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SIU welcomes the court appearance of two Eskom officials. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the court appearance of two Eskom officials. The appearance follows arrests by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks). The two officials are Ms Thandi Ruth Magagula, employed as an Officer of Safety Risk Management and Ms Nontuthubo Surprise Mahweliri employed as the Maintenance Manager. Both were employed at the Hendrina Power Station in Mpumalanga […]

On the sidelines of the semi-finals of the 2023 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank or “the Bank”) (www.Afreximbank.com), the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) and the Rebranding Africa Forum (RAF) signed a charter that will allow them to collaborate in positioning football as a lever for growth and to promote inclusivity in football on the continent. The potential of the sport industry on African livelihoods […]

5,073 international transfers completed across men’s and women’s football, yet another increase compared to the previous record set in January 2023; Clubs’ total spending on transfer fees reached USD 1.46 billion in men’s football, second highest ever in any January window; Record spending in women’s football: USD 2.1 million, more than 2.5 times the amount spent in January 2023. A total of 4,716 international transfers were completed in men’s football […]

The Beast Foundation (www.TheBeastFoundation.org), in collaboration with Elyseum Family Office (Elyseum), is pleased to announce the launch of the Lead Like a Girl programme aimed at empowering young women from underprivileged contexts in South Africa and Zimbabwe, providing them with opportunities to realise their full potential. Arising from a partnership established in July 2023 between The Beast Foundation and Elyseum, this visionary programme is geared towards creating a brighter future […]

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Prof Blade Nzimande has become aware of the circulation of information on various social media platforms that is designed to create the false impression that the Minister is blocking or deliberately delaying the finalisation of the establishment of the Tshwane University of Technology, Giyani campus. The impression being created is horriby false and designed to create confusion, ferment chaos and distrupt the finalisation of this important project. In […]

The Government of Japan today provided a US$1.36 million (¥200,000,000) contribution to the United Nations World Food Programme that will help provide critical food assistance for over 40,000 vulnerable people in Zimbabwe. Japan’s timely contribution, totalling 1,304 metric tonnes of cereals, pulses, and vegetable oil, will support food-insecure communities during the upcoming 2024/25 lean season—from October this year to March next year—ensuring the most vulnerable families receive essential assistance in […]

Thirteen countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are currently responding to cholera, most recently Comoros, Zimbabwe and Zambia. In some countries, 52 per cent of all cases are children under 15 years, with children under 5 accounting for approximately 40 per cent of deaths and 30 per cent of cases. In addition to large-scale national cholera vaccination campaigns led by governments, in collaboration with UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, […]

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have named seven initiatives from Africa, Latin America, the Mediterranean, and South Asia as UN World Restoration Flagships. These initiatives include ecosystems at the tipping point of outright degradation resulting from wildfires, drought, deforestation, and pollution. They are now eligible for technical and financial UN support. The World Restoration Flagship awards are part of the UN […]

In response to the confirmed outbreak of yellow fever on 24 December 2023, with two laboratory-confirmed cases identified in Western Equatoria State, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and other partners, has initiated a reactive Yellow Fever vaccination campaign as part of preventive response intervention. Yellow fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes, poses a significant public health threat. Characterized […]