THURSDAY, 25 APRIL 2024, 03:44
The sector risk assessment aligns with the Financial Action Task Force, an intergovernmental body that sets global standards and measures for combating money laundering and terrorist financing. It will result in focused, proportionate, and risk-based measures to mitigate the identified risks to the NPO sector. Launched on 18 and 19 April, the report is a… Read More »The Risks of Terrorist...
Authorities have apprehended illicit moneychangers and closed the bank accounts of businesses accused of exclusively dealing in U.S. dollars. On Monday, Zimbabwe business owners pleaded with parliamentary committees to ask the government to stop arresting moneychangers and re-open the bank accounts of companies accused of only accepting foreign currency. “This is an inception process...
For the third time in the last month the 82-year-old has thwarted attempts to stop him, or his new party, from contesting the general election at the end of May. His latest victory came on Monday in the Durban High Court, where the governing African National Congress (ANC) tried to force his party, uMkhonto weSizwe… Read More »South Africa’s Former President Jacob Zuma is Proving he Still...
The findings, published in the scientific journal Current Biology, revealed that rising water levels are destroying cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, which the flamingos feed on. That species of cyanobacteria only grows in the highly salty and alkaline conditions of soda lakes. But more water in the lakes, which have no outflowing rivers, has… Read More »Popular Species of...
According to the African Center for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), Africa witnessed an average of eight terror-related incidents and 44 daily casualties in 2023. The toll included 7,000 civilians and 4,000 military personnel killed in attacks. Nigeria’s National Security Adviser and organizer of the summit, Nuhu Ribadu, emphasized the urgent need to… Read More »How to Curb...
This objective has been pursued in four ways: violent oppression and intimidation; composition of the electoral institutions; approval of presidential candidates; and campaign strategies. The election will take place on 6 May 2024 and end a three-year transition period led by Mahamat Déby after the sudden death of his father, Idriss Déby Itno, in April… Read More »Chad’s Three-year...
Last month the justice ministry said it was bringing back the death penalty, ending a moratorium that had been in place since 2003, in order to “rid our country’s army of traitors” and to “stem the resurgence of acts of terrorism and urban banditry”. Restoring capital punishment is, in part, a reaction to the desperate… Read More »Critics of Kinshasa’s Government are on Edge —and for Good Reason
A lightning strike ended her first attempt, but Patricia Ariokot was successful the second time, entering the Guinness Book of World Records when she hugged a tree for 16 hours. Her feat was not a publicity stunt but an effort to raise awareness for Uganda’s growing deforestation problem. According to Global Forest Watch, Uganda lost… Read More »Ugandan Climate Activist Sets a Guinness...
A senior official in the Eastern Cape Department of Health has been arrested for fraud.
Defence warned not to lecture Senzo Meyiwa murder investigating officer on her duties.
NPA ‘a long way down the road’ on its vital rebuild
National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi, has stated that despite unrelenting pressure and the devastation of State capture, the turnaround of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has been remarkable.
Batohi was speaking during a media roundtable on the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)...
The official was arrested in East London this morning on charges of fraud, forgery and uttering.
The SA Association of PhDs says the awarding of honorary doctorates should not be trivialized.
The Limpopo Health Dept says the remains have been packaged ahead of repatriation to Botswana.
Chikunga extends well wishes to aspiring traffic officers
Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has conveyed her well wishes to trainee officers, who will be embarking on the final selection process to train as traffic officers.
These officers are part of the national recruitment drive undertaken by the Road Traffic Management Corporation to reduce unemployment and create job...
Pavilion Home Affairs office hailed as a game-changer
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube says the opening of a Home Affairs office at the Pavilion Shopping Centre in Westville, Durban, is a game-changer in how government provides services to the citizens.
Dube-Ncube joined Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, to officially open the new Home Affairs office at the Pavilion...
The officer was busy with routine traffic law enforcement on the N2 toll road in Mpumalanga.
The Presidency announces recipients of National Orders
The Chancellor of the National Orders, Director-General in the Presidency, Phindile Baleni, has announced the recipients of National Orders.
On Tuesday, Baleni made public the names of South Africans and foreign nationals, who will be awarded National Orders at a prestigious ceremony on 30 April 2024.
The National Orders are...
Police officer allegedly shot his girlfriend and her brother before turning the gun on himself.
The Limpopo Pay-Point Organisation is aggrieved over the closure of physical pay points.
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.