A senior manager in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has obtained a protection order against the spokesperson of the MK Party in the Uthukela region, Mncedisi Makuyi, an employee of the department. Mzwandile Hadebe first obtained an interim order from the Pietermaritzburg magistrate court on November 20, 2024. He later obtained a final one early this week. Radebe accused Makuyi of harassing and threatening him because he claims he got him fired from his plum…

Musina, Limpopo – The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is battling to contain illegal migrants crossing into South Africa from the Zimbabwe border, said a SANDF official. Briefing the media recently in Musina, Lieutenant Colonel Mzoxolo Ketsekile, Battalion Commander of Operation Corona, said they have deployed many soldiers along the border to stop people smuggling goods and crossing in and out of the country at undesignated points. He said illegal border crossing is prevalent along the borderline and it…

The Northern Cape High Court has upheld the conviction of Dr Dion Theys, the former Head of the Department (HoD) of Health in the province. Theys, now serving as a senior official in the Office of Premier Dr Zamani Saul, was convicted by the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Kimberley in 2023 for contravening Section 86(1) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).  The conviction relates to his tenure as acting HOD and accounting officer for the Northern Cape Department…

Following an online backlash, the South African Presidency has come out to clarify the comment by President Cyril Ramaphosa that visa regulations for Nigerian tourists coming to the country would be eased.  The clarification has eased the pressure on Ramaphosa who was already facing an online backlash for suggesting that in order to ease the flow of people between South Africa and Nigeria, the process would be simplified.  “We want to see Nigerian products on the shelves of South African…

Egypt’s Chemicals and Fertilisers Export Council reported a significant increase in exports from January to September 2024, which amounted to US$6.5 billion, up 5 per cent compared to the same period in 2023. These volumes represent about 21 per cent of the country’s total non-oil exports. Plastics and resins led the growth with an increase of 29 per cent, reaching US$2 billion. Exports of petrochemical products also showed growth, increasing by 71 per cent to US$1 billion, while exports of…

Ethiopia is making significant strides in reducing carbon emissions and transforming urban mobility by embracing electric transportation, according to Ethiopia’s State Minister of Transport and Logistics, Bareo Hassen. Speaking at the Ethiopia-E Mobility Symposium titled “Pioneering Green Mobility: The Ethiopian Experience”, Hassen outlined the nation’s vision for sustainable transport, as reported by ENA, a partner of TV BRICS. Held at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, the symposium brought together experts, policymakers, and stakeholders to highlight Ethiopia’s advances in…

The Speaker of Nongoma local municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal has abruptly cancelled the council sitting, scheduled for Monday morning, that would have breached her bail conditions. The corruption accused Babongile Sithole called off the sitting through a note sent to councillors hours before the meeting. “Notice is hereby given that the special council meeting of Nongoma Municipality previously scheduled for today, 02 December 2024 at 10:00, at the council chambers, has been cancelled until further notice,” Sithole wrote to councillors. …

A Gauteng woman who allegedly sold off her two-year-old son to unknown buyers will spend Christmas in custody after she gave up her bail application in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Keneilwe Shalaba (32) faces charges of human trafficking, conspiracy to commit robbery, and providing false information to the police after allegedly trading off her child Kutlwano to unknown men who then disappeared in a silver grey Polo early in November. The incident happened around the Boipatong area in…

The legal dispute between consulting company Isiphethu Engineers and water utility Lepelle Northern Water (LNW) has taken another turn. The engineering company has filed court papers challenging LNW’s decision to advertise the multi-million rand contract for consulting engineering services for the R4 billion Giyani Bulk Water Project, saying the move is unlawful. Earlier this month, LNW advertised in the government’s tender bulletin a tender for “Professional Service Provider for Giyani Water Serviced Projet (rm08), with December 3 as the closing…

The Cameroonian economy is mainly based on the agricultural sector and is heavily dependent on the exports of cash crops such as cocoa, coffee, banana, cotton and sugarcane. This also applies to other countries in its geographical region, such as Chad and the Central African Republic, which derive a large part of their foreign exchange from the exports of livestock, cotton and tobacco. However, the productivity of these crops is currently threatened by a number of environmental factors, including abnormal…