South Africa will hold its national election on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday. Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress, the party once led by Nelson Mandela, is expected to face a stern test to retain its majority in South Africa’s
A South African court on Tuesday upheld a ban on leaders of a boisterous opposition party from attending a speech this week by President Cyril Ramaphosa opening the new parliamentary session after they were sanctioned for disrupting the event a year ago.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni initiated a summit of African leaders to present Italy’s development plan for the continent on Monday. Meloni’s plan targeted migration flows, energy diversification and a new Europe-Africa relationship. Italy hopes its development plan will create economic conditions that
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni initiated a summit on Monday with African leaders, EU and UN officials, and representatives from international lending institutions to unveil Italy’s comprehensive development plan for Africa. The primary objective is to address migration issues and establish a new
English is one of the most spoken languages in the world and many countries have adopted it as their official one. Across the African continent, there are 27 out of 54 nations speaking English as their official or second language. Despite this,
Europe and Africa may be poised to be linked like never before, with a major new rail project connecting Spain, Portugal and Morocco rumoured to be on the cards prior to the 2030 World Cup – but time is running out. The
Israel plans to defend itself against genocide accusations filed by South Africa with the International Court of Justice. Eylon Levy, an official in the Israeli prime minister’s office, accuses South Africa of providing political and legal cover to Hamas’ October 7 attack.
The South African government on Tuesday announced its intent to construct new nuclear power stations. The move comes as opposition politicians warn that the country’s “preferred” nuclear partner would be Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear agency. The project, still in its infancy, has
The death toll from a mining tragedy last week in South Africa that involved an elevator has risen to 13 people after a worker died at a hospital, the mine operator said Monday. Impala Platinum said that the worker died Sunday from
It’s hard to believe that you could travel to Africa for less than the price of a tank of fuel but one Edinburgh couple paid just £35 each to fly to Morocco last month. Jamie and Sarah MacLeod picked up the bargain