Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who backs the politically-split country’s eastern administration, has threatened military action unless oil revenues are divided fairly by the end of August 2023. The country sits on Africa’s biggest oil reserves but the wedge between the eastern government and a United Nations-recognised administration in Tripoli has hampered Libya’s efforts to […]

Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he is facing a new challenge as tech nemesis Mark Zuckerberg prepares to launch a rival app this week. ZUCKERBERG Zuckerberg’s Meta group, which owns Facebook, has listed a new app in stores as “Threads, an […]

Egypt and Turkey said Tuesday 4 July 2023 they had appointed ambassadors to each other’s countries for the first time in a decade, in the latest sign of warming ties. Cairo and Ankara both issued statements announcing “the upgrading of diplomatic relations between them to the level of ambassadors”. The two foreign ministries said the […]

Explosions again rocked Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Monday 3 July 2023 as the army rallied civilians to take up arms against a renewed onslaught by its paramilitary foes. The sound of artillery fire shook the dawn in northwest Khartoum and progressed towards the centre and east of the city, witnesses told AFP. The fighting “began […]

The Zulu king, head of South Africa’s most influential traditional monarchy, said on Monday he was “fit and sound,” and denied rumours he had been poisoned. “I’m very well, I’m very fit and sound,” Misuzulu Zulu told AFP in a phone interview from the neighbouring country of Eswatini, where he is undergoing a medical check-up. ALSO READ: MultiChoice […]

A respected South African investigative journalism organisation on Monday 3 July 2023 won a legal battle against a powerful businessman in a case that tested the country’s media freedom. The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism had earlier been barred from using documents acquired from a source in its reporting on controversial businessman Zunaid Moti — […]

Kenyan President William Ruto announced Sunday 2nd July 2023 the lifting of a near six-year ban on logging, despite the concerns of environmental campaigners. Ruto said the move was “long overdue” and was aimed at creating jobs and opening up sectors of the economy that rely on forest products. “We can’t have mature trees rotting […]

The UK this year has seen its hottest June on record, both in terms of mean temperature and the average maximum temperature, the British Meteorological Office said on Monday. ALSO READ | SARS tax questions answered: What are the tax season deadlines? “The average mean temperature of 15.8 degrees Celsius for June 2023 in the UK is the highest […]

South Africa’s largest opposition party has teamed up with six small groups to build a coalition aimed at ousting the long-ruling ANC in next year’s elections, they announced Monday. ALSO READ: ANC ‘blames’ DA-led coalition for Hammanskraal cholera outbreak The Democratic Alliance, which has a fifth of the seats in parliament, is in the forefront of […]

Namibia’s annual sea hunt officially starts on Saturday 1 July 2023 and will see 86,000 Cape fur seals slaughtered despite a decrease in demand for pups and mounting opposition from conservationists. The seals are hunted for their prized fur for a once-thriving global trade. “The season opens on Saturday and those who have a quota […]

Wimbledon will celebrate Roger Federer’s achievements at the All England Club with a special ceremony on Centre Court on the second day of the championships on Tuesday. ALSO READ: Wimbledon champion: ‘Roger Federer is my favourite, but I don’t feel like calling him the GOAT’ The Swiss eight-time champion, who announced his retirement last September, will visit […]

The South Africa Women’s World Cup team, Banyana Banyana were called “mercenaries” and “traitors” on Sunday as they boycotted a warm-up against Botswana ahead of the global showpiece this month. ALSO READ | Best potential Kaizer Chiefs XI under Molefi Ntseki Banyana Banyana said the match venue in the Tsakane township, 50km southeast of Johannesburg, was unsuitable […]

Nick Kyrgios withdrew from Wimbledon on Sunday with a wrist injury, stripping the tournament of one its headline acts 12 months after the firebrand Australian finished runner-up to Novak Djokovic. “I’m really sad to say that I have to withdraw from Wimbledon this year,” the 28-year-old wrote on Instagram, explaining that he had hurt his wrist as […]

South Africa’s Zulu king, head of the country’s most influential traditional monarchy, has undergone “thorough” medical examinations following the sudden death of a close adviser, a spokesman said Sunday, amid suspicions he was poisoned. ALSO READ: King Misuzulu hospitalised in eSwatini amid fears of poisoning The king, who was visiting neighbouring Eswatini, “underwent precautionary and thorough medical […]

Botswana has reached an eleventh-hour deal with diamond giant De Beers after months of tense negotiations that saw the continent’s top producer threatening to cut ties with the storied company. ALSO READ: Botswana threatens to cut ties with diamond giant De Beers The Botswana government and Anglo-American, the majority owner of De Beers, have reached an “agreement in […]

FIFA revealed eight different armbands highlighting social causes that sides will be able to wear at the women’s World Cup as world football’s governing body seeks to avoid a row that erupted at last year’s men’s World Cup. ALSO READ: When do Banyana Banyana play at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Captains from a number of European […]

Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier was held for questioning along with his son as part of a probe into alleged discrimination, the Nice prosecutor told AFP on Friday. ALSO READ: BREAKING: Lionel Messi to leave PSG The move follows an investigation launched in April, following claims he made racist and Islamophobic remarks about players when he coached Nice […]

The Tour de France starts in Bilbao on Saturday with two big favourites – defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and two-time winner Tadej Pogacar, runner-up last year. DID YOU KNOW | What are the capital cities of South Africa’s 9 provinces? Below, a look at five things to know before the 110th edition of the three-week race. 25TH START OUTSIDE FRANCE The Tour will kick […]

Inter Miami have appointed former Barcelona and Argentina coach Gerardo Martino to take charge of the Major League Soccer team, setting up a reunion with compatriot Lionel Messi. Martino, widely known as “Tata,” coached Messi with both the Spanish club and his country’s national team. He was most recently in charge of Mexico and previously […]

Newly appointed Inter Miami coach Gerardo Martino says there is no question of Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets moving to South Florida to chill on South Beach. Instead, says the Argentine who was appointed on Wednesday 28 June 2023, the pair are coming to Miami to fight for titles. Martino, former coach of Messi with […]

Zimbabwe claimed a tense 14-run win over Oman on Thursday 29 June 2023 to start the Super Six stage of the World Cup Qualifier on a high, after Sean Williams’ third hundred of the event. The African side racked up 332-7 from their 50 overs batting first in Bulawayo before a brave chase from Oman […]

Manchester United have agreed to sign England midfielder Mason Mount from Chelsea for an initial £55 million ($69 million), according to reports on Thursday. United will pay an additional £5 million dependent on Mount’s appearances and success at Old Trafford, the reports said. ALSO READ: Man Utd signs Chelsea’s Mount for 55 million euros: reports The […]

German automaker BMW said Thursday 29 June 2023 it will inject millions into its South African plant, making it the second in the world to produce and export its X3 plug-in hybrid model. BMW will pour around 200 million euros ($218 million) into the factory at Plant Rosslyn, in Pretoria, which was BMW’s first foreign […]

Austrian authorities said Thursday they had seized hundreds of weapons, ammunition and Nazi memorabilia and arrested six people after raids on several premises of the right-wing extremist Bandidos motorcycle gang. Police found a huge weapons stash including about “35 long firearms, 25 submachine guns, 100 pistols, over a thousand weapons components, 400 signal weapons,” the interior […]

Madonna has gone home after a several-day stay in the hospital and was “feeling better,” a source close to the matter told AFP Thursday. The 64-year-old pop superstar had fallen ill with a “serious bacterial infection” that landed her in an intensive care unit, her manager Guy Oseary had said in a statement on Wednesday. She is […]