The Department of Human Settlements says that progress is being made on the Mooikloof Mega City development in Gauteng, with the first residential apartments in the project being ready for occupation in 2023. Mooikloof Mega City was announced by president Cyril Ramaphosa in 2020, planned as a massive smart city project east of Pretoria. The development…
The South African rand has weakened alongside other emerging market currencies as the dollar rebounded this week. On Thursday (5 January), the rand weakened in early trade as investors awaited the monthly purchasing managers’ index (PMI) survey by S&P Global to find clues on South Africa’s economic health. The latest PMI survey’s key findings include…
Ntebo Mokobo | @SABCNews The African National Congress (ANC) has resolved that the recently published Political Party Funding Act must be reviewed. The Act stipulates that parties must disclose all donations above R100 000 to the Electoral Commission each quarter. The governing party says as much as the Act has good intentions of openness, it has some unintended consequences.…
By AGGREY MUTAMBO A Kenyan member of Parliament Farah Maalim is fighting claims he incited violence in the disputed region Las Anod in Somaliland, the self-declared independent region of Somalia. Mr Maalim, MP for Dadaab Constituency, was blamed for inciting ethnic violence in the town that borders Puntland State, reflecting the deep cultural connections between Kenya…
By DAILY MONITOR At least 16 people died and 21 others were injured after a Gulu-bound bus rammed into a stationary trailer at Adebe trading centre in Kamdini along Kampala-Gulu highway in northern Uganda on Friday. Police said the 12 people died on the spot, while four others died at Atapara Hospital where they had been rushed…
The last surviving African soldiers who fought for colonial-era France will be able to live out their final days in their home countries following the French government’s U-turn on their pension rights. The decision coincides with the cinema release of a film highlighting the untold sacrifices made by African “tirailleurs” on France’s battlefields during World War…
By Africanews BENIN The campaign for Sunday’s January 8 legislative elections in Benin ends this Friday at midnight. Seven parties, three of which claim to be in opposition, are vying for the 109 seats in the National Assembly. Among them, Les Démocrates, the party of former President Thomas Boni Yayi, is participating in a ballot…
A group of 11 officers, led by a human rights activist, was behind the attempt, according to a government statement. Chad’s government says its security forces foiled an attempt by a group of army officers to destabilise the country and undermine constitutional order. “This plan was devised by a restricted group of conspirators composed of…