# The High Court in Pretoria has postponed former Zambian president Edgar Lungu family’s bid for leave to appeal a ruling ordering his body to be repatriated to Lusaka. The family’s legal representative, human rights lawyer Tembeka Ngcukaitobi , told the judge both parties agreed to discuss the matter out of court and return on […]
# The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size. The map created for navigation, distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles like North America and Greenland while shrinking […]
# Duitsland vra die Israelse regering om die bou van nedersettings aan die Wesoewer te staak. Die volg nadat Israel se ver-regse minister van Finansies, Bezalel Smotrich, aangekondig het dat bouwerk binnekort sal begin aan duisende huise wat die Palestynse gebied sal verdeel. Duitsland se Ministerie van Buitelandse Sake het in ‘n verklaring die Israelse […]
# Die Ministerie van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane sê minister Angie Motshekga het die hoof van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag, Rudzani Maphwanya, se reis na Iran gemagtig. Maphwanya se goedkeuring van Iran se standpunt oor Gaza het kritiek ontlok, met president Cyril Ramaphosa wat hom daarvan distansieer het. Woordvoerder Onicca Kwakwa het aan Newzroom Afrika […]
# Germany called on the Israeli government to stop the construction of settlements in the West Bank. This comes as Israel’s far-right Finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said work would start on a plan for thousands of homes that would divide the Palestinian territory. Germany’s Foreign Ministry says in a statement it rejects the Israeli government’s […]
# Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina has urged investors to help close Africa’s 528-billion-rand annual water investment shortfall. Speaking at the Africa Union-AIP Water Investment Summit in Cape Town, Majodina warned that without urgent action, economic and social progress will stall. She revealed South Africa has secured 23-billion-rand for dam projects but warned against […]
# The Defence and Military Veterans Ministry says South African National Defence Force chief Rudzani Maphwanya’s trip to Iran was authorised by minister Angie Motshekga. Maphwanya’s endorsement of Iran’s stance on Gaza drew criticism, with president Cyril Ramaphosa distancing himself. Spokesperson Onicca Kwakwa told Newzroom Afrika the visit stemmed from a 2016 military cooperation agreement […]
# Solidariteit vra president Cyril Ramaphosa om die hoof van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag, generaal Rudzani Maphwanya, af te dank oor sy omstrede reis na Iran. Maphwanya en die bevelvoerder van die Iranse Leër, generaal-majoor Amir Hatami, het in Teheran hul lande se gedeelde doelwit geprys om wêreldwye arrogansie en aggressiewe koloniale benaderings te bekamp. […]
# Solidarity is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to fire South African National Defence Force chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya, over his controversial trip to Iran. During a meeting in Tehran, Maphwanya and Iran’s army commander, Major General Amir Hatami, reportedly commended their countries’ shared goal of combating global arrogance and aggressive colonial approaches. Maphwanya also denounced […]
