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Africa’s best-performing currency helps Uganda cut power prices
Uganda cut power prices by the most in two decades, helped in part by an appreciating currency that lowered the cost of ...
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South African business outlook muddied by deteriorating US ties
South African business sentiment remained in contractionary territory for a fifth straight month as a recovery in demand ...
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Africa’s trade goals are realised on local levels primarily with energy, transport projects
The goal of the African Continental Free Trade Area is to make Africa a single market with no trade restrictions between ...
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FUL March 2025 Newsletter – Major events relating to the judiciary and the rule of law
This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under ...
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DA to oppose budget until written deal is reached
South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) will oppose the national budget until it strikes a pact on growth and spending ...
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Rwanda and Belgium are at odds over the DRC: what’s led to the latest low point
Rwanda’s foreign affairs ministry suspended all diplomatic relations with Belgium in March 2025. Soon afterwards, Belgium ...
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As US cuts HIV assistance, South Africa turns to miners, insurer
Weeks after the administration of US President Donald Trump gutted the country’s aid programs, cancelling billions of dollars ...
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Can West African nations come together to stop terrorism spreading?
Mistrust between AES and ECOWAS countries must be overcome to enable intelligence sharing and security cooperation. On 8 ...
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23% of South Africa’s children suffer from severe hunger: we tested some solutions – experts
Unicef report found that 23% of South African children experience severe food poverty, eating less than two of the ...
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Business suffers in Zimbabwe’s major cities amid call for protests
Zimbabwe’s capital Harare and its second city Bulawayo were quiet on Monday despite calls for protests against the southern ...
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DA to lay criminal charges against Thembi Simelane
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane is once again in the spotlight after she was named in a News24 investigation ...
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Over 1.4bn disbursed for disaster response in 2024/25 financial year – Velenkosini Hlabisa
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa said on Monday that in the 2024/25 financial year, his department disbursed R1.444-billion towards disaster management for ...