Southern Africa
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:05:19 GMTZimbabwe: Zimbabwe Issues Urgent Alert On Counterfeit Rabies Vaccine
[New Zimbabwe] The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has issued a warning against a fake ABHAYRAB rabies vaccine which has been distributed through unauthorized channels and circulating locally.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:12:17 GMTBotswana: Botswana Closes Doors On Foreign Teachers, Truck Drivers
[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- A Botswanan official said this week the nation will no longer issue work permits to foreign teachers and truck drivers in order to protect local jobs.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:12:14 GMTSouth Africa: Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
[HRW] Rights groups are criticizing South Africa's government for failing to prevent what they call a "massacre" at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and other essential supplies to miners trapped underground and ...
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 04:57:29 GMTSouth Africa: Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
[IPS] Cape Town -- A new war memorial in Cape Town, South Africa, remembers the close to 2,000 casualties who served in Africa during World War 1, between 1914-1918 and who have no known graves and because they were Black, they were never remembered ...
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:50:19 GMTBotswana: UDC Failures Could Spur BDP Comeback
[The Patriot] The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is gone in so far as mounting a dramatic comeback to the throne is concerned. But it stands a chance to increase seats in the National Assembly come the 2029 general election though such will not be s...
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:56:57 GMTSouth Africa: No, South Africa Hasn't Barred White-Owned Farms From Agricultural Export Permits - Old Claims Still Wrong
[Africa Check] No, South Africa hasn't barred white-owned farms from agricultural export permits - old claims still wrong
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:53:34 GMTZimbabwe: Nearly 8,000 Arrested As Police Intensify Traffic Blitz
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has escalated the fight against pirate taxi operators and other offenders in an ongoing clampdown in Harare.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:27:14 GMTZimbabwe: Zimbabwe Braces for Economic Pressures From U.S. Policies Under Trump
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwean Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, is concerned that inward looking policies under newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump could result in higher inflation, elevated interest rates, and a stronger greenback, which could hur...
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:54:33 GMTAngola: CCA on Official Delegation of President Biden's Trip to Angola and Hosts Lobito Corridor Summit Celebratory Reception in Luanda, Angola
[CCA] Florie Liser, Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) President and CEO, was honored to represent CCA as a member of the official delegation of President Joseph Biden's trip to Angola.  To fulfil a commitment to travel to Africa ma...
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:05:26 GMTZimbabwe: Teachers Criticize 'Unfunded' Heritage-Based Curricula
[New Zimbabwe] TEACHERS believe the Heritage Based Curricula (HBC) currently under implementation will burden learners and their guardians due to the lack of budgetary support to back it just like the CALA it replaced.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:04:57 GMTZimbabwe: Over 200 Airlifted As Ambulance Roll-Out Intensifies
[The Herald] Government-sponsored air ambulance services stationed at Sally Mugabe Hospital have completed two separate rescue missions, bringing the total of patients airlifted to over 200 since August last year.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 04:51:34 GMTSouth Africa: New School for Blind Learners Delayed
[GroundUp] The school is one of only six in Limpopo catering to visually impaired and blind learners
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 04:51:33 GMTSouth Africa: SASSA Is Making Progress Against Fraud, Our Study Shows
[GroundUp] But there are likely still many successful fraudulent applications
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:40:30 GMTZimbabwe: Mutasa District Leads the Way in Securing Birth Certificates for Marginalised Children
[The Herald] An innovative collaboration between the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, UNICEF and the Swedish government has made significant strides in addressing a longstanding challenge in marginalised communities, the lack of...
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:31:28 GMTZimbabwe: Man Masquerades As Zanu-PF Central Committee, Gets Away With U.S.$10 000
[The Herald] A suspected fraudster who masqueraded as a Zanu PF Central Committee member has appeared in court on allegations of defrauding a businessman of US$10 000 under the pretext that he could facilitate the release of his goods that had been c...
