Focus
Commonwealth heads agree to reparations dialogue
Commonwealth leaders have agreed the ‘time has come’ for a conversation about reparations for the slave trade, despite the UK's desire to keep the subject off the agenda at a summit in Samoa. Legalbrief reports that the 15-country Caribbean ...
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Regional News
Keen interest in national poll
Botswana’s governing party – in power for almost six decades – is trying to pull off a trick in Wednesday’s general election by using a phrase normally associated with long-suffering opposition groups. BBC News reports that the Botswana Democratic Party ...
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Parliament suspended over majority dispute
The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament has suspended proceedings indefinitely following chaotic scenes in the chamber over a row about which party holds the parliamentary majority. This after it was discovered that four MPs had switched allegiance and would run for ...
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Nation on edge after contested poll
Maputo awoke to carnage on Friday as protests overnight turned violent following ruling party Frelimo's re-election after 49 years in power. Demonstrators protested what they called a ballot ‘stolen’ by a ‘corrupt’ Electoral Commission, which on Thursday announced candidate ...
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Mine stormed after fake notice
Commission under fire for ballot inspection jaunt
Transgender socialite off the hook after incarceration
More than 600 000 TikTok videos pulled down
HRW calls for calm ahead of poll
Ex-commander jailed for war crimes
Hichilema under fire for sacking top judges
Africa International
SA back at ICJ for genocide hearings
SA today resumes its genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with a fresh evidence about attacks on civilians, schools, hospitals and places of worship since the Jewish state began its onslaught in Gaza just over ...
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FirstRand takes car loans fight to UK's top court
South African financial services provider FirstRand has asked the UK's Supreme Court for permission to challenge recent appeal court rulings against the London branch of its MotoNovo car financier on the basis that the judgments could have far-reaching implications ...
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Ramaphosa urges safeguarding of multilateral system
Brics members must commit to the peaceful resolution of all disputes through negotiation, inclusive dialogue and safeguard the ability of states to pursue independent foreign policy. That’s according to President Cyril Ramaphosa who last week addressed global leaders, including Russia ...
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Charges against Binance cryptocurrency boss dropped
Police probe SA man’s alleged role in Gaza war
Convicted SA murderer set to be deported from NZ
General
African markets expanding rapidly – index
Africa's financial markets are expanding at the fastest pace in seven years, as the continent benefits from a recovery in economic growth and slowing inflation. Fin24 reports that out of the 29 countries covered by Absa's latest Africa ...
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Amazon to invest $300m in SA nuclear project
US company X-energy, which has ambitions to build the first small modular reactor (SMR) funded privately in SA, has received an upfront $300m investment from Amazon. Moneyweb reports that the tech giant has undertaken to work with X-energy to develop ...
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New prison for genocide suspect after threat
Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema was transferred out of Pollsmoor Prison in SA due to a threat to his life, the state revealed in the Cape Town Regional Court last week. However, without providing further details of the threat, prosecutor ...
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Parliament backs calls for release of SA prisoners
Zimbabwe seeks to seize SAA's assets
Legislation
Setback for NHI in Cabinet tussle
The Democratic Alliance (DA), former opposition party now in the Government of National Unity (GNU), won its first battle in the Cabinet last Friday when President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered that the implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI) be postponed for ...
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Tough anti-gay laws fuel online attacks
Online attacks against Uganda's LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalise various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench discrimination, Amnesty International said in a new report last week. The report (Everybody ...
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Africa Analyses
Zambia’s JCC acting beyond mandate?
In making its case for removing the three judges on the grounds of alleged incompetence, Zambia’s Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) stated that they did not qualify to be appointed to the office of judge because they lacked specialised training or ...
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Counting the cost of deporting illegal immigrants
In just five months – between April and August – SA spent more than $2.9m to deport 19 750 foreigners who were in the country illegally. There are more than 150 000 recorded asylum seekers and refugees in the ...
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A Matter of Justice
Zambia’s judiciary in turmoil amid political tussles
After a recommendation by Zambia’s Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC), three Constitutional Court judges have been removed from Office by the President, Hakainde Hichilema. Marked ‘confidential’, that report by the JCC has, however, been made public by some unknown person. Now ...
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THIS WEEK
THIS WEEK
28: Daniel Smit, who is accused of killing 13-year-old Jerobejin van Wyk in the Western Cape, has been found guilty.
28: Minister of International Relations & Co-operation Ronald Lamola will host his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign ...
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QUOTES
QUOTES
‘The convict played a prominent role in the planning, strategy and actual execution of the offences of extreme gravity. The victims have been left with lasting physical and mental pain and suffering.’
– Justice Duncan Gasagwa, one of ...
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WORDS OF WISDOM
WORDS OF WISDOM
‘I dream of the realisation of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.’ ...
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DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW?
In Botswana, citizens get free land, healthcare and education. University students receive $154 in allowances monthly. It has Africa's highest credit rating. Citizens have visa free access or visa on arrival status to 87 countries including the UK ...
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At a Glance
Flights resume to Mitiga
* The Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Transport has confirmed that Royal Jordanian Airlines has resumed its flights between the Jordanian capital Amman and Tripoli’s Mitiga airport – after a 10-year hiatus. Royal Jordanian is scheduled to operate three ...
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Motsepe slams Afcon debacle
* Unsporting behaviour in African football has been allowed for too long and it is time this conduct is dealt with once and for all, CAF president Patrice Motsepe has warned. He was addressing delegates at the CAF 46th Ordinary ...
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