Arts and Leisure Nasty C sparks social media frenzy with ₦609,800 Lagos dinner bill Cape Town – Award-winning South African rapper Nasty C sparked social media buzz on Sunday when MDNNews revealed he... Read more 26 Nov
Countries Ghana supreme court defers ruling on anti-LGBTQ bill Ghana — Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred its ruling on a request to restrain parliament from transmitting a... Read more 17 Jul
Countries Gambia MPs uphold ban on female genital mutilation Gambia – Gambian lawmakers voted on Monday to uphold a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation, rejecting a controversial... Read more 15 Jul
Countries Sierra Leone adopts law banning child marriage Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday promulgated a law banning child marriage in a... Read more 3 Jul
Countries Gambia leader vows to uphold female mutilation ban, for now Gambia – Gambian President Adama Barrow said Thursday that his government would abide by a 2015 ban on female... Read more 28 Jun
Countries Controversial NHI Bill to be signed into law on Wednesday Cape Town — President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to sign the controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law... Read more 14 May
Countries Parliament to process BELA bill despite public rejections Cape Town — Parliament is set to continue processing the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill, despite objections and... Read more 18 Apr
Business No funding allocated to NHI yet – Godongwana Cape Town — Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana says the funding model for the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill has... Read more 21 Mar
Countries Pandor labels US Bill reviewing ties with SA as ‘unfortunate’ Cape Town — Minister of International Relations, Naledi Pandor, says South Africa does not want to end ties with... Read more 12 Feb
Countries Oppostion urges Ramaphosa not to pass NHI Bill Cape Town — South Africa moved one step closer to universal healthcare after the National Council of Province (NCOP)... Read more 9 Dec, 2023