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Four executed by Myanmar military
Four democracy activists accused of committing “terror acts” have been executed by Myanmar’s military. News of the killings was reported by state media this week
New T20 cricket league to have no transformation targets
A new T20 league that will be played in South Africa early next year will not have any racial transformation targets. This was confirmed by
IRR seeks role in Zuma medical parole case
The legal team representing the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has applied to serve as a friend of the court, or amicus curiae, to the
Russian foreign minister on African charm offensive
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, is on a tour of a number of African countries, to shore up support for Moscow. The war between
Truss favourite to take over from Johnson
Liz Truss, the British foreign secretary, is the favourite to take over from Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservative Party, and may therefore
Zikalala out as ANC elects new KZN leaders
The ‘bruising defeat’ of KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala and other party figures in weekend elections for key provincial positions is being seen as a major
Google engineer fired over claims that AI system is sentient – reports
Google engineer Blake Lemoine, who claimed recently the tech giant’s language technology is sentient and should therefore have its ‘wants’ respected, has been fired. Google
Monkeypox outbreak declared a global health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency, the highest alert that the WHO can issue. This follows a
Lesotho to hold elections in October
The Kingdom of Lesotho will hold its next parliamentary elections on 7 October, the Maseru government has announced. This comes after King Letsie III dissolved
Iraq accuses Turkey of shelling tourist resort
The Iraqi government has demanded a formal apology from Turkey, claiming the country had shelled a tourist resort in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq