Countries Scrapping BBBEE = back to apartheid, warns Mashatile Cape Town – Deputy President Paul Mashatile has warned that scrapping the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) policy would... Read more 13 Sep
Countries Young women bear heaviest HIV & TB burden — 800 new cases weekly in SA Cape Town – Women aged 15 to 24 in South Africa are now experiencing the highest weekly rates of... Read more 10 Sep
Countries Libyans vote in local elections snubbed by eastern government Tripoli – Tens of thousands of Libyans voted in local elections on Saturday in areas controlled by the Tripoli... Read more 18 Aug
Countries ‘Where are the whites, coloureds, indians?’ — ANCYL boss blasts lack of diversity Cape Town – ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Collen Malatji has raised concerns over the organisation’s failure to reflect... Read more 29 Jul
Countries Nairobi tense as Kenya marks democracy uprising Nairobi – Kenya marked its fight for democracy on Monday, with police blocking main roads in Nairobi ahead of... Read more 7 Jul
Cȏte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast youth, a giant majority, await their turn in politics Abidjan – As Ivory Coast heads for presidential elections this year, the heaviest hitters remain two octogenarians who have... Read more 26 Jun
Business Job crisis deepens: 8.2 million South Africans now unemployed as youth hit hardest Cape Town – South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2025, up 1%... Read more 14 May
Business From determination to despair: South Africa’s youth battling for work Daveyton – In a corner of his mother’s backyard, 30-year-old Thabang Moshoke runs a clipper through a client’s hair... Read more 19 Mar
News 60% of African youth eye emigration as corruption threatens future – poll Johannesburg – Sixty percent of African youth are looking to leave because unchecked corruption threatens their future, according to... Read more 3 Sep, 2024
Companies Appeal to public institutions to support women Cape Town — State institutions have been called to continue providing mentorship and support programmes for women and to... Read more 21 Aug, 2024