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• Let’s Recommit to “represent Christ boldly in modern world”: Archbishop Urges at Silver Jubilee of Conventuals in Zambia October 7, 2025 2:19 am ACI Africa The 66-year-old Catholic Church leader went on to underscore the importance of witness, insisting that Christian identity must be visible not only through symbols such as habits or rosaries, but also through authentic living. “Our witness is strongest when …
• Zanu PF Succession Wars Expose Rotten Core of “Zvigananda” Cartels October 6, 2025 3:26 pm The Zimbabwe Mail HARARE – Zanu PF is once again gripped by vicious infighting, as the ruling party’s succession battles spill into the open. At the centre of the storm is Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga’s offensive against politically connected business cartels, known …
• Changes sought to the Public Finance Management Act for better accountability at SOEs October 5, 2025 1:00 pm IOL The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) wants the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) to be changed so that “delinquent director” court applications could be brought against malfeasant accounting authorities of all state-owned entities (SOEs), including …
• South Africa's dangerous search for saviours October 5, 2025 10:17 am IOL South Africans are a people in search of deliverance. After decades of betrayal by those entrusted with power, we are desperate for ethical leadership, for integrity, for someone who will finally embody the values we have been promised since 1994. This …
• Mutharika says being in government is  service to people October 5, 2025 6:56 am Malawi 24 President Arthur Peter Mutharika says that being in government is service to the people, not service to one’s stomach, saying some people have the mentality of getting into government to steal and become rich, claiming that this tendency has destroyed the …
• Standard Bank Chief Executive Phillip Madinga welcomes the new government administration’s resolve for economic restoration October 4, 2025 5:49 pm Maravi Express * We look forward to a strong private and public partnership in the next critical three months of the government’s transition process  * The stage should be prepared for a re-set of a new economic trajectory where Malawi’s resolve to return to stability …
• In normal countries high-profile corruption faces inquiries—in Zimbabwe it’s protected! October 4, 2025 4:34 pm The Zimbabwean Tendai Ruben Mbofana One of the most glaring indicators of a country’s seriousness in fighting corruption is how it responds when explosive allegations are made against those occupying powerful positions.  To directly receive articles from Tendai Ruben …
• Family of Babita Deokaran demands justice as corruption figures soar October 4, 2025 12:03 pm IOL The family of slain whistle-blower, Babita Deokaran, is disappointed and shocked by the findings of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) interim report that more than R2 billion was looted from Tembisa Hospital. Deokaran, who was a Gauteng Department of …
• Unmasking the complicity of banks in South Africa's corruption crisis October 4, 2025 11:33 am IOL Bongani Hans|Published 1 hour ago 6min Local and international banks are facing accusations of complicity in corruption, allegedly enabling criminal syndicates to funnel illicit funds without proper scrutiny or reporting of suspicious transactions. The …
• 9 ways hope is being systematically depleted and how to reclaim it October 4, 2025 7:34 am Green Left "They sowed fear in us, we grew wings," goes the song in Spanish by Vivir Quintana, about women in Mexico resisting femicide. Amidst the protests, a global collective hope crisis is also simmering, with many people hurting, criminalised, …
• Today in Africa — October 3, 2025: Tunisian Man Faces Death Sentence Over Posts Criticizing President, UN Slashes Food Aid for 750,000 People in Somalia, Paul Biya’s Daughter Urges Cameroonians Not to Vote for Her Father October 3, 2025 8:21 pm OkayAfrica Every day, OkayAfrica shares a roundup of news we’re following but haven’t published as full articles. These short updates cover what’s happening on the continent — in culture, politics, and beyond. For more on stories like these, be sure to check out our  …
• "R2 to R7 per unit": Gqeberha woman explains why people pay different rates for units of electricity October 3, 2025 8:25 am Briefly A Gqeberha content creator broke down why South Africans are paying different prices for electricity across the country The Eastern Cape woman's video explained that South Africans pay between R2 and R7 per unit, depending on where they live Her …
