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Zimbabwe Eyes 230,000 New Jobs as Economic Stability Opens Growth Window

Sep 15, 2026

Zimbabwe is at a critical economic turning point as recent improvements in macroeconomic stability create an opportunity to accelerate growth,

Uganda buries King Oyo as death sparks succession row

Sep 15, 2026

Thousands of people gathered in western Uganda on Saturday to pay their final respects to King Oyo. Oyo died last month at the age of 34, unmarried and without an official heir. Now a fight is underway over who will succeed him, pitting the royal clan against his closest relatives.

UDM announces Mlimandlela Ndamase as King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality mayoral candidate

Sep 15, 2026

The UDM has announced Mlimandlela Ndamase, a former ANC Youth League leader and long-time spokesperson of the ANC&#x2019s first deputy secretary-general, Nomvula Mokonyane, when she was in government, as its mayoral candidate for the King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality.

EFF&#x2019s Mofokeng slams &#x2018oppressive systems&#x2019 as she campaigns to lead Joburg into a new era

Sep 15, 2026

Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health and physician Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng says that running for mayor of Johannesburg for the EFF, after travelling the world and championing reproductive and sexual health, is not a demotion.

Ramaphosa &#x2018regularly in touch&#x2019 with Manamela amid governance issues in higher education dept

Sep 15, 2026

Following damning findings from an Auditor-General report that found Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela irregularly appointed 15 Sector Education and Training Authority boards, President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is &#x201Cregularly in touch with&#x201D the minister.

ANC apologises to Impendle municipality workers for unpaid salaries, censures councillors

Sep 15, 2026

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has publicly apologised to the people of Impendle after the municipality it governs failed to pay workers for more than four months.

Colossal energy brings veteran investor Warren Irwin on board as Africa strategy advances

Sep 15, 2026

Canadian explorer adds four decades of capital-markets and offshore investment experience as it targets upstream opportunities across Africa

Analyst says Algeria-UAE rift reflects wider Sahel dispute

Sep 15, 2026

Smail Debeche, a professor of international relations at the University of Algiers III, said the decision was a reaction to what he described as UAE actions against Algeria on the regional level, including in Africa's Sahel region and Libya.

Ebola: Kisangani gets new treatment centre as authorities scale capacity

Sep 15, 2026

Congolese authorities inaugurated a new treatment centre in the city of Kisangani as they race to ramp up surveillance, diagnostic and treatment capacity

UN warns of persistent corruption and violence ahead of S.Sudan polls

Sep 15, 2026

South Sudan has seen no progress on corruption or political stability, a United Nations commission warned on Thursday after touring the country ahead of its first-ever elections.

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