Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill Signed
It was announced this week that President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill. According to a statement by the Presidency the
Black Friday plot foiled; supremacist leader arrested
Specialist police unit arrested white supremacist activist Harry Johannes Knoesen, leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement (NCRM). A tip off suggested that he had
Former Sudan ruling party to be banned
Draft legislation approved by the Sudanese cabinet would seek to remove vestiges of the ‘Al-Ingaz Regime’, as the rule of former President Omar al-Bashir was
Starvation hits Zimbabwe
The United Nations (UN) has warned that up to 60% of Zimbabweans are unable to meet their basic food needs. However, this food shortage was
Water plan unveiled
The government’s National Water and Sanitation Master Plan has been released. Speaking at the launch in Tshwane on 28 November, Minister of Human Settlements, Water,
More than 40 Cape trains lost to arson, but no arrests
Cape Town mayor Dan Plato complained this week that more than 40 train sets, with at least 140 carriages, had been destroyed by fire over
Heating up Down Under
Australia’s fire- and drought-ravaged east will continue to suffer hot and dry conditions this summer, increasing the chances of severe weather events. The Bureau of
SAA on the brink
The embattled state-owned airline, South African Airways (SAA), suffered another blow on Thursday when a major ticket retailer stopped selling tickets to fly on the
Govt urged to step in to curb foot-and-mouth disease risk
The government has been urged to gazette – or declare as a crisis – the latest Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in Limpopo as
Malema charged, could face jail time
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has finally been charged in connection with recklessly discharging a firearm. The charges arise from a leaked video