THIS WEEK

 

17: The trial of South African doctor Lauren Dickason, who is accused of murdering her three children in New Zealand two years ago. The court is expected to hear opening statements from the defence and the public prosecutor. A jury will then be assembled (Christchurch).

 

18: The UN declared 18 July Nelson Mandela International Day in 2009. On 5 December, the world will mark a decade since his  passing. This month, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has themed the 10-year remembrance call to action ‘The Legacy Lives on Through You’.

 

18: International Conference on Mechanical, Materials and Renewable Energy (Ndola, Zambia)
 

18-19: CyFrica 2023. This year’s conference will attract 600 cybersecurity experts including the Heads of Information Security, Risk, Compliance, Forensics and Cyber Law from the leading public and private enterprises across the country (Nairobi).

 

18-19: South Africa will host the 2023 Brics Political Party Plus Dialogue under the theme ‘Brics and Africa: Partnership for mutually accelerated growth, sustainable development and inclusive growth’, which will see more than 54 political parties from around the world meet. Among the guests expected include Jaoquim Chissano of Mozambique, Olesegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Sam Nujoma of Namibia and Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast (Boksburg)

 

19: Political Science and International Relations Conference (Kumasi, Ghana)
 

19: Oprah Winfrey will address the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls conference under the theme ‘What Happened to You: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Learning, Teaching, and Psychological Functioning’ (Johannesburg).

 

20: 44th Durban International Film Festival. The event continues until the 30th.

 

20: International Conference on Marine Science and Aquaculture (Walvis Bay)
 

21: Fifa Women’s World Cup: Nigeria v Canada (Melbourne)

 

22: Fifa Women’s World Cup: Zambia v Japan (Hamilton)

 

23: Mwakakogwa Festival. A traditional festival to celebrate the local New Year. The festival celebrates by taarab music, dancing, drums, and Swahili food (Zanzibar).
 

23: Fifa Women’s World Cup: South Africa v Sweden (Wellington)

 

OTHER:

 

* The Comoros says it will resume accepting its nationals who are deported from the neighbouring French island of Mayotte as long as they are returning voluntarily. In recent weeks tension between the two Indian Ocean countries has been high after Paris started deporting undocumented migrants from Mayotte. About half of the 350 000 population is estimated to be foreign, most of them Comorian.

 

* The EU council has placed Isis leaders in Mozambique under targeted sanctions as the bloc introduces more measures to counter insurgency in the oil-gas-rich Cabo Delgado province. Tanzanian-born Abu Yasir Hassan and Bonomade Machude Omar – who was born in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique – were singled out by the 27-member bloc as ‘responsible for terrorist attacks and serious human rights abuses’.

 

* A group of Ugandans has lodged a fresh lawsuit against oil giant TotalEnergies in Paris for reparations over alleged human rights violations at its mega projects in their country. Joined by five Ugandan and French aid groups, people from the affected communities say TotalEnergies caused ‘serious harm’, especially to their rights to land and food.