Countries

Nigeria suspends plan to end fuel subsidies

Lagos – Nigeria’s government has suspended a plan to end its costly fuel subsidy programme, saying the timing was not... Read more

25 Jan, 2022

Coronavirus

SIU report on Covid-19 PPE procurement marks an ‘important step in our fight against corruption’, says Cyril Ramaphosa

Johannesburg – South African investigators have referred for prosecution and disciplinary action 940 cases of malfeasance and fraud involving... Read more

25 Jan, 2022

Business

Thulas Nxesi joins labour inspectors in mega blitz inspection in Western Cape

Cape Town – South African Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi joined a team of departmental inspectors in the... Read more

25 Jan, 2022

Countries

Teenage boy dies after 2 light motor vehicles collide in Linksfield

Cape Town – An 18-year-old teenage boy was killed in an accident on the N3 South near the Linksfield... Read more

25 Jan, 2022

Countries

‘I don’t want to be deputy president… I am old,’ says Gwede Mantashe as he claims he is under attack

Cape Town – South African Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has reportedly claimed that a foreign-funded campaign... Read more

25 Jan, 2022

Countries

Tropical storm kills 36 in Madagascar, two in Mozambique

Maputo – Tropical storm Ana has killed at least 34 people in Madagascar and two people in Mozambique in recent... Read more

25 Jan, 2022

Countries

South African rhino returns to wild after brutal attack

Bela Bela – A 10-year-old rhino that had its horn brutally hacked off returned to the wild on Monday, after... Read more

25 Jan, 2022

Botswana

Botswana president vows to honour gay rights judgment

Gaborone – Botswana’s president vowed on Monday to fully implement a 2019 court ruling decriminalising homosexuality, two months after losing... Read more

25 Jan, 2022

Burkina Faso