Zimbabwe High Court ruled that the government exceeded its mandate in ordering an internet blackout during civilian protests last week, while the authorities blamed for the unrest the opposition politicians. #Zimbabwe court says internet shutdown during protests was illegal https://t.co/9A2GB37hv9 — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) January 21, 2019 In his interim ruling, High Court Judge Owen…
Category: South Africa
S.Africa ensures minimum wage
South Africa’s new national minimum wage will take effect from January 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, ensuring workers earn $1.42 an hour. “We are here to declare that from the 1st of January in 2019, the national minimum wage shall be introduced. No worker in South Africa may be paid below the national minimum wage,”…
Vietnam poachers killed more than 40 lions
Eight Vietnamese suspects will appear before a South African court to face charges of illegal possession of game products including lion parts and a tiger’s carcass, police said. Police agents found lion bones, lion meat, a tiger skin, gas cylinders, gas burners, containers, a saw, knives and other equipment when they intercepted the suspects’ two…
EU-South African to strengthen rules-based order
EU and South African leaders reviewed relations and discussed ways of intensifying and broadening their cooperation, at this 7thsummit between the two sides, which took place 100 years after Nelson Mandela’s birth. The summit is an opportunity for the leaders to advance bilateral cooperation, including trade, as well as multilateralism and the rules-based order. The…
Ramaphosa addresses Europarliament
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has addressed MEPs in a formal sitting in Strasbourg on Wednesday, 14 November during Plenary week. In view of upcoming VII EU-South Africa Summit in Brussels on 15 November the EU-South Africa strategic relations and cooperation, peace and security in Africa are among the issues addressed in Mr Ramaphosa’s speech. https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/1062656236578111488 The…
Cape Town: Jürgen Dünhofen in Transitions art project
“Depicting leaps in our life from chaos to order, transitions started with observing the flow of chaos and order between zones of quietude and stressful, busy moments where big changes in our lives occurred.” GROUND ART CAFFE 160 Strand street, Cape Town 8001 South Africa A collaboration by Jürgen Dünhofen, Thurlo Adams & Adam Douglas Moments…
Zulu King stands for cooperation with Boers
Goodwill Zwelithini, the King of the largest ethnic group in South Africa, Zulu, has spoken out against the expropriation of land without compensation in the country. Zulu is ready to cooperate with the country’s white farmers, known as Afrikaners or Boers. https://twitter.com/dailytelegraph/status/1050925356063121409 “The Zulu nation I’m talking about will not exist if we don’t…
Minister admits Zuma pressure to strike nuclear deal with Russia
South African Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said to a corruption inquiry that former President Jacob Zuma pressured him to agree to a massive nuclear power deal with Russian Federation to be delivered to President Vladimir Putin in 2015. EFF threatens to release Nhlanhla Nene's 'darkest secrets' should he not resign after his submission at the #StateCaptureInquiry https://t.co/KbxjH4jZ4h…
Trump declines talks with Ramaphosa amid farm murders
At margins of the United Nations General Assembly President Donald Trump declined bilateral talks with South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa. Reportedly US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will have a meeting with International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu to clarify the situation in South Africa upon request of the US President, who expressed concerns with ongoing brutal murders of…
Mandela statue inauguration in UN premises in New York
“We trust that this statue will remain a constant reminder to the international community of the dedication of Nelson Mandela to the mission of the United Nations and a constant affirmation of South Africa’s commitment to contribute to a better world for all,”said South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ceremony of unveiling of the Mandela statue…
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