• EFF: The big bad wolf that turned sheep? October 3, 2025 7:59 am The Citizen (South Africa) Is there any wind left in the EFF's sails, or has it been relegated to making pointless and destructive arguments? A new book launched this week promises to “unearth” the secrets of EFF leader Julius Malema, but it may be more of a eulogy than a …
• How the Tembisa Hospital syndicates avoided detection to loot more than R2 billion October 2, 2025 1:04 pm IOL The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) interim report has exposed how the syndicates bypassed standard tender processes to loot Tembisa Hospital of more than R2 billion.  The investigation, prompted by the murder of whistleblower, Babita Deokaran, found that …
• After Nepal, why have Gen-Z protests broken out in Morocco? October 2, 2025 12:50 pm Firstpost Morocco has been shaken by a wave of youth-led protests that have spread across the country since last week on September 27. The demonstrations, organised primarily online by a network calling itself GenZ 212, began as calls for improvements in healthcare …
• Discussion | Madlanga Commission | Web of corruption laid bare October 2, 2025 8:22 am eNCA JOHANNESBURG - The Madlanga Commission has revealed shocking claims of corruption and political interference in South Africa’s justice system. While the commission has been delayed, Advocate Paul Hoffman, director of Accountability, says the break should …
• Deaths, disappearances and forced recruitment: refugees recount horrors of relentless war in Sudan October 2, 2025 7:08 am The Guardian Suba Dafallah was selling vegetables at a market in the Sudanese city of Nyala one morning in March when he got a distressing call from his sister, saying their mother would like to speak to him. “Come quickly. There are clashes in the town,” he recalled …
• The Unholy Alliance: How Banks Enable the Looting of Our State October 2, 2025 5:34 am IOL The staggering revelation from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) that R2 billion was siphoned out of Tembisa Hospital is not just another corruption headline. It is a post-mortem on the moral collapse of our governance system. It reveals a cancer that …
• ‘Global Sumud Flotilla could secure better access to Gaza’ October 2, 2025 12:52 am The Sun Daily PETALING JAYA: The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) may be carrying only a modest cargo compared with large-scale United Nations (UN) convoys, but its voyage carries significant political weight that could help secure more predictable access into Gaza, an …
• Impact of coins on gold industry October 1, 2025 7:56 pm Zimbabwe Independent Another assumption is that indeed the coins are available at the stated outlets. At the time of writing this I have not been able to validate this assumption.  By Chenayi Mutambasere IT IS important to highlight a couple of caveats in the analysis of the …
• ‘State capture in its purest form’: MK Party demands arrest of Maumela, Matlala following SIU report October 1, 2025 1:38 pm IOL The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Morgan Hangwani Maumela and Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, following their implication in large-scale corruption at Tembisa Hospital as detailed in the Special …
• Faculty Profile: Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell, Globally Influential Scholar of International Law and Peace October 1, 2025 12:10 pm Notre Dame Law School - Indiana Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell teaching at the Seoul Academy of International Law in July 2025 Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell holds the Robert & Marion Short Chair in Law at Notre Dame Law School and is also Professor of International Peace Studies in …
• Youth-led anti-government protests in Morocco turn deadly, with 2 killed in a small town October 1, 2025 10:23 am Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Anti-government demonstrators in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night on Wednesday, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence. Police opened fire at the protesters in a southern town …
• How SA’s drama movies will unfold October 1, 2025 6:03 am The Citizen (South Africa) Police bosses, ANC mafias, looted billions and mysterious deaths — SA’s politics plays out like a crime thriller. “South Africa is a movie” is an expression which sums up the almost unbelievable events that happen daily in our country. Our lives appear to …
• Millions hungry as malnutrition tightens its grip on SA October 1, 2025 4:43 am The Citizen (South Africa) In just the first four months of this year, 4 759 children were admitted to public hospitals with moderate or severe acute malnutrition. The horrendous lived reality of South Africa’s poor and vulnerable is desperate hunger, malnourished children, helpless …
