Inflation hits 5.9% for third time in five months, with big hikes in fuel and food
By: News24Wire 18th May 2022 Annual consumer price inflation remained unchanged at 5.9% in April 2022, Statistics SA reported on Wednesday. This is the third time in five... →
When Africans asked for Covid shots, they didn't get them. Now they don't want them
By: Reuters 18th May 2022 It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area... →
Land Bank's 2-year lending drought to farmers to end by September, Parliament hears
By: News24Wire 18th May 2022 The Land Bank on Tuesday told Parliament that it would resolve the default on its debt by the end of September, ending a period of two years in... →
Aspen’s Covid flop bodes ill for Africa’s vaccine making drive
By: Bloomberg 18th May 2022 Africa’s drive to set up a vaccine industry after being left at the back of the queue in the global scramble for Covid-19 shots has stumbled at the... →
Ramaphosa tables fourth part of Zondo report, Parliament to start working on published parts 
By: News24Wire 18th May 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa tabled the fourth part of the State Capture Inquiry's report with Parliament on Tuesday - and, in a turnaround from the... →
Govt denies claim that Treasury is refusing to release disaster relief funds in KZN
By: Sane Dhlamini 17th May 2022 Government has hit back against claims made by the Democratic Alliance (DA) that National Treasury is refusing to release funds to the... →
Health department studying treatment of immigrants at public hospitals
By: News24Wire 17th May 2022 The Department of Health is conducting a study on the treatment of foreign nationals at South African health facilities. This comes amid rising... →
Akinwumi Adesina won't run for Nigerian Presidency, thanks supporters
By: Thabi Madiba 17th May 2022 African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday declined support, from various groups, for him to run for the Nigerian... →
Zimbabwe unfreezes bank lending only days after policy change
By: News24Wire 17th May 2022 Zimbabwe has lifted its ban on bank lending, the central bank has announced, more than a week after the government froze loans in a move it said... →
Ethiopia to get $300m World Bank grant for reconstruction
By: News24Wire 17th May 2022 Ethiopia and the World Bank have signed a pact for a grant of $300-million to assist reconstruction and recovery in conflict-hit areas, the finance... →
Zimbabwe lifts import duties on basic goods, with SA set to benefit
By: News24Wire 17th May 2022 On Tuesday, Zimbabwe lifted import duties on a range of basic goods – including rice, cooking oil, sugar, maize meal, milk powder and soap – for... →
Law firm drawing on giga-scale hydrogen project experience to derisk new ventures
By: Martin Creamer 17th May 2022 Lack of expertise about getting giga-scale hydrogen projects off the ground is a big problem in the industry, say Allen & Overy South Africa’s... →
Case against military vets who allegedly held ministers hostage withdrawn
By: News24Wire 17th May 2022 The criminal case involving 53 military veterans accused of taking two ministers and a deputy minister hostage, has been withdrawn. The National... →
