On Dennis Pritt Road in Nairobi’s Kilimani district, long queues formed outside the Burundian embassy on 7 September. People were waiting for laissez-passers, temporary travel documents enabling them to return home without valid passports. The embassy had offered to issue them free of charge. Early social-media reports also referred to Congolese nationals preparing to leave…
President Trump on Monday nominated Kimberly Greenwood, the wife of “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood, to serve as ambassador to Barbados and several other Caribbean countries. Kimberly Greenwood’s nomination was sent to the Senate along with dozens of other nominations for judgeships, ambassadorships and administration officials. She was tasked to serve as ambassador…
The iPhone 18 Pro South Africans buying the entry-level iPhone 18 Pro will pay R200 more than the iPhone 17 Pro cost at launch a year ago, even though Apple has raised the price of the same phone by 9% in the US. The iPhone 18 Pro starts at R28 799 for the 256GB model, an…
Courts and Democratic-led states mount legal challenges against Trump administration visa and green card limits. Published On 15 Sep 202615 Sep 2026 US President Donald Trump’s administration has suffered two setbacks to its immigration agenda as a federal judge halted proposed visa caps and dozens of Democratic-led states launched legal challenges against broader residency restrictions….
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Image source: Presidency) South Africa recommends BRICS establish an international mechanism for the independent scientific evaluation of artificial intelligence (AI), said president Cyril Ramaphosa. This, amid the accelerated pace of AI development, sometimes resulting in AI models escaping test environments to hack companies or blackmail people. Ramaphosa made his comments during a…
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, June 29, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday night rejected a request by the Trump administration to lift a judicial block on a controversial U.S. Postal Service rule that critics feared would make it more difficult to vote by mail in the…
Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, 34, announced his international retirement on his social media accounts on Sunday, after eight years and 59 caps with the Lions of Teranga. “Jerejef (Thank you) Senegal,” Mendy posted in Wolof, the principle language of the country, above a video montage retracing his greatest moments in the Senegal shirt. Born in…
Optasia CEO Salvador Anglada Optasia reported a 58.1% jump in first-half revenue on Monday in its maiden interim results as a JSE-listed company. The full-year target it published alongside those numbers implies growth will slow sharply over the remaining six months – and, at the bottom of the range, that revenue will go backwards. Revenue…
On TV’s biggest night, the stars are coming out to shine. The 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles’s Peacock Theater promises to be all about prestige TV, but on the red carpet, the stars are showing off their Monday best. Everybody Wants This: forever heartthrob Adam Brody arrives at the Emmy Awards.Allen J….
SA investment firm DNI has invested more than R2.1 billion across the country’s digital economy. (Image: istockphoto.com) DNI, a privately owned South African investment company, has announced investments exceeding R2.1 billion across connectivity, digital services and fintech. The investment spans Frogfoot, Vox and Hypa, Mission Mobile and KnowRoaming, adding complementary capabilities in fibre infrastructure, device…
