The government, through the department of sport, arts and culture in collaboration with the Mpumalanga provincial government, is hosting a commemoration of late liberation struggle icon Chris Hani in Mpumalanga on Friday.
Myanmar’s new President Min Aung Hlaing said on Friday his government has many challenges to overcome and seeks to improve the country’s international standing, including normalising ties with Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN after five years in the cold.
The South African boxing landscape has found its definitive frontrunner in Brandon Thysse, says Golden Gloves promoter Rodney Berman.Known as “Fast Guns”, the 30-year-old son of late SA and Commonwealth super middleweight boxing champ, Andre Thysse, hold
President appoints two Judges of the Constitutional Court
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Justice Nambitha Christabel Dambuza-Mayosi and Justice Katharine Mary Savage as Judges of the Constitutional Court with effect from 1 May 2026.
President Ramaphosa has made these appointments after consultation with Chief Justice Mandisa Maya and leaders of political parties...
SA learners crowned African Spelling Bee champions
The Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, has officially received the African Spelling Bee Championship trophy from South African learners who secured first place at the continental competition held in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Team South Africa emerged as overall champions at the Africa leg of the spelling bee competition, with...
Governments are blocking the internet, banning social media posts and cutting access to commercial satellite images. But experts say that efforts to censor information have had mixed results.
Iran war-linked shipping disruptions have stranded 8 million kg of tea in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, costing the industry about $8 million a week in mounting losses.
Ukraine is playing an outsized role in Hungary’s election, where the Kremlin-aligned ruling party accuses Kyiv of sabotaging pipelines, laundering money and dragging Hungarians into war.
Standard Bank, the biggest bank in Africa by assets, has partnered with Anthem to fund the Notsi renewable energy project, South Africa’s largest single phased solar photovoltaic (PV) project to reach financial close.
[Namibian] * President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says a conclusion for a joint declaration between Namibia and Germany regarding the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama genocide is now within reach, possibly before the end of the year.
[U.S.-Africa Bridge Building Project] For 25 years, Friends of the Congo has worked to pull back the curtain on one of the world’s most resource-rich yet persistently impoverished nations — the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through education, advocacy, and community support, the Washington, D.C.-based organization has built a global network dedicated to centering the voices of Congolese people...
[Nile Post] Aptech Limited, a global leader in learning solutions with a presence in over 200 cities worldwide, today announced its official return to Uganda.
An activist in the academy, he wrote a foundational text in the field, “Occupied America: A History of Chicanos.” It is still in print and still assigned to students.
Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from NewScientist: According to quantum chromodynamics (QCD) — widely considered to be our best theory for describing the strong force, which binds quarks inside protons and neutrons — even a perfect vacuum isn’t truly empty. Instead, it is filled with short-lived disturbances in the underlying energy of space that flicker in and out of...
China’s exports of hybrid and electric vehicles more than doubled in March to a record, as the global fuel shock stemming from the Iran war renewed interest in EVs.
The charter, published on Thursday, alters the makeup and purpose of the panel, opening the door for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reclaim his revision of national vaccine policy.
President Trump will meet privately at the White House on Thursday with disenchanted leaders of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement.