreme Poverty Needs a New Strategy - Model Shows How Social Grants Could Work [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa has been struggling for decades to reduce poverty, inequality and unemployment and raise the rate of economic growth. Read more »
South Africa: Reforms to Attract Infrastructure Investment
SAnews.gov.za
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has announced reforms that will create conditions to attract greater infrastructure investment by private sector participation. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Blocks Vodacom's $745m Acquisition of Fiber Assets
Daba Finance
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South Africa: Tiger Brands in Talks With Listeriosis Class Action Attorneys to Pay for Victims' Urgent Medical Needs
Daily Maverick
While food producer Tiger Brands' liability for the listeriosis outbreak in 2017/18 has yet to be determined in court, the company is engaging with the legal team behind the class… Read more »
Namibia: Drought Relief - 'Basic Right, Not a Favour'
New Era
Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani has cautioned against the use of drought relief food or other government interventions for political expediency. Read more »
