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 […]

Ten years ago, Egypt’s then-defence minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi rallied citizens by promising to move the country out of the “terrorist” shadow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. Today, the former general rules a nation where expressions of dissent have been quashed, the media is muzzled and the justice system is a labyrinth even legal experts […]

The streets of Sierra Leone’s capital were quiet on Wednesday, a day after President Julius Maada Bio was sworn in for a second term following an election his main rival slammed as “not credible.” Western nations, in a joint statement, said they were concerned about “transparency” in the vote tallying, but urged any disputes to […]

The high court in South Africa on Wednesday 28, June 2023 declared the government’s decision not to renew temporary residency permits of nearly 180,000 Zimbabweans living and working in the country “unconstitutional”. Pretoria granted four-year visas to around 178,000 Zimbabweans fleeing economic and political crises at home in 2009, following violent elections. The visas have […]

Music megastars Taylor Swift and The Weeknd are among showbiz people invited to join the organization that votes on who gets Oscars, the body said Wednesday. Other invitees include Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who directed “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which won seven Oscars this year including the prize for best picture. ALSO READ: Beyoncé, Taylor […]

With the imminent end of the UN’s Mali peacekeeping mission seemingly no longer in doubt, negotiations at the UN are still foundering over the timetable for their departure, which Bamako wants “without delay”, according to diplomatic sources. On June 16, taking everyone by surprise, Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, while denouncing the “failure” of the […]