South Africa’s leading opposition party on Monday 31 July 2023 accused its closest rival of inciting ethnic violence during a mass rally — shutting the door on a broad coalition ahead of next year’s elections. Julius Malema, head of the radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), led chants of “Kill the Boer, the farmer” — […]

All roads led to the FNB stadium on Saturday 29 July for Economic Freedom Fighter supporters who flocked to the stadium to celebrate the party’s 10 anniversary. Pictures and video footage from the event has flooded the internet as social media users discuss how big the event was and just how many people attended. While […]

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday 30 July 2023 called on Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas to end “security collaboration” with Israel and “political arrests”, according to participants at a meeting of Palestinian factions in Egypt. Haniyeh, whose Islamist movement has controlled the blockaded Gaza Strip since 2007, made the remarks during the talks in the […]

Firebrand Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko said Sunday 30 July 2023 he had started a hunger strike from custody after being arrested this week, as his lawyers condemned his arrest. Senegal’s public prosecutor on Saturday announced seven new charges against the politician — a vocal critic of President Macky Sall who has faced a string […]

Sudan’s paramilitaries have ordered civilians to vacate homes in the capital’s south, several residents said Sunday, as fighting between the forces of rival generals raged in the western Darfur region. ALSO READ: RSF envoy urges peace in Sudan and Darfur “Members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) told me I had 24 hours to leave […]

The end of apartheid in 1994 and advent of constitutional democracy resulted in major societal changes in South Africa. The aim was to forge a “united and democratic” society. The new nation was to be based on justice and human rights. The country’s constitution commits the government to take remedial action to address the legacy […]

In recent months, with colleagues from the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), I have visited prisons in Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Vryheid and Newcastle. In each, disturbing evidence of dilapidation confronted us. Leaks, floods, broken windows, unrepaired electric installations, stinking ablutions. It was dismal, the more so because all the degradation we saw could readily be […]

Kenyan President William Ruto said Sunday 30 July 2023 he would “not negotiate about the safety of our country” with his rival after agreeing to dialogue to end violent protests against his government. Both sides announced on Saturday that they would join a committee to resolve their differences “amicably” following a sustained campaign of opposition-led […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded what he calls a “most successful” meeting in Russia between leaders from Africa and Russia. Ramaphosa was in Russia to discuss the two countries’ bilateral relationship, particularly regarding energy, industry and agriculture. A video snippet from Ramaphosa’s speech to President Vladimir Putin at Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg has […]

Niger’s putschists named an army general as the new leader of the unstable jihadist-hit nation on Friday, the third day since elected President Mohamed Bazoum was detained. Former colonial master France said hours earlier that it did not consider the coup “final”, adding there was time for plotters to heed international calls to leave democratically-elected […]

Julius Malema, leader of the EFF, says his party is not ashamed to be associated with alleged cigarette smuggler Adriano Mazzotti. Mazzotti gave the EFF party money to register as a political party with the Electoral Commission (IEC). “We are very proud of Adriano Mazzotti and are not ashamed to associate with him. We don’t know […]

Zimbabwe’s leading opposition party on Thursday 27 July 2023 suffered a major blow ahead of national elections next month as a court disqualified all its candidates vying for seats in the nation’s second-largest city. The decision paves the way for the ruling ZANU-PF party to scoop up Bulawayo’s 12 constituencies in the August 23 vote, […]

Vladimir Putin gifted the president of Zimbabwe a helicopter, Harare said on Thursday 27 july 2023, as the Russian leader courts the backing of African leaders in Saint Petersburg. Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is among those attending a two-day Russia-Africa summit that is being scrutinised as a test of Putin’s support in the continent after […]

“We are not supposed to be starving,” said Elizabeth Ruiters, deputy chairperson of activist organisation #PayTheGrants. The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants campaign have launched an application in the Pretoria High Court. The application challenges regulations for the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant which, they say, exclude eligible recipients. The applicants want the […]

The latest census is expected to be published before October, according to Census Project Director Calvin Molongoana. The last one, the 2011 census, was released more than a decade ago in 2012. The latest census is expected to be released between July and 30 September 2023. The census was last conducted more than a decade ago, […]

Thulas Nxesi, Minister of Employment and Labour, states that his department is willing to engage with the public if they have concerns about the Employment Equity Amendment Act. “If there are people who are worried, we are open for engagement. At this stage, we are engaged in a number of road shows and we are going […]

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has banned some of its public representatives (MPs and MPLs) for failing to organise transport for their constituencies to attend the party’s 10th anniversary rally. The rally will be held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday, 29 July. EFF BANS REPRESENTATIVES FROM ITS RALLY The party said in January […]

Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee to Nominate a Person for Appointment as Public Protector has shortlisted eight candidates for the position with interviews expected to be held in August. The term of current incumbent, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, ends in October. She is currently suspended. The eight candidates vying for the position are: Current acting Public Protector, […]

A court in Burkina Faso on Tuesday jailed a pro-junta activist for one year for defaming the police and added two more years from a previous suspended sentence for making death threats. ALSO READ: Mali’s junta chief new constitution fuels opponents protests The court in the capital Ouagadougou found Mohamed Sinon guilty after he accused the […]

The race quota law aimed at increasing the employment of black people in South Africa has enraged some businesses and opposition parties who say the legislation could see qualified workers lose their jobs. The government has rebuffed the criticism, saying the bill is not going to result in job losses and only seeks to promote […]

Former PRASA chairperson and member of parliament, Sfiso Buthelezi, is threatening to sue Zackie Achmat, director of commuter activist group #UniteBehind, for defamation. This after Achmat made statements during a radio interview in which he accused Buthelezi of corruption during his time at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). Zackie Achmat and #UniteBehind are refusing […]

A new law aimed at increasing the employment of black people in South Africa has enraged businesses and liberals who say the legislation could see qualified workers lose their jobs. ALSO READ | The 16 Caribbean countries South African passport holders can visit visa-free South Africa’s leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), is to take to the […]

The former Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom has condemned ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula for threatening to remove public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan. Mbalula had singled out Gordhan and said that he must quickly fix Transnet’s problems or face removal. “When you make a statement like this, you need to explain why you are not making a statement […]

Kenya’s opposition Saturday 22 July 2023 called a fresh anti-government rally next week to protest rising prices and taxes after three previous demonstrations largely failed to mobilise supporters. Last week saw a trio of protests against the administration of President William Ruto, taking the total of such marches to eight since March. But while a […]

The South African Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, recently lost a court case that anyone could have anticipated was unwinnable. He probably expected to lose it too. He lost it on humanitarian and technical grounds. It prevents him from terminating the South African government’s concession to refugees from neighbouring Zimbabwe nearly fifteen years ago. […]