• Calls mount for prosecution of R2bn Tembisa Hospital corruption syndicate September 30, 2025 9:01 pm IOL Masabata Mkwananzi and Pule Makgale|Updated 3 hours ago 5min Special Investigating Unit( SIU) head Advocate Andy Mothibi has revealed that more than R2 billion of taxpayers' money vanished through irregular tenders at Tembisa Hospital. The Tembisa …
• Syndicates bypassed database to loot R2bn at Tembisa Hospital September 30, 2025 3:12 pm ITWeb An analysis of 2 207 procurement bundles revealed serious procurement fraud at Tembisa Hospital. (Image source: Tembisa Hospital Facebook) Coordinated syndicates allegedly bypassed the National Treasury’s Central Supplier Database (CSD) in an elaborate …
• R2bn hospital heist: EFF says looters — not migrants — killing SA healthcare September 30, 2025 3:09 pm African Insider Cape Town – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says the revelations about the R2 billion looted from Tembisa Hospital show that South Africa’s public health crisis is the result of corruption, not the presence of foreign nationals. According to a Special …
• ‘Criminality cannot go unpunished’: Health Committee Chair slams R2bn looting at Tembisa Hospital September 30, 2025 2:42 pm IOL The Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has expressed “grave concern” following the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) interim findings that more than R2 billion meant for healthcare services at Tembisa …
• Museum in a box: on the road with South Africa’s heritage September 30, 2025 2:35 pm The Conversation Museums are usually in cities. So, where transport is poor and it’s expensive to travel, many people can’t visit them. We decided to experiment with a way of getting around the problem: we built a travelling museum. I’m an archaeologist working in the …
• NHI system faces fresh doubt after R2 billion looting spree at Tembisa Hospital September 30, 2025 11:41 am The South African Criminal syndicates operating in South Africa looted more than R2 billion from Tembisa Hospital, spending the stolen funds on luxury assets including Lamborghinis, a Bentley, exclusive properties, and a high-end boat, according to an interim report …
• CHARLES MATSEKE | The Republic of commissions: Why exposing rot isn't the same as uprooting it September 30, 2025 10:34 am Eye Witness News The latest Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report has laid bare what many South Africans suspected but could not fully trace. The existence of sophisticated syndicates siphoning billions from public coffers while hospitals collapse, whistleblowers are …
• Lamborghinis Show $116 Million South Africa Hospital Graft September 30, 2025 10:29 am Mint (Bloomberg) -- Criminal syndicates in South Africa spent ill-gotten gains from looting a state-run hospital on trophy assets, including properties in exclusive locales, Lamborghinis, a Bentley and a luxury boat, a probe showed.  At least three major …
• Patients pay for Tembisa Hospital looting September 30, 2025 5:30 am The Citizen (South Africa) The plunder of Tembisa Hospital shows how billions were stolen to fund luxury lifestyles, while patients in Gauteng hospitals died waiting for basic treatment. Corruption, especially in the context of South Africa – a developing country with huge …
• EFF: Tembisa scandal shows hospitals are crumbling because of corruption, not foreigners September 30, 2025 4:36 am IOL The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says the damning Special Investigating Unit (SIU) interim report on widespread looting at Tembisa Hospital confirms that the collapse of public health infrastructure is a result of a criminal alliance between politicians …
• South Africans related as viral budget video showed paycheck to paycheck struggles September 29, 2025 8:36 pm Briefly A viral and relatable Facebook video showed a man calculating his budget until very little money remained The clip reflected the daily financial struggles faced by many South Africans trying to balance bills and income Online engagement showed how many …
• Madagascar's president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests September 29, 2025 7:48 pm Yahoo News ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina fired the prime minister and the rest of his government Monday in response to days of deadly Gen Z-led protests in the Indian Ocean island over the failure of the electricity and water …
