Oliver Meth South Africa has a new chief justice of the Constitutional Court. Raymond Zondo’s appointment as the new chief justice has been widely welcomed. He officially takes up the Constitutional Court position next month. Zondo succeeds Mogoeng Mogoeng, whose term of office ended in October 2021. Judicial monitoring group, Judges Matter’s Alison Tilley said, […]
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Oliver Meth The United Nations agency, UN Women says it is celebrating the power and potential of women and girls while recognising their courage, resilience and leadership on International Women’s Day, marked on March 8 annually. Sima Bahous, the Executive Director of UN Women, said that the organisation marks and celebrates the ways in which […]
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Oliver Meth South African ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) Mpumalanga province Provincial Task Team (PTT) Convener, Mandla Ndlovu, has called on party President Cyril Ramaphosa to agree to a second term as the party’s President should there be a call for him to return. ANC Conference lobbying is officially in full swing leading […]
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Oliver Meth Africa is the next frontier for the internet, over the next three years. A report by World Mobile, a blockchain-based mobile network operator, shows that the value of Africa’s internet economy is projected to more than double to over $180 billion by 2025 from the current estimated $115 billion. Professional investors attribute the expected […]
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Oliver Meth Sanctions against Zimbabwe are to stay in place because the US believes the ruling party undermines the country’s democratic processes. Zanu-PF has called the sanctions vindictive because of Zimbabwe’s land reform programme from the turn of the millennium. The sanctions fly in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s efforts to charm the American […]
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Oliver Meth Seventeen African countries abstained from voting against Russia at the UN General Assembly. Zimbabwe says the vote is not in the best interest of solving the crisis. The country says the historic United Nations (UN) vote denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “further complicates the situation”. Zimbabwe, along with South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, […]
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Oliver Meth The United States has sanctioned four South Africans said to have led Islamic State cells in the country. It is said that ISIS is attempting to expand its influence in Africa through large scale operations in areas where government control is limited, relying on local fundraising schemes such as theft, kidnapping, ransom, extortion […]
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Oliver Meth The first batch of Ghananian nationals has been evacuated from Ukraine, making Ghana the first African country to evacuate its citizens fleeing the conflict after Russia’s invasion. On Tuesday, the first group of Ghanaian students who fled the eastern European country arrived in Ghana. According to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kwaku […]
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Oliver Meth Russia has reminded South Africa about its role in the fight against apartheid, support of uMkhonto we Sizwe, and BRICS partnership in celebrating 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Russia’s relationship with South Africa stretches back more than 200 years but it wasn’t until February 28 1992 that official diplomatic […]
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Oliver Meth The Russia-Ukraine conflict has affected South Africa’s economy, with Brent Crude Oil prices rising dramatically due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and this weakened the rand against the dollar. Some South Africans are scared that this is just the beginning, with one person saying, “And now we rely on imports – we need […]
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