Transnet is running out of cash, Moody’s warns
By: Bloomberg 16th May 2025 South Africa’s State-owned transport and logistics company, Transnet, will run out of money for operations and debt-servicing within three months... →
Mining is key to strengthening domestic economy plus uplifting geopolitical status 
By: Martin Creamer 16th May 2025 Strengthening South African mining is key to strengthening South Africa’s domestic economy as well as its geopolitical standing, which is... →
UDM calls for Binational Commission ahead of SA, US talks
By: Thabi Shomolekae 16th May 2025 As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares for his diplomatic engagement with US President Donald Trump, next week, the United Democratic Movement is... →
US defends Afrikaner refugee admissions, but offers no proof of genocide claims
By: Thabi Shomolekae 16th May 2025 US Department of State principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott has asserted that the first batch of South African Afrikaners to be granted... →
Committee calls for improvements in efforts to quell bus attacks
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 16th May 2025 The Portfolio Committee on Police has expressed concern about the low figure for arrests of “perpetrators of attacks and extortion on long-haul... →
US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
By: Reuters 16th May 2025 Food rations that could supply 3.5-million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of US aid cuts and risk... →
SAHRC settles racism complaint against Renaldo Gouws
By: Thabi Shomolekae 16th May 2025 The South African Human Rights Commission announced on Friday that former Democratic Alliance MP Renaldo Gouws has agreed to participate in... →
Steenhuisen lauds new Budget as ‘credible’
By: Bloomberg 16th May 2025 The head of South Africa’s second-biggest political party said talks about the nation’s revamped budget are “are going very, very well,” a signal... →
Gabon's ousted president Bongo flies to Angola with family, Angola says
By: Reuters 16th May 2025 Former Gabon president Ali Bongo, ousted in a coup in 2023, has flown to Angola with his wife and son, who were transferred from prison to house... →
Ugandan parliament approves proposed 2025/26 government spending
By: Reuters 16th May 2025 Uganda's lawmakers have approved the government's proposed budget for the fiscal year starting in July, with planned spending roughly steady... →
US shifting Africa strategy to 'trade, not aid', envoy says
By: Reuters 15th May 2025 US envoys in Africa will be rated on commercial deals struck, not aid spent, a senior State Department official said, touting it as the new... →
Deputy Finance Minister sees Budget 3.0 as done deal
By: Bloomberg 15th May 2025 South Africa’s deputy finance minister said next week’s national budget is set to secure approval from lawmakers, after two previous iterations... →
Motsoaledi confident US aid cuts won't collapse HIV programmes
By: Thabi Shomolekae 15th May 2025 Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi stated on Thursday that government would not allow its decades-long work in the fight against HIV/Aids and TB to... →
