Agriculture South Africa (AgriSA) Deputy Chairperson Phineas Gumede says small-scale farmers will be affected by the suspension of cattle movement to control the spread of foot and mouth disease. Minister of Agriculture Thoko Didiza suspended the movement of cattle in the country due to the outbreak of the disease, meaning that cattle may not be moved…
The Standing Committee on Finance has warned that National Treasury will have to take responsibility if the October deadline of amending the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica) is not met. It says National Treasury delayed in submitting the proposed amendments. In June, authorities warned the Committee that South Africa’s anti-money laundering legislative framework is lagging behind…
Former Chairperson of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) in Limpopo, Kgoshi Letsiri Phaahla, says he was politically persecuted by the organisation, for throwing his weight behind ActionSA political party in June. He says some Contralesa members, who are African National Congress (ANC) members, were not happy when he joined ActionSA and…
The government has been urged to establish a specialist mining police unit to combat and prevent illegal mining. This comes on the backdrop of public outrage at the gang rape of eight women who were shooting a music video near a mine dump in Krugersdorp. This was followed by multiple sting operations which resulted in the arrests…
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected results of presidential election, which were followed by protests in opposition strongholds. ANKARA The European Union urged Kenyan authorities Tuesday to resolve an election dispute in the East African country peacefully within the boundaries of the rule of law. EU High Representative Josep Borrell in a statement said the…
Gao was once a French army base operating 24/7, but now an eerie quiet has settled in. With the departure of the very last logistical convey of 150 vehicles, the only ones left in the camp are the elite units, who will depart in the utmost secrecy. French forces have been supporting Mali against insurgents for nearly a decade, but President Emmanuel…
Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga said Tuesday the presidential election results declared by the country’s electoral chairman were “null and void.” Speaking one day after Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner, Odinga told a crowd in Nairobi: “What we saw yesterday was a travesty and a blatant disregard for the constitution and the…
The final results of a controversial referendum granting unchecked powers to the office of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied showed 94.6 percent of votes in favour, the electoral authority said Tuesday. Voters overwhelmingly approved the new constitution, the electoral board said, officially announcing definitive results from the July 25 poll. The charter was approved by just…
An Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group claimed to have killed four mercenaries from the Russian private security group Wagner in an ambush in central Mali. The Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the main jihadist alliance in the Sahel, said it ambushed a group of Wagner soldiers on Saturday. Its fighters killed four of the group…
ACCRA, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Ghana’s monetary policy committee will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to review recent economic developments, the central bank said in a statement on Monday. Last week data showed that consumer inflation accelerated to 31.7% annually in July, its highest since late 2003, and the government’s top statistician warned that it was…