• Uganda’s January 2026 elections to pit Museveni’s dictatorship against the bourgeois populism of Bobi Wine September 29, 2025 7:32 pm World Socialist Web Site Uganda will hold presidential elections in January 2026, pitting the four-decade ruler Yoweri Museveni against his main opponent Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine. Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, was formally nominated last week …
• Madagascar’s president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests September 29, 2025 6:40 pm Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina fired the prime minister and the rest of his government Monday in response to days of deadly Gen Z-led protests in the Indian Ocean island over the failure of the electricity and water …
• The Sopranos of State House: Zanu PF's Mafia Politics Unmasked September 29, 2025 1:47 pm Bulawayo 24 News Introduction  Zimbabwe is no longer under the rule of a political party - it is under the grip of a mafia cartel dressed in liberation colours.  Revolutionaries lost power to gukurahundistas a long time ago. Zanu PF has mutated from a liberation movement …
• 'Corruption didn't start after apartheid': Pieter Kriel says Western imperialism planted South Africa's rot September 29, 2025 12:52 pm IOL Activist Pieter Kriel has delivered a blistering critique of South Africa's political and economic failures, arguing that corruption is rooted in both colonial history and the ruling ANC's modern mismanagement. "A lot of people fail to …
• Malawi’s seven-day swearing-in sparks outcry as looting allegations mount: MalawiDecides2025 September 29, 2025 4:59 am The Maravi Post ……Citizens and analysts warn of corruption risks during transition period LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi is witnessing intense debate over the constitutional provision that allows a newly elected president to be sworn in seven days after being declared the …
• NIGERIA @ 65: Who’s To Blame For ‘Giant Of Africa’ Long Slumber? September 27, 2025 8:04 am Leadership As Nigeria commemorates 65 years of independence from colonial rule, some civil society organisations and political scientists believe failed leadership is the fundamental cause of the country’s enduring underdevelopment, widespread poverty, and systemic …
• Is UCT compromising academic freedom in the Gaza debate? September 27, 2025 7:51 am Weekend Argus Nicholas Woode-Smith The statement made on behalf of 1600 UCT alumni against Adam Mendelsohn and his case at the Western Cape High Court against the UCT Council is fraught with factual errors and irrelevancy (UCT and Gaza: The ethics of solidarity in a …
• 6 times President Mahama challenged US policies in his UN address September 27, 2025 4:22 am GhanaWeb President John Dramani Mahama addressed the 80th United Nations General Assembly, where he shared his positions on matters of global concern. In his nearly 30-minute address, President Mahama tackled issues of immigration, representation, foreign policy, …
• Special Report: Netanyahu of Israel; Sudan, UK, Mali, Haiti September 26, 2025 11:42 pm Pass Blue In his speech to the General Assembly on Sept. 26, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel excoriated Hamas as well as criticized France and other Western countries for recognizingd Palestine as a state. He heaped praise on President Trump. Here, he …
• Uganda: South Sudan insecurity interrupts business at Oraba border post September 26, 2025 6:19 am GhanaWeb The volatile security situation in South Sudan has continued to take a toll on the once-vibrant Oraba border post, with the Ugandan government registering low revenue. The nearly abandoned Oraba border post that used to register more than 150 trucks …
• South Africa truly a paradise for gangsters September 26, 2025 5:23 am The Citizen (South Africa) Liquidation fights have become lethal — assassinations replace court battles while impunity rewards violence and silences whistleblowers. We’ve all heard of the persistent debt collectors for the SABC, chasing up those viewers who don’t pay their TV …
• 'In Sudan, it is as if a congenital curse is at work. And the worst is yet to come' September 26, 2025 3:10 am Le Monde At the crossroads of the Arab world and Africa, two nations are on the brink of collapse. Nothing and no one appears able to stop the civil wars ravaging Sudan and its neighbor, the fledgling state of South Sudan – not regional powers nor global …
• Whose History Is On Display? ‘All Eyes On Her’ Confronts Colonial Legacies in London September 25, 2025 3:55 pm Egyptian Streets   From the clinking of gold bangles stacked along a woman’s arm to the sharp tap of high heels against the floor, the air hums with energy and is perfumed with the smoky scent of bukhoor, a traditional Middle Eastern incense, henna, or the deep notes of …