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:31:28 GMTZimbabwe: Corruption Is Betraying Liberation Ethos - Acting President Chiwenga
[The Herald] Acting President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has condemned corruption and unethical business practices, asserting that such actions threaten the foundational ideals of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:31:27 GMTSouth Africa: President Ramaphosa Calls On Nations to Work Together
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged nations to work together to tackle a multitude of challenges facing the global economy, highlighting rising debt and climate change impacts, as burning issues.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:20:28 GMTSouth Africa: DA Calls for SAPS to Be Hauled Before Parliament, As SAPS Officers Rape Every 72 Hours
[DA] The DA is sickened by revelations from IPID (Independent Police Investigative Directorate) of South African Police Service Officers (SAPS) being accused of committing rape on average every 72 hours.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:20:22 GMTSouth Africa: Minister George Delivers the DA Difference for Small Scale Fishing Communities
[DA] The Democratic Alliance is very pleased that Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment, the DA's Dion George MP, has successfully overturned 36% of appeal cases, granting small-scale fishers access to fish species previously declined by t...
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:20:15 GMTSouth Africa: DA Welcomes Minister Macpherson's Appointment of Forensic Investigator Into Idt Tender
[DA] The Democratic Alliance (DA) strongly supports Minister Dean Macpherson's decisive actions to uncover and address alleged corruption within the Independent Development Trust (IDT).
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:20:14 GMTSouth Africa: Prosecutions, Not Easy Wins, Will Get South Africa Off the Grey List
[DA] The NPA's Asset Forfeiture Unit's seizure of R52 million in illegal coal mining proceeds through their cooperation with Namibia is encouraging and indicates some success in tackling illicit cross-border transactions.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:18:07 GMTMozambique: Chapo Meets With Mozambican Diplomats
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Wednesday met in Maputo with the heads of Mozambican diplomatic and consular missions abroad, stressing the importance of "economic diplomacy' and of projecting the image of Mozambique to an intern...
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:18:06 GMTMozambique: Tollgates Will Reopen On Thursday
[AIM] Maputo -- Trans-Africa Concessions (TRAC), the South African company that operates the Maputo-South Africa motorway, has announced that, as from Thursday, it will resume the collection of tolls at the two tollgates on the Mozambican side of the...
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:18:06 GMTMozambique: Swears Provincial Governors Into Office
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo has called on the ten provincial governors to prioritise "quick wins' - which he defined as "daring measures that will rapidly make a difference in the lives of our people.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:18:05 GMTMozambique: Workers Urged Not to Take Strike Action
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Health Minister Ussene Isse on Tuesday recognised the legitimacy of the wage demands made by health workers, but warned that going on strike violates medical ethics.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:14:22 GMTAngola: Angola Aims for UN Security Council Support On DRC Issue
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola urged on Tuesday, Jan 21, in New York, the members of the United Nations Security Council to maintain firm support for the Luanda Process that aims to ease political tension between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ...
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:14:22 GMTAngola: Minister of Fisheries Works At UN Headquarters
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angola minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Carmen Neto, has been since Monday, Jan 20, in New York, USA, where she is carrying out a working visit to the headquarters of the United Nations (UN).
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:14:21 GMTAngola: Governor Finds Out About Cross-Border Trade
[ANGOP] Dundo -- The governor of Lunda-Norte, Filomena Miza, works Wednesday, Jan 22, on the border of Chissanda (Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo), to learn about trade, border security and epidemiological measures to combat Cholera.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:14:20 GMTAngola: Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs Defends a Multilateral Approach to Fight Terrorism
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, defended, on Tuesday, at the United Nations, a multilateral and integrated approach as a strategic option for the effective fight against terrorism.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:12:16 GMTSouth Africa: Quick Explainer - Inflation and How It Affects You
[GroundUp] Stats SA announced on Wednesday that the inflation rate over the year to December 2024 was 3%, up from 2.9% for the year to November 2024. What does this mean and why does it matter?
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:12:15 GMTSouth Africa: Judge Mbenenge Denies Sending a Picture of His Private Parts to His Secretary
[GroundUp] Secretary lied under oath, judge's advocate claims