Africa: May Day – African Workers Decry Rising Inequality, ‘Vanishing Billions’ and Elite Control

Africa: May Day – African Workers Decry Rising Inequality, ‘Vanishing Billions’ and Elite Control

Organised labour under the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has raised concern over what it describes as worsening inequality and economic hardship across the continent. Marking this year’s International Workers’ Day, ITUC-Africa warned that Africa is facing a growing imbalance in wealth distribution, where economic gains are increasingly concentrated among…

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Home Affairs officials suspended over AI ‘hallucinations’

Home Affairs officials suspended over AI ‘hallucinations’

Home affairs minister Dr Leon Schreiber. (Image source: Department of Home Affairs) The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is suspending two senior officials with immediate effect following the detection of apparent artificial intelligence (AI) “hallucinations” cited as references appended to the recently Cabinet-approved Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection. In a statement…

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Africa: Hate On Parade – Xenophobic Marches Gather Pace As UN Warns South Africa

Africa: Hate On Parade – Xenophobic Marches Gather Pace As UN Warns South Africa

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…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – May 1, 2026

Africa: All of Africa Today – May 1, 2026

  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….

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Logistics start-up Shiprazor pulls in R44-million seed round

Logistics start-up Shiprazor pulls in R44-million seed round

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,…

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Football, Soulslike, and Sci-Fi action

Football, Soulslike, and Sci-Fi action

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…

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