• Mnangagwa’s rivalry with VP Chiwenga spreads to provinces September 25, 2025 6:37 am New Zimbabwe The East African President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bid to remain in power beyond the two terms permitted by the constitution has triggered an internal revolt within the ruling Zanu PF party, led by the very man who paved the way for his rise eight years ago. …
• Treason trial of South Sudan’s Vice President threatens to reignite civil war September 23, 2025 5:34 pm World Socialist Web Site On Monday, the treason trial of First Vice President Riek Machar opened. It followed a bloody weekend in which at least 48 people were killed and more than 150 wounded in clashes between government forces and opposition fighters of Machar in the …
• Experts liken surge in celebrity Israel boycott calls to anti-apartheid embargos September 20, 2025 9:19 am The Times of Israel From publishing to the music and film industries, growing numbers of Western artists are calling for a cultural boycott of Israel over the Gaza war, hoping to emulate the success of the apartheid-era blockade of South Africa. With most Western governments …
• Chiwenga confronts Mnangagwa over Tagwirei’s billions in party capture row September 20, 2025 2:04 am The Zimbabwe Mail HARARE – Zimbabwe’s ruling party is reeling from an extraordinary confrontation after Vice President Constantino Chiwenga accused petroleum magnate Kudakwashe Tagwirei of looting billions of dollars from Zanu PF to buy influence and capture the party, …
• Chiwenga accuses Tagwirei of looting billions from Zanu-PF September 19, 2025 7:12 am Bulawayo 24 News Zimbabwe's ruling party has been rocked by a fierce showdown after Vice President Constantino Chiwenga accused petroleum tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei of siphoning billions of dollars from Zanu-PF to capture its structures and bankroll loyalty networks. …
• ‘Children are bound to die’: Corruption, aid cuts and violence fuel a hunger crisis in South Sudan September 19, 2025 4:19 am WSLS - Virginia JUBA – At 14 months, Adut Duor should be walking. Instead, his spine juts through his skin and his legs dangle like sticks from his mother’s lap in a South Sudan hospital. At half the size of a healthy baby his age, he is unable to walk. Adut’s mother, …
• UN Report Exposes $2.2 Billion Oil Corruption Scheme in South Sudan September 18, 2025 11:41 pm Oil Price United Nations investigators on Tuesday unveiled rampant and systemic corruption by South Sudan’s ruling class, compounding the country’s security challenges and putting the pivotal oil-driven economy at severe risk. The global agency has accused South …
• Mr. President, are the ‘corrupt’ only those who plunder our country without the blessing of those in power? September 18, 2025 5:52 pm The Zimbabwean Tendai Ruben Mbofana Recently, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared to take a bold stand against corruption.  To directly receive articles from Tendai Ruben Mbofana, please join his WhatsApp Channel on: https://whatsapp.com/channel/ …
• Residents in working-class districts of Johannesburg protest after two-week loss of water supply September 16, 2025 7:33 pm World Socialist Web Site Johannesburg, South Africa’s most populous city and economic hub, has been rocked by protests in its working-class districts of Westbury and Coronationville after residents were left without water for more than two weeks. The city has a population of 5.5 …
• Critical minerals contribute to instability in Africa September 15, 2025 12:42 pm Deutsche Welle Coveted for their use in environmentally oriented infrastructure and other emerging technologies, critical minerals aremined in 31 of the 54 countries on the African continent. South Africa, Nigeria and Morocco mine the largest variety of minerals; Guinea …
• Africa Needs Leaders Who Serve, Not Splurge September 14, 2025 1:47 am The Nigerian Voice Source: Dr. Gidado Abdulkarim Salimon In 1973, Zaire’s strongman, General Mobutu Sese Seko, visited Mauritania for three days. He noticed that his host, President Moktar Ould Daddah, wore the same modest suit throughout the visit. Thinking the president …
• Professor Vijay Mishra’s new book: V. S. NAIPAUL and World Literature Why Naipaul Still Speaks to Fiji. Indo-Fijians hear indenture’s echo, and in Naipaul’s restless fictions find a mirror of their own exile, dispossession September 14, 2025 1:42 am Fiji Leaks   Mishra Mishra's new book on Naipaul Naipaul Lal Naipaul, Mishra, and Me: An Indo-Fijian Reading of V. S. Naipaul and World Literature Fijileaks Editor's Note: * I took time out of my busy schedule to read Melbourne-based and Fiji-born Emeritus …
