Across major cities, political entrepreneurs like Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and Zandile Dabula are staging increasingly bold anti-migrant marches, with little pushback from authorities. As António Guterres condemns the surge in threats and violence, South Africa faces mounting pressure to act before rhetoric turns fully combustible. City by city, South Africa’s two leading anti-foreigner figures – media-facing…
Pedestrians at Pitt Street Mall in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images Markets in Australia and Japan rose Friday, mirroring gains on Wall Street that saw both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite reach new highs. This comes as investors took in strong earnings from Apple and…
Ugandan Man Gets Death Sentence for Nursery School Killings A Ugandan court has sentenced 38-year-old Christopher Okello Onyum to death by hanging for the murder of four toddlers at a nursery school in Kampala. The victims, aged between one and two, were fatally stabbed at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program on 2 April….
Cape Town-based e-commerce logistics start-up Shiprazor has raised US$2.65-million (about R44.6-million) in a seed round led by pan-African venture capital firm Norrsken22, taking its total funding to $3.3-million. AAIC, E4E and Tremis Capital also participated, alongside angel investors that include senior leaders at Google. Founded in 2023, Shiprazor sits between online merchants and courier companies,…
Nairobi — China’s zero-tariff treatment to all African countries that have diplomatic relations with it will come into effect starting May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2028. This came after China had granted zero-tariff treatment on 100 percent of tariff lines since December 1, 2024 for 33 least developed African countries with which it maintains…
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PlayStation Plus is delivering a diverse trio of titles this May, catering to fans of precision combat, sports simulation, and dark fantasy. All three games will be available for subscribers to add to their libraries starting May 5. Read: ASUS launches the dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo laptop The lineup is headlined by Nine Sols, a…
The shutdown caused chaos in airports across the US as politicians feuded over funds for Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Tiro Moyo, Gerhard Vosloo and Rudra Patel take on global challenges at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, showcasing innovation in AI, space science and biomedical research. (Image supplied) Three South African high school learners will represent the country at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the US next month, presenting…
Washington — A major fire broke out earlier this week on the USS Higgins, a guided-missile destroyer and a mainstay of the Navy’s forward presence in Asia, according to U.S. officials. The fire knocked out electricity and propulsion on the destroyer, one of the officials told CBS News, speaking under condition of anonymity because they…
