# Political activist and former Member of Parliament, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, says the Thabo Mbeki Foundation’s new African Renaissance Podcast is purely an intellectual and cultural venture, not a political comeback. Launching today, the weekly show will explore bold ideas for Africa’s renewal in politics, economics, and history. Episodes will stream every Monday at 3pm on […]
# Controversial businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has been denied bail by the High Court in Johannesburg. Acting Judge Pieter du Plessis ruled that releasing Matlala would not be in the interests of justice. Matlala faces charges of orchestrating a hit on his ex-girlfriend, actress Tebogo Thobejane in 2023, along with fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy […]
# The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has approved a new HIV prevention injection called Lenacapavir. The six-monthly injection, developed by Gilead, can be used by adults and teenagers weighing at least 35 kilograms and must be combined with safer sex practices, such as condom use. SAHPRA’s Yuven Gounden says the regulator reviewed the […]
# The MK Party says it remains deeply concerned by the unabated increase in illicit tobacco and alcohol trading, which undermines legitimate industries and deprives the state of critical revenue. The MK Party’s Des van Rooyen says South Africa’s porous ports of entry continue to serve as conduits for smuggling and illicit financial activities, costing South […]
# Die JG Zuma-stigting het die onlangse uitspraak oor oudpresident Jacob Zuma se regskoste gekritiseer en sê dit dui op die voortgesette ongeregtighede teenoor hom. Die Gautengse Hooggeregshof het Zuma verlede week beveel om 28,9-miljoen-rand van die wapenskandaal-saak se regskoste aan die staat terug te betaal. Die stigting se woordvoerder, Mzwanele Manyi, sê Zuma is […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika en Maleisië moet saamstaan in die stryd teen klimaatsverandering deur die uitwerking te bekamp en ʼn billike en inklusiewe oorgang na laekoolstof-ekonomieë na te streef. Hy het vandag ʼn openbare lesing by die Universiteit van Malaya gelewer. Maleisië wil sy kweekhuisgas-vrystelling se intensiteit van die bruto binnelandse produk teen […]
# The JG Zuma Foundation has criticised the recent ruling on former president Jacob Zuma’s legal fees, saying it shows the ongoing injustices against him. Last week, the Gauteng High Court ordered Zuma to pay back the State 28.9-million-rand for his legal fees in the long-running arms deal corruption case. The foundation’s Mzwanele Manyi says Zuma […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Malaysia must stand together in combating climate change, both in mitigating its effects and in pursuing a just and inclusive transition to low-carbon economies. The president delivered a public lecture at the University of Malaya earlier today. Malaysia intends to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions intensity of […]
# Die kommissaris van die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens, Edward Kieswetter, sê die land se verwydering van die gryslys is ‘n mylpaal op ‘n langtermynreis na die bou van ‘n sterk en veerkragtige finansiële ekostelsel. Suid-Afrika is amptelik van die Finansiële Aksietaakmag se gryslys afgehaal ná hy suksesvol belangrike hervormings ingestel het om geldwassery en die finansiering […]
