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. . . slapped with show cause letter to explain why he should not be fired  …..Move comes after an inquiry chastised Nkalala as “unfit” to lead the LCS  Mathatisi Sebusi  LESOTHO Correctional Services (LCS) Commissioner, Mating Nkakala, has been served with a show cause letter to explain why the Prime Minister should not advise His […]

Eskom says it has reached a milestone of 100 consecutive days without load shedding. It has attributed this to its Generation Recovery Plan, introduced in March last year, and the hard work of its teams in stabilising the grid. The massive uptake in solar energy generation is also believed to have played a role in the […]

EFF leader Julius Malema says South Africa should follow the example set with tobacco and impose a total ban on alcohol advertising, arguing that current marketing glamorises drinking while concealing its social costs. Speaking at the Nigerian Bar Association’s Annual General Conference in Enugu on Sunday, Malema criticised how alcohol brands portray alcohol consumption. “We don’t want […]

GABORONE, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Botswana’s President Duma Boko declared a public health emergency on Monday, saying the national medical supply chain had failed, leaving hospitals and clinics short of medicine and other vital stock. Boko said the military would oversee an emergency distribution drive, and the first trucks would leave the capital Gaborone and […]

Ukrainian leader calls for wider international support to get Russia to negotiating table amid faltering peace efforts. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on countries in the Global South to support diplomatic efforts to push Russia to agree to end its war with Ukraine. In a social media post following talks with his South African counterpart Cyril […]

The Women’s Day Concert at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, brought together international soul legends and top South African artists for an unforgettable music celebration, including Anthony Hamilton, Joe Thomas and Zonke, who lit up the event despite technical glitches. Anthony Hamilton brings love and soul to Johannesburg Just like he’d promised, Grammy Award-winning American soul singer Anthony […]

The US has briefly deployed two warships in a disputed South China Sea shoal where two Chinese ships collided earlier in the week while trying to drive away a smaller Philippine ship in a high-seas accident that raised alarms about maritime safety. Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. […]

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israeli calls for Gaza’s population to move elsewhere, Europe’s strategy to end the Russia-Ukraine war, and missing details in the U.S. State Department’s human rights report. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel would allow Gazans to voluntary leave the besieged territory as Israel prepares to expand its military operations in […]

US president will propose money-making opportunities to encourage Russia to end Ukraine war Donald Trump is preparing to offer Vladimir Putin access to rare earth minerals to incentivise him to end the war in Ukraine. The US president will arrive at the much-anticipated meeting with his Russian counterpart on Friday armed with a number of money-making opportunities for […]