South Africa to ramp up vaccinations as foot-and-mouth disease spreads 
By: Reuters 6th June 2025 South Africa is building up vaccine stocks and expanding inoculations to fight a worsening foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, the agriculture... →
DA proposes reform of NPA
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th June 2025 The Democratic Alliance on Friday urged Parliament to support its reforms to turn around what it labelled South Africa’s “broken” National... →
Trump travel ban could dampen relations, African Union warns
By: Bloomberg 6th June 2025 US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on seven African nations could dampen economic and diplomatic ties, a continental bloc warned. Trump on... →
Zambia says Afreximbank loan is commercial and will be restructured
By: Reuters 6th June 2025 Zambia's Afreximbank loan is commercial and will be restructured, the country's treasury secretary said on Friday. "We are still negotiating with... →
ActionSA demands urgent removal of Shamila Batohi
By: Thabi Shomolekae 6th June 2025 ActionSA said on Friday it will formally write to Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi to demand that Advocate... →
Joburg mayor promises accelerated service delivery with launch of Joburg ‘bomb squad’
By: Thabi Shomolekae 5th June 2025 In celebration of youth month, Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero on Thursday launched the Joburg Bomb Squad (JBS), the City’s specialised unit that... →
Zambia's former president Edgar Lungu has died, his party says
By: Reuters 5th June 2025 Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has died aged 68, his political party the Patriotic Front said on Thursday. Lungu was head of state of the... →
OECD urges South Africa to consider municipal electricity distribution concessions
By: Terence Creamer 5th June 2025 A new Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report recommends allowing South African municipalities to enter into concession... →
ActionSA slams Ministers’ travel spend of over R200m during ‘economic crisis’
By: Thabi Shomolekae 5th June 2025 ActionSA MP Alan Beesley said the revelation from its Government of National Unity Performance Tracker that Ministers in the coalition government... →
AFC says Africa has $4tr local capital available to fund infrastructure
By: Reuters 5th June 2025 African governments should turn to an estimated $4-trillion in capital held by domestic institutions like pension funds to develop much-needed... →
Solidarity files complaint with UN’s ILO over SA’s ‘racial abuses’
By: Thabi Shomolekae 5th June 2025 Trade union Solidarity argued that government’s April publication of employment equity regulations and sectoral targets contradicted a 2023... →
Jubilee disposing of South Africa assets to fixate on more alluring Zambia opportunities 
By: Martin Creamer 5th June 2025 Diversified mining company Jubilee Metals has decided to dispose of its chrome and platinum group metals (PGMs) business in South Africa to focus... →
Health association takes legal action against NHI Act
By: Thabi Shomolekae 5th June 2025 The Health Funders Association has launched a legal challenge against key aspects of the National Health Insurance Act, citing the Act as... →
