FAKE: Poster claiming all ‘illegal foreigners’ must leave South Africa by 30 June 2026 fake, debunked by police IN SHORT: A circulating poster in the name of South Africa’s department of home affairs claims “All illegal foreigners must leave South Africa by June 30th”. But it’s not from the department and has been debunked by…
Cambodia did not order African nationals to leave the country – viral notice fake IN SHORT: A notice circulating on social media claims that the Asian country of Cambodia has ordered all African nationals to leave the country or face arrest and a hefty fine. However, the notice is fabricated. A notice appearing to be…
Only half are confident that their country’s legal system provides justice for ordinary citizens. Key findings Formal and informal justice systems continue to coexist: Across 38 countries, almost half of citizens see the police (41%) or local courts (7%) as their first point of contact for resolving legal problems, but 26% would go first to…
Malawi’s government announced a formal voluntary repatriation on 2 June after vigilante attacks on African migrants spread across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. Over 2,449 Malawians crossed back home through border posts before the repatriation was even announced, with the numbers rising sharply each week. More than 2,000 Malawians in South Africa have asked…
The author, Wiehann Olivier For years, one question in South Africa’s cryptocurrency debate has been deceptively simple: if bitcoin is bought in South Africa and moved to a wallet linked to an offshore custodian, has capital left the country? A new high court ruling brings that question into focus – not as a debate about…
Thousands of Muslims began to leave the holy city of Mecca on Friday after having completed the hajj pilgrimage in scorching heat and despite the shadow of war across the Middle East. This year more than 1.7 million people from 165 countries took part in one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, against the backdrop…
A truck drives past an ADNOC Gas a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company facility in Abu Dhabi on March 3, 2026. Ryan Lim | AFP | Getty Images The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave OPEC and OPEC+ was based on the country’s economic vision and not on politics, the country’s energy…
Rescuers are searching for survivors in the rubble of a residential building hit overnight in Kyiv.
FEMA has welcomed back at least 15 whistleblowers who were placed on indefinite administrative leave in August after signing a public letter protesting moves by the since-ousted Department of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The decision to allow the employees to…
Vox has taken every fixed broadband award in Opensignal’s latest South African benchmarking exercise, an outcome that puts a specialist internet service provider ahead of the country’s largest mobile operators on home connectivity. The comparison measured the performance of Herotel, Vodacom, Rain, MTN, Telkom and Vox across connections spanning fibre and fixed wireless access –…
