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Weekly Africa Report

In this week's Africa report, Malawi opposition have hailed a unanimous ruling by the country's constitutional court for new presidential election after annulling last year's disputed vote. In Kenya, second president Daniel arap Moi has died aged 95. Moi came to power in 1979 following the death of Jomo Kenyatta…

5 Feb 2020 10AM 13 min

World Economic Report

In this week's economic report, we look at the corona virus and its impact to the global economy. An estimated 0.2 percent would be wiped out from the global economy as the disease rages on. So can China handle the economic turmoil of its viral outbreak.? On the continent, Kenya's…

4 Feb 2020 10AM 13 min

Stats SA conducts National Household Travel Survey 2020

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is conducting the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS2020) and will visit 65, 000 dwellings across the country's 52 districts. The research, which is one of the country;s sample surveys, is funded by the Department of Transport. On line is Project Director at NHTS, Solly Molayi.

4 Feb 2020 9AM 8 min

SA women held in Syria want to come home

More than 20 widows of South African men who died in Syria fighting for international terror group Islamic State want to be repatriated back to South Africa. The women left the country to join their husbands who were fighting in Syria and other Middle East countries. On line is South…

4 Feb 2020 9AM 4 min

Middle East Peace Plan: annexation plan

As US president Donald Trump pushes on with Middle East Peace Plan, Palestinians will never be convinced a deal with Israel is worth making if annexation is packaged as peace. The deal, which does not meet the rights and aspirations of the Palestinian people, has been condemned by world leaders…

3 Feb 2020 10AM 9 min

Update: Coronavirus

What is the latest Coronavirus telling us about emerging new infections? It is estimated that 89 percent of one particular family of virus, known as RNA virus are zoonitic in origin. But to tell us more on them latest development is Director, Research Development and Principal Investigator, Molecular Biology and…

3 Feb 2020 9AM 8 min

Further public participation required to select WC Child Commissioner

The Parliamentary Committee on Social Development last week made public the names of 15 people who have been short listed to be interviewed for the role of the first ever Western Cape Commissioner for Children. On line is Director at Molo Songololo, Patric Solomon.

3 Feb 2020 9AM 12 min

Book Review: EB Koybie, a memoir of shenanigans between Durban and Mumbai

In this part memoir and part satire, Ebrahim Essa chronicles a quirky childhood growing up in the 1950s in an Indian township on the outskirts of the South African port city of Durban. About the author: Ebrahim Essa is a comic-book and Hindi film aficionado based in Durban. He taught…

31 Jan 2020 10AM 15 min

Is SA adequately prepared to handle coronavirus outbreak?

So news came through late last night that the World Health Organisation has declared the coronavirus as a global health emergency. Wuhan, the Chinese city of 11 million people where the virus emerged late last year, is now under effective lockdown. At least 213 people have died in China and…

31 Jan 2020 9AM 13 min

Media Review Network rejects Trump's “Scam of Century”

Media Review Network (MRN) , BDS South Africa and several civil organisations have joined millions of Palestinians in rejecting the immoral and indecent deal, labelled by Trump as “Deal of the Century.” The 'deal” unilaterally legalizes the annexation of Palestinian lands on which illegal structures have been built. On line…

30 Jan 2020 10AM 15 min

FAO warns of food security as locusts ravage Horn of Africa

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that rising numbers of Desert Locusts present an extremely threat to food security and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa. According to latest update on the Locust upsurge, the current situation would further worsen with new breeding. On line from Kenya…

30 Jan 2020 9AM 5 min

Charter Institute conference

The inaugural Charter Cities Conference being hosted in Johannesburg is gearing towards emerging economies and nations that are undergoing rapid urbanisation on the African continent. Its estimated that Africa's population will grow from its 1.2 billion to 4.5 billion in the next 80 years. To explain this is Executive Director…

30 Jan 2020 9AM 8 min

Water Management conference

The Water Management Framework has announced the proposals and scale of interventions required by international cities and governments if they are to avoid water shortages over the next 30 years. For more is Executive Director at Save our Schools (SOS) Shelly Humphreys

29 Jan 2020 9AM 6 min

Weekly Africa report

In this week's Africa report, we look at The Gambia, where protesters are demanding for the resignation of president Adama Barow who pledged in 2016 to step down after 3 years. They are also calling for return of former president Yayha Jammeh, who ruled the country for over 20 years…

29 Jan 2020 9AM 14 min

Public Protector hits back at Hawks

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has hit back at the Hawks that she will not give a warning statement to the police unit which is investigating her. In August Accountability Now laid charges of perjury against Mkhwebane, which the Hawks confirmed were investigating. On line is Director and Head of Projects…

29 Jan 2020 9AM 10 min

The truth about CAA

The Citizenship Amendment Act (ACT) passed by the BJP government has been challenged by uprising nationwide. The question raised by the masses are met with denial, deflection and deceptive statement. The government defends the Act, citing there are no plans to implement the national Register of Citizens (NRC) nationwide and…

28 Jan 2020 10AM 18 min

World Economic report

In today's World Weekly Economic Report, we look at the outcome of the Davos summit, with climate change the biggest discussion. Meanwhile, the outbreak of Coronavirus in China has taken a hit on corporate profits and factory production that has rattled global markets. On the continent , Zimbabwe's government has…

28 Jan 2020 9AM 14 min

Trump plans to “finish off “ Palestine

Palestinian officials have condemned US president Donald Trump's plan for the Middle East, known informally as the “ deal of the century,” as an effort to finish off the Palestinian cause. The deal will likely offer provisional fragments of land comprising of just 11 percent of what was recognised as…

28 Jan 2020 9AM 10 min

Sports Amendment Bill

SAFA Western Cape President Bennet Baily speaks on the sports amendment bill.

27 Jan 2020 10AM 19 min

ICJ rules against Myanmar government

The International Court of Justice, the world's highest court ordered Myanmar's government to prevent its military from committing acts of genocide against the Rohingya. The ICJ has also warned the Rohingya remain at serous risk of genocide and ordered the country to abide by the genocide convention and take all…

27 Jan 2020 10AM 9 min