A rare humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine’s front-line Kherson region that allowed civilians to evacuate the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky has ended. The localised ceasefire was due to end at 22:59 Ukrainian time (21:00 GMT) on Sunday. While the truce had held since it was implemented last week, fighting had continued elsewhere. On Sunday evening, Ukraine’s…
Vice President Jane Mayemu Ansah has called for reforms to electoral systems, political party structures and campaign financing to give women a fair chance to participate in political leadership across Africa. Speaking virtually at the inaugural High-Level Annual Conference on Gender and Elections in Africa in Johannesburg on Oct. 29, 2026, Ansah said democracy should…
Mwalimu Nyerere’s road to Sainthood: The President who put service before power Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK [email protected] A man who commanded an army, governed a nation and occupied the highest office in the land is now on a remarkable spiritual journey that could see him declared a saint by the Catholic Church….
Blu Label Unlimited Group co-CEO Mark Levy Blu Label Unlimited’s energy unit has started building its first power plant: a R360-million solar project at the Springs Fresh Produce Market that will supply electricity to the City of Ekurhuleni for 20 years. BluEnergy and its development partner, IBS Crafts, broke ground on the 25.6MWp (megawatt-peak) plant…
The president/chief executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has said Africa’s ambition to become a global industrial powerhouse hinges on its ability to mobilize long-term financing, deliver reliable electricity and adopt policies that turn its vast natural resources into manufactured products. Dangote, who has outlined a $50 billion investment programme for 2026 to 2030,…
Private renewable energy producers that wheel power – selling it directly to data centres and other large users and delivering it over the grid – have no regulated compensation if the grid operator switches them off because of oversupply. That gap has not cost them yet: as far as the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association…
For Africa to capture more value from cotton, it must secure access to markets big enough to support the growth of its manufacturers. The story of how factories first emerged and spread across the world is incomplete without mention of the cotton, textile and apparel sector. The sector powered the first industrial revolution in Britain…
A source in the Ukrainian defence ministry later told the BBC: “Last night, we detected restrictions affecting Starlink connectivity at speeds above 160 km/h, although we are still verifying the exact speed threshold. “This situation is significantly complicating operations, particularly logistics, unmanned systems, middle-strike missions, and other activities,” the source said, adding the “root cause”…
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and energy mayoral committee member alderman Xanthea Limberg. (Image source: supplied) The City of Cape Town has officially unveiled its metro-built hybrid power station in Atlantis, as it looks to generate cheaper electricity for its residents. The new plant was launched yesterday by Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, who was…
The world’s two biggest cocoa producers faced the same price collapse this year and made opposite choices. The reason is not economics alone. It is who holds power in each cocoa sector — a lesson aid and trade partners keep missing. Within three weeks of each other this September, the world’s two largest cocoa producers…
