Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen led South Africa to a cracking ICC Cricket World Cup win over England, who continue to feel the pressure in their title-defending year. After putting South Africa into bat in Mumbai, England struck early to dismiss Quinton de Kock in the first over. But once Rassie Van der Dussen (60) […]
The Springboks are into their fourth Rugby World Cup final after beating England 16-15 in the semi-finals. South Africa 16 (6) England 15 (12) They did it again! Somehow the Springboks emerged victorious in an almighty arm wrestle to beat England 16-15 to set up a date with the All Blacks in next week’s Rugby […]
Security guards held back protesters as they chanted demands for reparations. The Netherlands was responsible for the enslavement tens of thousands of people in the Dutch Cape Colony. Around 100 protesters confronted the Dutch royal couple as they made an official visit to a slavery museum in South Africa on Friday. King Willem-Alexander and Queen […]
You have to go back to 2003 and a Springbok squad scarred from Kamp Staldraad to find the only time they have lost to England in a World Cup. Martin Johnson’s team went on to win the tournament and would beat this 2023 England side as comprehensively as the Boks are likely to on Saturday […]
Cabinet has welcomed the acknowledgement of the US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, of the seriousness with which President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the Lady R matter. This is according to the Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who was addressing media on the outcomes of Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. This is after Sullivan’s call with […]
Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth entered Parliament to a resounding standing ovation yesterday, just a day after the Privy Council confirmed his November 2019 election. The victory seemed to amplify Jugnauth’s sense of authority as he regarded opposition members with disdain. In a heated exchange, when MMM MP Arianne Navarre-Marie accused Jugnauth of reiterating old answers, […]
Berlin/Germany — Jordan’s King Abdullah on Tuesday warned against trying to push Palestinian refugees into Egypt or Jordan, adding that the humanitarian situation must to be dealt with inside Gaza and the West Bank. “That is a red line, because I think that is the plan by certain of the usual suspects to try and […]
Harare — The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom announced on Wednesday, October 11, that it will not rule on the government’s request to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda for a few months, Reuters reports. Over the course of three days this week, attorneys representing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government have argued that the court […]
The ex-wife of genocide suspect Seraphin Twahirwa has provided testimony regarding his involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, primarily in Kigali. The prosecution presented Twahirwa’s ex-wife’s testimony in the ongoing trial being held at Belgium’s Court of Assizes. The trial began on October 9 and is expected to conclude on December 8. According […]
The French government is not deterred by the slow pace of the implementation of the Just Energy Transition in South Africa. France has committed to investing billions of rands towards the project. The internal political pushback against South Africa’s move towards clean energy sources is the main reason there has been scant progress in its […]
Britain’s King Charles III will meet with Kenyan President William Ruto in Nairobi in about three weeks. Charles will address “painful aspects” of Britain’s colonial past, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. During the four-day visit, scheduled for October 31 to November 3, Charles and Ruto will tour the Nairobi National Park and attend a state […]
Harare — French military convoys started leaving bases in the Niger’s southwest, further undermining France’s standing in the conflict-torn Sahel region. This comes after French President, Emmanuel Macron, declared the troops’ departure at the end of September, after the Niger generals demanded their evacuation. Pick-up vehicles and armored personnel carriers filled with French soldiers crossed […]
Europe’s biggest polluters – Shell, BP, TotalEnergies and ENI – are fighting to stop a law that would force them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Our governments cannot allow them to succeed. * Wildfires, flooding and record heatwaves have left a trail of devastation in their wake across the world in 2023, as climate […]
Communications and Information Technology Minister Amr Talaat attended on Wednesday the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Telecom Egypt and Hungary’s 4iG for cooperation in constructing high-capacity submarine fiber optic cable to directly connect Egypt and Albania and from there to Eastern and Central Europe, with branches ready to connect other points along the […]
Mozambique today announced a negotiated deal with the major Swiss Bank UBS. It took over Credit Suisse after CS collapsed under a series of corruption scandals including the Mozambique secret debt. This ends only part of the case about the secret debt in the commercial count in London. Economy and Finance Minister Max Tonela and […]
The United Kingdom has promised to support Nigeria’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in its effort to reduce humanitarian crises and end poverty in the country. The development director at the British High Commission in Abuja, Dr Christopher Pycrof, said during a visit to the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, Dr […]
A group of 20 guests from the Republic of Turkiye are currently on familiarisation trip to Uganda to visit the country’s tourist attractions. The 20 who are led by the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB) are part of the trip coordinated by Uganda’s Ambassador to Turkiye, Nusura Tiperu in collaboration with the Foreign Affairs […]
Migration Control Funding Could Perpetuate Human Rights Violations In a move terrible for human rights, the European Union Commission announced on Friday it will go ahead with a controversial deal on migration control, reached in July, by imminently releasing 67 million euros to Tunisia despite an absence of any specific human rights guarantees for migrants […]