• How Israel Succeeded Where South Africa Failed September 12, 2025 5:19 pm Jacobin While the world watches in horror as Palestinians are killed at food distribution sites in Gaza, Israel is quietly accelerating its long-anticipated plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Emboldened by Western diplomatic cover, Israeli authorities …
• Palestine in Pictures: August 2025 September 12, 2025 3:09 am The Electronic Intifada The Electronic Intifada 11 September 2025 People mourn over journalists killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, 25 August. More than 20 people were killed in the attack. Abed Rahim Khatib DPA via ZUMA …
• Zimbabweans in the eye of the SA immigration storm September 11, 2025 10:51 pm Bulawayo 24 News South Africa's immigration debate is messy, emotional and deeply contested. It sits at the intersection of hard realities, political opportunism and painful history. Beneath the noise lies a set of contradictions and complexities that are often reduced …
• In Geneva, Syrian minorities demand protection and federalism September 11, 2025 11:43 am Swissinfo Arab Bedouin fighters in Syria’s southern Sweida province on July 18, 2025. Reports indicate that dozens were killed in intense fighting between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin tribes. Rami Alsayed / Nurphoto via AFP Listen to the article Listening …
• Corruption in the EFF: Shivambu’s former allies hang him out to dry over VBS allegations September 10, 2025 11:40 am The Citizen (South Africa) EFF leaders have denied that VBS funds were channelled to the party. The EFF has thrown Floyd Shivambu under the bus, saying that he must respond to allegations about his involvement in the VBS mutual bank corruption scandal. In a written reply to …
• China’s K Visa “Eyes” Indian & Other Global South Tech Talent: Will Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Boost Beijing September 10, 2025 5:51 am The Eurasian Times Amid deepening great-power competition between the US and China, the two countries are moving in diametrically opposing directions. As the US, once a magnet for global talent, tightens its rules on H-1B visas for skilled immigrants, China, a country …
• At least 60 people killed in DRC after ISIL-linked attack on funeral September 9, 2025 1:36 pm Yahoo News At least 60 people have been killed while attending a funeral in the conflict-ridden eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in an ISIL (ISIS)-affiliated group attack carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), officials said. …
• The dangers of influencer marketing: A call for accountability in South Africa September 9, 2025 7:35 am IOL Tshepo Matseba|Published 33 minutes ago 5min In today’s world, influence is a form of currency. Young people often trust social media influencers more than traditional advertising or even official government communication. They see them as relatable, …
• Senator Ali Ndume Condemns Boko Haram Attack in Borno State, Calls for Urgent Action to Address Rising Insurgency September 7, 2025 8:47 pm Alexa.ng   On September 7, 2025, the volatile security situation in Nigeria’s Northeast took a grim turn as Boko Haram insurgents launched a deadly attack in Borno State, resulting in the tragic loss of several security personnel and civilians. The assault, which …
• ArcelorMittal South Africa announces 4,000 job cuts September 7, 2025 7:34 pm World Socialist Web Site ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), one of the continent’s largest steel producers and a subsidiary of the global steel giant, ArcelorMittal, the world’s second-largest steel producer, has announced over 4,000 job cuts, surpassing the prior announcement of …
• Sidelines 100: 2011, A year in protest September 7, 2025 5:13 pm MTSU Sidelines - Tennessee You’re reading a story from Sidelines 100, a project showcasing a century of student storytelling at Middle Tennessee State University. Sidelines 100 plans to highlight 100 stories from the newspaper archives this fall and spring. This story originally ran …
• Was Edgar Lungu Unaware of The Malanji Looting? September 7, 2025 7:43 am Zambian Observer ⬆️ EDITORIAL | Was Lungu Unaware of The Malanji Looting? Edgar Chagwa Lungu is no longer here to answer the charges that swirl around his presidency. He died in South Africa on June 5, 2025, leaving behind a family now locked in a bitter legal fight with …
• Luke-ing the Beast in the Eye: SPECIAL REPORT: De-tinting government —- the real… September 6, 2025 11:33 pm Nehanda Radio In the past week, there has been furore and outright confusion right inside Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office when his secretary for Presidential Affairs Tafadzwa Muguti urged public and private vehicle owners to remove all tints on their vehicles while his …
