President Ramaphosa’s diary for the upcoming weeks

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to attend several events over the coming week.

This as the Presidency on Monday released the first citizen’s list of of public events, starting from Tuesday, 30 April to 9 May 2024.

National Orders

As Grand Patron of the National Orders, the President will on Tuesday, 30 April 2024, bestow the...

R35m in irregular payments recovered by SA Tourism

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says R35 million linked to irregular payments for services not rendered has been returned to the SA Tourism account.

Several irregular payments were made for services not rendered by South African Tourism’s US and South Africa offices. SA Tourism is the official tourism marketing agency of South...

Presidency ‘rejects’ narrative on BHP, Anglo American proposed deal

The Presidency has moved to dismiss media speculation and reports that BHP Billiton’s proposed takeover of Anglo American, excluding South African assets, is a sign of reluctance to invest in the country.

This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya who was briefing the media in Pretoria on...

NCOP approves Climate Change Bill

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has welcomed the approval of the Climate Change Bill by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).

“Climate change is here, and we have relatively little time to respond. The Bill empowers us to respond at the necessary scale and speed, building on the considerable amount of...

Under the bright lights of New York City’s Times Square, Nigerian chess champion and education advocate, Tunde Onakoya, set a new world record for the longest chess marathon. Clocking in at 60 hours, he beat the former record of 56 hours 9 minutes and 37 seconds held by Norwegians, Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad,… Read More »Tunde Onakoya: Nigerian Chess Champion Breaks World...

Apartheid in South Africa ended 30 years ago, unleashing a wave of change across the country. Buoyed  by the new freedom, filmmakers began to experiment, ushering in a new era of creative storytelling. Cinema has always been a key part of the South African identity, mirroring the character of the country at every turn. With the advent… Read More »South Africa’s 30 Years of Democracy...

In his upcoming album, “Funeral for Justice,” guitarist Mdou Moctar shakes a mighty fist at the government of Niger and its failure of the Tuareg people. Revered in the West for his amazing artistry, he is one of the few people who uses his music to address the struggles of the traditionally nomadic people of… Read More »Mdou Moctar’s Guitar is a Screaming Siren Against Africa’s...

New videogame, ‘Tales of Kenzera: Zau’ represents a watershed moment in gaming. By its consistent devotion to a theme – in this case, the universality of grief – and its focus on African culture, it represents a refreshing and multi-layered departure for the genre. INVERSE

It was a seemingly historic moment in 2017 when French president Emanuel Macron declared that France would repatriate its museums’ African art. While some art has made its way back to the continent, French museums are overwhelmed by the task of determining what constitutes plundered art, resulting in much hand-wringing and little progress. RFI

This year’s festival promises to be a celebration of creativity, innovation and the universal language of music. So, mark your calendars, grab your tickets and get ready to experience the magic of jazz in Cape Town. Beyond the music, the festival’s free masterclasses, aimed at nurturing the next generation of jazz musicians and fostering a… Read More »Less than a Week to “Africa’s...

Kwaku Yaro creates mixed-media portraits using cleverly upcycled wax prints, iconic blue-and-red chequered ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bags, and other urban materials. Based in Accra, one of the best places to visit in Africa in 2024, the Ghanaian visual artist namechecks his favourite art markets, beaches and Afrobeat bars in the hometown that inspires his work. CN TRAVELER

Stay on your horse! The five-day route, curated and sold by adventurous horse safari agency Ride the Wild, starts off in the Skeleton Coast National Park where the rib cages of shipwrecks lay picked clean by time and black-backed jackals scavenged for scraps off seal carcasses. Riders will work their way deeper into the Dorob… Read More »There’s Only One Rule for Riding Out in the Lawless...

These gentle giants are Earth’s largest land mammal and a common sight for those on safari in Africa. Nonetheless, these magnificent beasts are facing unprecedented threats to their existence, making both the imperative to understand more about them and the chance to encounter them in the wild more important than ever. Apart from humankind, elephants… Read More »Spotting Majestic African...

The museum wants to encourage recycling to protect the environment and teach young people how to live more sustainably. The Waste Museum has been open to the public and generating revenue, with over 2,000 people trained in organic backyard gardening and sustainable waste management. The Waste Museum has also become a popular destination for schools… Read More »A Museum in Nigeria Attracts...

It remains stubbornly high in Nigeria due to sporadic flooding and difficult terrain for the naira currency, a Reuters poll has found. The acute shortage of dollars in much of the continent, including Angola, Nigeria and Zambia, has often put home inflation under significant strain due to a reliance on single commodity currency inflows such… Read More »Inflation in Key African Economies...

Anglo American dashed BHP’s hopes after a volley of criticism from some of the company’s biggest shareholders within hours of the initial proposal on Thursday. The plans were criticised by Anglo investors including Legal & General Investment Management, one of its largest shareholders, and Abrdn as being “highly opportunistic” and “unattractive”. South Africa’s mining...