Cape Town – From the unemployment rate in SA soaring to its highest level on record in the final quarter of last year; to a Zimbabwean bus operator being fined over R400 000 by SA’s department of home affairs… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Blinken in Morocco for security talks, to meet UAE leader
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Morocco on Tuesday to discuss North African security issues and meet the United Arab Emirates’ de facto leader Mohammed bin… Read more
PICS | ‘Trash has value’: Kenyan inventor turns plastic into bricks
“Plastic still has value,” said Nzambi Matee of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her… Read more
SA fines Zimbabwean bus operator R420 000 over passengers without passports
Zimbabwe’s Rimbi Travel and Tours Bus Service has been fined over R400 000 by the Department of Home Affairs after one of its buses attempted to… Read more
Group of DRC refugees leaves South Africa voluntarily
At least 49 refugees have reportedly been voluntarily repatriated from South Africa to their home, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Reports indicated on Tuesday that… Read more
Senegal’s water-stressed capital faces difficult future
Many residents of the Senegalese metropolis Dakar get up in the middle of the night hoping to collect water from their taps, which mostly run dry. “We… Read more
A truce in Ethiopia – does it make peace any more likely?
Ethiopia has declared a conditional truce, and their rebel opponents in Tigray have agreed to cease hostilities if certain terms are met. Does this bring Ethiopia any… Read more
‘There’s already talk of a planned hit on me’ – Nhanhla ‘Lux’ Dlamini
Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla “Lux” Dlamini has reportedly said that there are threats against his life, following his release on R1 500 bail on Monday. Dlamini… Read more
Police launch investigation into SA crew member’s death on MSC Orchestra
Police in KwaZulu-Natal have reportedly launched an investigation following the death of a 29-year-old woman cruise member on the MSC Orchestra cruise ship in Durban on… Read more
Democratic Republic of Congo joins regional East Africa bloc
The Democratic Republic of Congo was admitted on Tuesday into the regional East African Community (EAC), a bloc with a single market allowing free trade and movement… Read more
South Africa’s jobless rate hits new high
The unemployment rate in South Africa soared to its highest level on record in the final quarter of last year, official data showed Tuesday, as the impact of… Read more
SEE | Drake appears on Uncle Waffle’s live chat on Instagram
American rapper Drake made a surprise appearance during Uncle Waffles’ Instagram live chat on Friday. Drake took to Uncle Waffles’ comment section during the Live and… Read more
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