South Africa inflation seen edging below 4% fuels rate cut bets
By: Bloomberg 23rd October 2024 South Africa’s inflation rate is expected to fall below 4% for the first time in more than three years in September, sealing the case for borrowing... →
Climate change worsened rains in flood-hit African regions, scientists say
By: Reuters 23rd October 2024 Devastating rains that triggered deadly floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan in recent months were worsened by human-caused climate... →
African progress backslides as coups and war persist
By: Reuters 23rd October 2024 Nearly half of Africa's citizens live in a country where governance has worsened over the past decade, as deteriorating security erodes progress,... →
Water power is there for the taking in many underground mines 
By: Martin Creamer 22nd October 2024 Water power is there for the taking across a broad spectrum of many of South Africa’s hard-rock underground mines. At a time of high electricity... →
Mbeki Foundation clarifies former President’s exclusion as speaker at Mboweni’s funeral
By: Thabi Shomolekae 22nd October 2024 The Thabo Mbeki Foundation on Tuesday revealed that former President Thabo Mbeki was excluded from the Special Service Programme on the eve of the... →
Kabelo Gwamanda placed on special leave
By: Thabi Shomolekae 22nd October 2024 Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero has placed Community Development MMC Kabelo Gwamanda on special leave, effective immediately, and has relieved him... →
Solidarity calls for Gayton McKenzie to intervene in Freedom Park protest dispute
By: Thabi Shomolekae 22nd October 2024 Trade Union Solidarity said on Tuesday it will continue with its plans for a peaceful protest against the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act,... →
Taiwan rejects South Africa's demand to move office from Pretoria
By: Bloomberg 22nd October 2024 Taiwan said it will not move its representative office from Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital, after accusing Beijing of pressuring... →
South Africa is still tapping oil stockpile to fund fuel subsidy
By: Bloomberg 22nd October 2024 South Africa is still selling oil from strategic stockpiles to fund measures introduced two years ago to cushion consumers from a spike in road... →
DA welcomes SIU investigation into ‘lavish’ SABC breakfast briefings
By: Thabi Shomolekae 22nd October 2024 The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Tuesday President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “long overdue” authorisation of the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU’s)... →
DR Congo army takes Kalembe town back from M23 rebels, spokesperson says
By: Reuters 22nd October 2024 Democratic Republic of Congo's army on Tuesday said it had taken back the eastern town of Kalembe a day after it was seized by M23 rebels. Kalembe,... →
Russia hosts Brics leaders, signalling Putin is far from isolated
By: Bloomberg 22nd October 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin will play host to Russia’s biggest gathering of world leaders since the invasion of Ukraine and use the Brics... →
US urges probe into killings of two Mozambique opposition figures
By: Reuters 22nd October 2024 The US government on Monday condemned the weekend killings by gunmen of two Mozambique opposition figures ahead of protests against a disputed... →
