New hydrogen investment by PGMs-linked venture fund bodes well for South Africa 
By: Martin Creamer Updated 3 hours ago A new investment in hydrogen, made by the sustainability-focused AP Ventures, bodes well for South Africa. AP Ventures, an independent venture... →
South Africa tries to delay wage dispute hearing, unions opposed
By: Reuters Updated 4 hours ago South Africa's government has asked for a court hearing over a wage dispute with public sector trade unions to be postponed from Wednesday until... →
HIV generic drug for babies to be rolled out in Africa in 2021 – aid agencies
By: Reuters Updated 4 hours ago A strawberry-flavoured tablet for children living with HIV will be rolled out in African countries in 2021, the first generic paediatric version of... →
Durban Solid Waste tender scandal: Wife of municipal manager arrested, granted bail
By: News24Wire Updated 4 hours ago Bagcinele Cynthia Nzuza, the wife of eThekwini municipal manager Sipho Nzuza, is the seventeenth person to be arrested in connection with a Durban... →
OECD sees global economy turning the corner on coronavirus crisis
By: News24Wire Updated 4 hours ago The outlook for the global economy is improving despite a second wave of coronavirus outbreaks in many countries as vaccines emerge and a... →
DearSA not backing down from court bid to have lockdown extension set aside
By: News24Wire Updated 5 hours ago Non-profit organisation DearSA says it will not withdraw its court bid to have the extension of South Africa's lockdown regulations set aside. The... →
UN seeks access to 96 000 Eritrean refugees in Tigray where food running out
By: Reuters Updated 5 hours ago The United Nations refugee agency appealed on Tuesday to Ethiopian authorities for access to 96 000 Eritrean refugees in the northern Tigray... →
SA Supreme Court dismisses Airlink’s claim against national carrier SAA
By: African News Agency 1st December 2020 Privately owned airline Airlink said on Tuesday it was disappointed, but respected the Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss its claim... →
Pompeo voices 'grave concern' about ongoing Tigray hostilities
By: Reuters 1st December 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced grave concern about ongoing hostilities in the northerly Tigray region of Ethiopia during a telephone call... →
Somalia expels Kenyan ambassador over 'interference'
By: Reuters 1st December 2020 Somalia expelled Kenya's ambassador and recalled its own envoy from Nairobi after accusing its neighbour of interfering in the electoral process in... →
S Africa assumes UN Security Council Presidency
By: Thabi Madiba 1st December 2020 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will, on Friday, preside over a virtual debate on African Union and United Nations cooperation, as the... →
Latest Covid-19 numbers: 2 302 new cases bring SA's total to 790 004, with a total of 21 535 deaths
By: News24Wire 1st December 2020 South Africa recorded 58 more Covid-19-related deaths by Monday, bringing the death toll to 21 535. Of the 58 deaths, 32 were recorded in the... →
Mpofu tries to turn the tables on Gordhan at Zondo commission
By: African News Agency 1st December 2020 After hours of hostile questioning, the cross examination of Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan by counsel for fired South African Revenue... →
