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August 5, 2026 In the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, repression reigns without end. A new political party, the Guardians of Zimbabwe (GoZ) created and led by former members of the nation’s security forces has faced scrutiny and repression by the regime of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, popularly known as “the Crocodile”. The swift and intense scrutiny carried

August 4, 2026 While South Africa continues to grapple with high unemployment, the United States is facing the opposite problem in one critical industry—it doesn’t have enough skilled workers to keep its electricity grid running. That shortage is creating opportunities for experienced South African electrical line workers, with some positions offering the equivalent of more

By Nyeleti Madonsela The start of Women’s Month was marked with a celebration of women in business as Purposefully Influencing hosted a business empowerment initiative at Parkhill, Durban, on Saturday, 1 August. The initiative aims to help women entrepreneurs grow their businesses by giving them the opportunity to pitch their businesses to a panel of

August 3, 2026 Artificial intelligence systems being tested by two of the world’s leading AI companies escaped supposedly controlled environments and broke into the computer systems of real organisations. OpenAI’s models reached the public internet and spent more than four days attacking infrastructure belonging to Hugging Face, a major platform for hosting AI models and

July 31, 2026 Technology and economics are evolving and the Halal -also pronounced as Halaal – food and culinary industry must adapt to stay relevant. Halal food refers to those food items and beverages that are strictly prepared according to Islamic dietary law. According to this law, alcohol, blood, pork, by-products made from blood and

July 28, 2026 South Africa once against finds itself in a divisive situation. This is in relation to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s victory in the Western Cape High Court on Friday, that had ruled that he would be granted interim relief to stall public hearings in his impeachment proceedings for a limited period of time that

July 27, 2026 Fairway Orchid and Rare Plant Fair takes place in Durban North. Thirteen years on the event founded by Melanie Van Greunen is still going strong. The Fair was created to fulfil the city’s need for an outdoor market dedicated to the local flora. The fair invites local plant enthusiasts, gardeners and their

July 24, 2026 The parliamentary impeachment committee charged with determining President Cyril Ramaphosa’s political faith has been barred from making decisions since Wednesday on how it would run its proceedings as the President’s testimony emerged as a point of contestation, with political fault lines broadly between the Government of National Unity (GNU) coalition partners and

July 23, 2026 Somalia’s incumbent administration of President Hassan Sheikh Muhammad and representatives of the opposition met in Mogadishu to end a dispute concerning the tabling of electoral and constitutional reforms. The meeting took place this week Monday 20th, July. Both sides had spent recent hours meeting independently with the political constituents they represent in