While various measures are being implemented to ensure the sustainable and reliable supply of water, government has appealed to consumers to reduce demand and prioritise paying their water bills to ensure that money is re-invested in infrastructure. Briefing media in Pretoria on Tuesday, Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu, said South Africa is considered to […]
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Legal manoeuvres have stalled the case against former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Syed Mohiudeen In February 2013, a case was opened in the Eastern Cape after Transnet security halted the theft of a disused railway line. It took six years before any arrests were made. The subsequent court case has dragged on […]
A statement on Wednesday by Atiku’s spokesperson, Paul Ibe, explained that the former Vice President withdrew the request following INEC’s compliance with the court orders. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, Wednesday, withdrew an application in which he asked the Court of Appeal to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
Peacebuilding is a work in progress, and while there have been achievements, key stumbling blocks remain. On 2 November 2022 in Pretoria, Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) under an African Union (AU)-led process. The agreement concluded a gruelling two-year war with significant national […]
Blantyre — In December last year, a video clip went viral of two elderly women surrounded by a charged-up crowd and engulfed in a cloud of dust as they filled up a grave in a village in the Mzimba district in northern Malawi. As the two elderly sisters laboured in the task, which men in […]
The question is how to expand Africa’s economic growth without endorsing undemocratic behaviour. At the 20th African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) annual forum in Johannesburg last week, the United States (US) government and Congress, African trade ministers and business representatives, organised labour and civil society agreed it should be reauthorised before expiring in 2025. […]
Following the declaration of state of disaster by President Lazarus Chakwera and an appeal for relief assistance to survivors of the Cyclone Freddy that devastated the Southern Region, Malawi’s corporate companies have swiftly responded with financial support. Just on Friday alone, three separate events took place that saw CDH Investment Bank (CDHIB), and its subsidiaries […]
In the era of science and technology when the transaction of the whole world highly relies on innovation and employing state-of-the-art know-how, fostering the accessibility of Artificial intelligence (AI), which is a wide-ranging tool enabling people to rethink how they integrate information, analyze data, and use the resulting insights to improve decision making, is an […]
A total of 13 candidates took part in the Katsina governorship election. The Katsina State All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Dikko Radda, has been declared the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state. The state collation officer, Muazu Abubakar, said Mr Radda polled 859,892 votes to defeat his closest rival of the […]
“What we are left with is a high level of impunity for sexual violence that affects a large segment of women in South Africa.” The Director of Public Prosecutions, Eastern Cape, is appealing a local high court ruling. The high court had overturned a regional court conviction of man for raping his girlfriend. The Initiative […]
It does not make exceptional news any more. Big, global events come to Kigali fairly regularly these days. And Rwandans are now used to them being hosted here and go about their business normally. Of course, they are aware of what particular event is taking place and its import, and will talk about it. But […]
In tobacco production, curing the crop once it is harvested is an essential step towards making the harvested commodity ready for the market. The most common methods for curing tobacco are by air, flue, sun and fire. In Malawi however, small-scale tobacco farmers commonly use fire, where open wood fires are kindled on the floor […]
Unlike what transpired during the almost eight-year rule of President Muhammadu Buhari where nepotism and incompetence appear to be the order of the day, the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has hinted of his readiness to constitute a government of national competence. Adedayo Akinwale writes The February 25, 2023 presidential election has been won and lost, […]
HYDERABAD, INDIA — ‘If you ask what climate justice is, then the litmus test for climate justice is at the local level. So, climate justice needs to be judged by how many people are protected from climate-vulnerable conditions that they have no hand in creating.’ – Gernot Laganda, Director of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster […]
–In 2022 report on Liberia The United States Government’s 2022 Human Rights report has documented significant human rights issues in Liberia, citing credible reports. It documented unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by the government, harsh and life-threatening prison conditions, and arbitrary arrest or detention. The report […]
United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission In Sudan Representatives from more than 20 existed and newly emerging women’s anti-war initiatives from various civic and political backgrounds and geographical locations within Sudan, gathered in Cairo to coordinate their efforts towards peace enforcement in Sudan. Organized by UN Women and UNITAMS, as well as Crisis Management Initiative […]
Lagos and Abuja — Some world leaders, Presidents of African countries, business moguls in Nigeria, beneficiaries of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) and his family members have extolled the leadership and entrepreneurial spirit of the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu, as he marked his 60th birthday yesterday. […]
After a meeting with the national security adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have suspended the two-day old nationwide strike. The labour leaders took their discussion with the NSA to both congresses extra-ordinary joint National Executive Council (NEC) meeting yesterday evening where the decision […]