• Mamelodi school kids loot feeding scheme truck in TikTok video mortifies South Africa September 6, 2025 4:40 pm Briefly School children in Mamelodi went viral on social media thanks to a video of them getting out of hand The clip of the young students taking advantage of a truck full of food went viral on TikTok Many people were unimpressed to see how the school children …
• Thamsanqa Ntuli's ambitious plan to tackle unemployment in KwaZulu-Natal September 6, 2025 8:54 am IOL KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli unveiled a comprehensive Provincial Jobs and Economic Growth Action Plan, aimed at rejuvenating the province's economy through robust job creation and renewed investor confidence on Friday. This announcement …
• UN Rights Report Flags Possible War Crimes By M23, Congolese Forces In Congo September 5, 2025 11:42 pm StratNews Global Home Africa UN Rights Report Flags Possible War Crimes By M23, Congolese Forces In... M23, Congolese armed forces and other groups have been responsible for gross violations of international humanitarian law since late last year when fighting began in …
• ‘All you can hear are patients screaming out in pain’: The Interview with Victoria Rose September 4, 2025 7:08 pm New Internationalist Returning from Gaza, British doctor Victoria Rose tells Subi Shah of operating under fire, documenting war crimes and calling out Israel’s propaganda. Consultant surgeon Victoria Rose returned to London in June 2025, following her third trip to Gaza since …
• Isaac Herzog: Israeli president named in ICJ order who is due to visit UK September 4, 2025 5:18 pm The Guardian A few months into Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza, international court of justice judges sat down to write their reply to South Africa’s complaint that Israel was pursuing genocide. Published on 26 January 2024, the order issued by the court called for …
• Organized Crime Syndicates in Southern Africa: We Begin with Our Presidents! September 4, 2025 10:34 am Bulawayo 24 News To be politically correct, I will exclude African presidents who have served their citizens with great respect. My article responds to a piece on BYO24 today, which lamented crime syndicates in Southern Africa as if this were a new phenomenon. Why write …
• Hearts Touched With Fire: Horror and Hope in a Time of Genocide September 4, 2025 9:25 am Literary Hub Move him into the sun– Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unseen. Always it woke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds— …
• Missing in storytelling: International fests shun films from Africa and Global South September 2, 2025 1:09 am Lusaka Times By Shoks Mnisi Mzolo With Africa’s biggest film fest in Durban now a distant memory, some of the globe’s finest creatives may be seen in Venice. Amal Clooney, Idris Elba, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Lalisa Manobal, Maryam Touzani and Walter Moreira Salles were among …
• More journalists killed in Gaza than in World Wars 1 & 2, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine combined August 28, 2025 7:11 am IOL ANC’s house divided against itself In a recent address to the Woman’s league by beleaguered ex-foreign affairs minister, Naledi Pandor, the height of hypocrisy and arrogance by the ANC was on full display, once again. Having caused so much harm for South …
• Zimbabweans must not be mere spectators in their nation’s political future August 28, 2025 12:33 am The Zimbabwean Tendai Ruben Mbofana A few days ago, I came across a social media post by one of Zimbabwe’s most prominent journalists in which he openly expressed excitement at the prospect of ZANU-PF factional battles intensifying.  To directly receive articles from …
• Abiy Ahmed accused of war crimes and repression in Ethiopia August 27, 2025 11:17 am Zehabesha Many people are asking about Abiy Ahmed human rights violations. What is happening in Ethiopia now? Why are there reports of mass arrests, political repression, and deadly drone strikes in Oromia, Amhara, and Tigray? Families are scared, activists are …
• Africa Intelligence Brief Comprehensive News Roundup For August 26, 2025 August 26, 2025 8:26 pm MENAFN (MENAFN- The Rio Times) On August 26, 2025, Egypt's petroleum ministry announced new gas drilling in its giant Zohr field to boost output. Meanwhile, Tunisian rights groups condemned the government's closure of a key information agency as a setback …
• Malema Hails Nigeria’s Contributions To S/Africa’s Freedom, Denounces Xenophobia August 25, 2025 9:50 am News Investigators Nigeria News Investigators/ South African opposition leader, Julius Malema, has extolled Nigeria’s contributions towards ensuring South Africa’s freedom from apartheid. Mr Malema, the founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), also condemned …
