Johannesburg Power Outage Threatens Critical Healthcare Services Doctors in Johannesburg are facing concerns regarding diesel supply following a day-long power outage that affected vital health facilities, including the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital, Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital, Park Lane Hospital, Brenthurst Clinic, and Rand Clinic, reports News24. The outage, which occurred due to a burned […]
Zanu PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Christopher Mutsvangwa has said the ruling party will superintend the distribution of food aid in Zimbabwe. Mutsvangwa was speaking at a press conference at the party headquarters, on Monday. The drought was recently declared a national disaster by President Emmerson Mnangagwa with Zimbabwe becoming the third Southern African […]
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi Today’s question to the major political parties deals with the sugar tax. We asked the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party, and RISE Mzansi on 13 March and sent follow-up queries to those […]
Municipality says it’s unaware of this Residents of Phomolong informal settlement in Mamelodi, Pretoria, say a local gang is making them pay for water from municipal trucks. But the City of Tshwane says it is not aware of this. The settlement has not had reliable water supply since June last year. The municipality says this […]
THE Medicines Control Company of Zimbabwe -MCAZ has recalled two batches of Benylin Paediatric 100ml Syrup from shelves after a toxic substance, Diethylene glycol was recently found in the medicine. In a statement, MCAZ director-general Richard Rukwata Monday said communication received from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) of Nigeria indicated that […]
Severe Storms in Margate Claim Five Lives, Cause Extensive Damage At least five people have died and two were injured after heavy rains and strong winds hit Margate along the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, reports IOL. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) confirmed that the fatalities included three people who drowned when […]
Maputo — The National Council of Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo, has effectively prevented Venancio Mondlane, the Renamo candidate for mayor of Maputo in last year’s municipal elections, from running for the Renamo presidency at the party congress, scheduled for mid-May. In the early hours of Monday morning, the Council approved a profile for candidates […]
Maputo — Somali pirates have released the Bangladeshi-flagged merchant vessel “Abdullah’, hijacked over a month ago, long with its 23 member crew – but only after a ransom of five million US dollars was paid. The European Union Naval Force (EU NavFor) in a statement on 15 April confirmed the release, adding its Operation Atalanta […]
Juma Igiranieza was brutally assaulted during an unexpected raid Five months after a barber in Mowbray, Cape Town was brutally beaten up by police during a raid at his work, the Director of Public Prosecutions has charged three police officers for the assault. This comes a month after the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) concluded […]
Heavy Rains and Winds Batter KwaZulu-Natal South Coast Torrential rain and gale-force winds slammed into KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast on Sunday night, causing widespread flooding, reports IOL. Margate and Uvongo were particularly hard hit. Emergency services are working tirelessly to address the situation. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) activated disaster response teams across affected […]
Gaborone, Botswana — African diamond producers, led by Botswana, are demanding a review of the tracking and verification system that European Union and G7 nations introduced March 1. Under the arrangement, diamonds entering EU and G7 countries – which represent 70% of the global diamond market – have to be sent to Antwerp, Belgium, for […]
Southern Africa is on the brink of a hunger crisis after an historic drought decimated crops during the peak October to March farming season – one year after the region was pummelled by tropical storms. Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe declared national disasters within weeks of each other after insufficient rains wiped out crops including the […]
On 5 April 2024, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mushayavanhu, announced the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as the new currency to replace the inflation-battered Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWL). Prior to the Monetary Policy Statement on 5 April that introduced the new currency, there was a barrage of information, some untrue, that hinted at […]
In a landmark move, the National Assembly (NA) has adopted a transformative amendment to the House’s Rules and Guidelines for Petitions. This important amendment heralds a new era of direct public engagement in parliamentary processes. Previously, public petitions required a Member of Parliament to act as an intermediary between the House and a member of […]
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr. John Mushayavanhu has re-affirmed the Central Bank’s commitment to financial stability in the country following the introduction of the gold-backed currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). In an interview with a local television network, Dr. Mushayavanhu reassured the public that the RBZ possesses ample reserves to meet the foreign currency […]
Cape Town’s Abdullah Ibrahim is set to perform at a sold-out concert at the City Hall tonight, 12 April 2024, after a five-year hiatus. The German-based music maestro was born and raised in District Six and belongs to a golden generation of truly global jazz giants. The City Hall concert forms part of Ibrahim’s international […]
Agriculture minister, Anxious Masuka has warned communal farmers against selling their livestock amid the hunger crisis the country is currently facing. The minister was responding to questions put to him by legislators during the Question and Answer session in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Masuka said the government has realised that farmers were “de-stocking”. “In […]
It has been just over two (2) weeks since the deadline for comments on the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE) draft 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2023). T he Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI) assessment is that the draft IRP does not provide a realistic assessment of the costs of nuclear power […]