Public health research suggests that concerns about alcohol advertising and accessibility warrant strong regulatory action. Alcohol is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. It’s also a key risk factor for preventable illness and death in Africa. For example, alcohol consumption during pregnancy is associated with many adverse effects on children. These include […]

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) said on Thursday that it would strike over a proposal to split up struggling state power firm Eskom, arguing the restructuring would lead to massive job losses. Eskom also revealed Thursday that three of its power plants have only 10 days of coal stockpiles left. Experts […]

South African retailer Edcon needs R3 billion ($226 million) in funding over the next three years to “fix” the business, its chief executive Grant Pattison said on Thursday. Edcon has been grappling with an over-leveraged capital structure for several years, after troubles in its credit business in 2014 coincided with an economic slowdown and weak […]

JOHANNESBURG – A settlement offered by South African mobile telecoms provider Vodacom to a former employee drew tens of protesters on Thursday calling for a better deal. Vodacom was ordered in 2016 by the country’s top court to pay Nkosana Makate for his role in creating the company’s call-back messaging service. The Constitutional Court did […]

Ever since the industrial revolution, human activities have resulted in rapid environmental changes including degradation, fragmentation, and destruction of habitat, climate change and biodiversity loss. Animals, such as large carnivores, are often among the first to disappear as human disturbance increases. The fact that human activities have had catastrophic consequences for some species is undisputed. […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday sent a message to his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, following the terrorist blasts in the southern Philippines. The President condemned the attacks, saying terrorism in any form and from whichever quarter cannot be condoned. This morning two people were killed and four others were injured in a grenade explosion inside […]

During 2018 there was a decrease in farm murders in South Africa, but a sharp increase in farm attacks, according to findings disclosed by AfriForum today. This indicates that even though the problem is becoming worse, people are looking after their safety better while also defending themselves better, the civil rights organisation said during a […]

A BBC documentary – ‘Saving Jesus’ – which aired on Monday, highlights the struggle so many South Africans have with a drug cocktail called nyaope, otherwise known as whoonga or wunga. The heroin-based drug is destroying young lives in SA’s townships, says the BBC. Sometimes killing them. The drug is often mixed with antiretroviral medication or […]

The death toll has climbed to 27 in the twin explosions at a church in the conflict-plagued Sulu province of the southern Philippines on Sunday, the local police said. Police Chief Superintendent Graciano Mijares, Philippine National Police (PNP) director in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), told local media that so far his office […]

An out of control fire is heading down the mountain towards Sea Point, according to witnesses in the Western Cape, South Africa. However Table Mountain National Park’s Philip Prins confirmed although the fire is ongoing and not contained, there is no immediate threat to infrastructure. In a video post a few minutes ago he said […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader, Mmusi Maimane, will tomorrow announce a set of immediate interventions the DA will pursue in order, it says, to resolve the current crisis occurring in Zimbabwe… because, they say, so far South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government have failed to show leadership and intervene in what has now become […]

A 19-year-old teenager was tragically killed by lightning in Gauteng, South Africa, on Saturday late afternoon. A younger teen, who was reportedly sitting beside him under a tree, was also struck and is recovering in hospital. According to NSRI Gauteng Station Commander, Gerhard Potgieter, the tragic incident occurred yesterday at around 17h00 during a National […]

It’s dawn. I’m in a reflective mood. So many thoughts & emotions to consider. I’m not a night owl, although the moon has held me captive on many occasions. It’s still up there. Far away. But this is the sun’s turn to rise. The light is still soft. It’s bathing our garden in gentle pastel […]

There’s a team of kind humans in South Africa who are currently taking on a mammoth task to help save hundreds of dehydrated and starving baby Flamingo chicks. The newborns are being stranded… abandoned by their parents as the dam water in the once magnificent Kamfers Dam has all but dried up. The dam, just […]

Zimbabwe’s army claimed on Thursday that soldiers accused of beating residents in townships following protests over fuel price hikes were impostors who tarnished the name of the military. Security forces have been cracking down on violent demonstrations that erupted last week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa decreed a sharp increase in the price of fuel. Rights […]

More than half of South Africa’s farmers are suffering depression and anxiety as SA’s farms lost R7 billion ($510 million) in potential revenue and 31,000 jobs were cut since January 2018 because of the severe drought ravaging parts of South Africa, according to a survey of farmers. The figures were released by Agri SA on […]

The world’s largest private rhino owner, John Hume has issued an urgent appeal through the Rhinos of Buffalo Dream Ranch facebook page for help, as his rhino – which make up 10% of the world’s remaining white rhinos! – face starvation due to the drought that has gripped the North West province in South Africa. […]

JOHANNESBURG – South African prosecutors on Thursday provisionally withdrew corruption charges against Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma. Duduzane Zuma faced charges of corruption and conspiracy to commit corruption related to his dealings with the Guptas, particularly that he played a role in a bribe that was alleged to have been offered […]

Pilanesberg Nature reserve has reported the tragic loss of yet another rhino to poachers, and is pleading with the public to please raise awareness to stop the slaughter of South Africa’s precious rhino. Pilanesberg said yesterday in a post on Facebook which has gone viral: Sadly we lost a white Rhino bull last night, or […]

Zimbabwe’s most successful and internationally renowned musician Oliver Mtukudzi died on Wednesday after suffering from diabetes, ending a career that spanned four decades and 67 albums. Zimbabwean publisher of Africapedia, Charles Onyango-Obbo also pointed out that the legendary Mtukudzi has passed away on the same date as South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela, who died […]

South African expat Andre Mayer Hanekom has tragically died whilst being held prisoner in Mozambique, a country he and his family had called home for the past 26 years. His daughter Amanda announced this morning on Facebook: My dad died early this morning in mysterious circumstances in the hospital in Pemba. His court case was […]

Environmental Affairs Minister Nomvula did not declare any of the Bosasa gifts and money when she was a MEC and Premier in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, according to Jack Bloom MPL – DA Member, Gauteng Legislature. “I have checked the Register of Members Interests for the period 2002 to 2016 when she allegedly received R50 000 a […]

National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole has condemned the attack on three police officers in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Monday morning. In a statement, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said the officers, who are members of the Nongoma Visible Policing unit, were ambushed while responding to business robberies at two filling stations. “On arrival at […]

Legal challenges to a brutal clampdown on dissent by Zimbabwe’s government were set in motion on Monday, as fears that the country is veering back towards authoritarian rule drove some leaders of the main opposition party into hiding. The fragile state of Zimbabwe’s economy was also in focus as President Emmerson Mnangagwa headed home early […]

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has extended her condolences and those of the department to the family and friends of Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo. Kumalo, 71, was a former Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations. He reportedly died peacefully in his sleep at home on Sunday. Sisulu said Kumalo has left […]