• #OpEd: Why Guns Should Be Legalised for Human Rights Activists In Nigeria, By Comrade Ufezime Nelson Ubi August 24, 2025 2:50 pm Sahara Reporters The Nigerian state has become a place where telling the truth is dangerous and defending the oppressed is treated like a crime. Human rights activists, instead of being protected as defenders of democracy, are constantly hunted, harassed, and in many cases …
• DA and White House Collusion Undermines South Africa’s BRICS Commitments August 22, 2025 12:47 pm IOL Sipho Singiswa|Published 5 minutes ago 6min The quiet denial of shore leave to a Russian naval training vessel, which arrived in Cape Town on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, something long treated as routine, slipped almost unnoticed into the news cycle. No …
• Just stop the looting, comrades August 19, 2025 10:22 pm Politicsweb OUT TO LUNCH I haven’t spent a large part of my working life in the corporate world so I’m probably a bit out of touch with modern developments like Zoom meetings and the current fetish for diversity, inclusivity and equity amongst zealous human resources …
• Sudan Nashra: US, Sudan hold 1st high-level talks in Switzerland | RSF’s largest assault on Fasher in a year kills dozens of civilians in Abu Shouk camp | Humanitarian collapse in South Kordofan’s Kadugli, Dalang as RSF, SPLM-N tighten siege August 16, 2025 5:35 pm Mada Masr In the first high-level engagement with the United States since the outbreak of war, a senior Sudanese delegation met with US officials in Zurich on Monday, a source in the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) told Mada Masr. Responding to a US proposal …
• Rare mental health clinics in South Sudan face closure amid rising needs August 11, 2025 1:07 pm Telengana Today In conflict-hit South Sudan, rare mental health clinics offering crucial counselling risk closure as funding ends. With poverty, displacement and violence fuelling high suicide rates, experts warn the loss of such services could deepen the country’s mental …
• South Africa's broken contract: Can the ANC rebuild public trust August 6, 2025 3:02 pm IOL SOUTH Africa stands on the precipice of a new political era. This is more than the familiar narrative of post-liberation disillusionment; the African National Congress (ANC), the once-mighty vehicle of emancipation and hope, now limps under the burden of …
• THE NEW REGIME OF LOOTERS: KLEPTOCRACY, CROSS-BORDER CRIME & PRESIDENTIAL IMPUNITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA July 29, 2025 12:42 am The Zimbabwean Paul Boagert In a chilling turn of continental politics, organised crime has taken a distinctly presidential character in Southern Africa. Cross-border syndicates now thrive not despite the state but because of it. The long arms of state-sanctioned …
• Fact check: Viral Durban video misrepresents post-apartheid South Africa July 28, 2025 4:00 pm Deutsche Welle Claim: A post on X featuring a video allegedly showing recent lootings in South Africa, and captured: "This is Durban, South Africa," is currently going viral. The post was published by Alex Jones, a US-based far-right radio host known for …
• The impact of leadership failures on migration and xenophobia in South Africa July 25, 2025 10:30 pm Sunday Independent Phapano Phasha|Published 53 minutes ago 8min AFRICA’S most pressing governance crisis today, which the African Union (AU) does not fully want to confront, is the mass displacement of Africans due to systemic leadership failures and the consequent erosion …
• July 2021 riots: a scar on South Africa's conscience July 25, 2025 7:53 pm IOL   July 2025 marks the fourth anniversary of the shameful, horrific, and disastrous 2021 riots and unrest—a time of great pain and anxiety. South Africa was mired in shame and criminality, and fear gripped many. This catastrophe resulted in lawlessness, …
• Edgar Lungu: Activists claim Zambian leader used Zimbabwean passport in South Africa July 18, 2025 6:03 am IOL Activists under the umbrella of Progressive Forces of South Africa insist they have it on good authority that the late Zambian former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu was using a Zimbabwean diplomatic passport during his stay, before he was admitted and later …
• An open letter to Chimhama: are you in South Africa? July 16, 2025 8:44 pm Bulawayo 24 News Dear Madam Chimhama,  I hope I find you well, daughter of the African soil! I am writing this letter because I am deeply concerned about your utterances of violence in your video you made and was played in Point 5 Creatives studies platform: DJ Hooley is …