Black Rock Mining’s urgent application to the high court in Johannesburg to have Nkosana Makate’s funds from his settlement with former employer Vodacom frozen has been dismissed because Black Rock failed to prove its claim that Makate intends to “dissipate” the money. In a judgment handed down on 8 December, acting high court judge Don…
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP speaking at the UNEA-7 meeting. PHOTO/UNEP. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [email protected] The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in additional global GDP, avoid millions of deaths and lift…
Nigeria has been described by the Chief Economist of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Dr. Yemi Kale, as a natural frontrunner in the Africa’s transition towards technology-driven commerce under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Speaking in Abuja recently at the inauguration of the Africa Trade Center (ATC) in Abuja, with the theme; “Unlocking…
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The latest job market data points to renewed growth in tech hiring, spurred by cloud and artificial intelligence adoption. Demand for tech professionals in South Africa surged in the second half of 2025, signalling a positive turnaround for the sector. This is according to Pnet’s Job Market Trends Report for November 2025, which shows signs…
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 1316th meeting, held on 7 December 2025, considered the emergency situation in the Republic of Benin. Council took note with grave concern and strongly condemned in the strongest possible terms the attempted unconstitutional change of government in the Republic of Benin by…
UN Environment Programme Executive Director, Inger Andersen, with UN Secretary General, António Guterres, during a past event. PHOTO/FILE. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) opened today in Nairobi, bringing together over 6,000 participants from more than 180 countries to address the escalating environmental crises threatening the planet….
Nasa’s Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, have returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). They landed near the city of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. The crew completed a 245-day mission aboard the ISS, orbiting Earth 3,920 times and travelling nearly 104 million miles, according to Nasa. This mission…
LG Electronics has announced that its dedicated virtual production (VP) LED solution is powering the newly opened “Studio V”, a cutting-edge VP stage located within StudioCube in Daejeon, South Korea. StudioCube is the country’s largest public filming facility, and Studio V now stands as one of the world’s largest volume VP studios, reinforcing Korea’s growing…
(Algiers, November 30, and December 1, 2025) WE, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the participating Member States of the African Union (AU), Heads of Delegations, Representatives of the AU Commission including the Pan-African Parliament, Representative of CARICOM region, academics, experts, jurists, and historians, meeting in Algiers on 30 November and December 1, 2025, within the…
