Tag Archives: SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA | Xinhua | As the 2026 FIFA World Cup unfolds, African football fans find themselves deeply divided over whether to support South Africa’s national team, Bafana Bafana. For many, the joy of continental solidarity has been overshadowed by recurring xenophobic violence and the mistreatment of African migrants …

JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua |  South Africa on Monday pledged 5 million U.S. dollars to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to support efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement …

  COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | South Africans are at it again. Just weeks ago, there was outrage coming from South African cities, especially Johannesburg. A group of South Africans attacked fellow Africans, accusing them of many ills, including “taking their jobs” in that huge and powerful economy on the …

  What lessons need to be learned   NEWS ANALYSIS | NOMALANGA MASHININI | South Africa’s first attempt to establish a binding artificial intelligence (AI) policy framework came to an abrupt halt just 16 days after it was officially gazetted. On 10 April, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies published …

Malema has vowed to challenge the judgment right up to South Africa’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, if necessary   Johannesburg, South Africa | AGENCIES | The leader of one of South Africa’s main opposition parties, Julius Malema, has been given a five-year prison term for unlawfully possessing a firearm …

Cape Town, South Africa | Xinhua | South African opposition politician Julius Malema was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for firearm-related offenses. Malema, the founding leader of the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), is one of the most prominent politicians in South Africa. The lengthy sentence was …

JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua |  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will formally receive the credentials of U.S. Ambassador-designate Leo Brent Bozell III on Wednesday, a move that may signal a tentative easing of bilateral tensions. According to a statement from the presidency, Bozell will present his formal credentials in Pretoria on …

After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio observatory joining precision networks, the continent is proving it can drive discoveries once dominated by traditional northern-hemisphere facilities. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY …

JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua | The escalating conflict in the Middle East is poised to have profound consequences for South Africa’s economy and the global market, a senior researcher warned on Saturday. Na’eem Jeenah of South Africa’s Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection shared his insights with Xinhua following the Feb. 28 strikes …

MTN Uganda, in partnership with WWF Uganda, will this weekend send the winners of the inaugural Pachi Panda Innovation Challenge to South Africa for the continental finals. In this second instalment of our three-part Pachi Panda series, we turn our focus to Kampala Buzzline in action; a community initiative that …