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UN Security Council Should Renew Embargo, Demand Concrete Rights ReformsNyagoah Tut PurResearcher, Africa DivisionThe United Nations Security Council should renew an arms embargo on South Sudan this week along with travel bans and asset freezes on desi...

Former South African President Jacob Zuma pleaded not guilty to corruption charges Wednesday in a trial that began more than a quarter century ago after some of the alleged crimes were committed. Zuma, 79, is being tried on multiple counts of corruptio...

Tomorrow, Premier Alan Winde will hold a digital press conference on the health platform and vaccine update in the Western Cape, with a focus on how the rollout is going and what can be expected in the next few weeks. Premier Winde will be joined by th...

(Nairobi) – Burundi’s scrutiny and control of media and nongovernmental organizations, and the conviction after deeply flawed proceedings of 12 journalists and activists in exile have a continued chilling effect on their work, Human Rights Watch said t...

Tourism fund boosts Western Cape destination offer and supports jobsYesterday (25 May, 2021), I visited three businesses near Oudtshoorn that are beneficiaries of our Tourism Product Development Fund which we launched last year to support new or existi...

Holsloot Weir to be officially openedTomorrow, Thursday,27 May 2021, the Western Cape Minister for Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, will officially open the Holsloot Weir near Rawsonville.The Holsloot Wier, built at the cost of R78 million, responds to the ...

22 fatalities by gunshot wound this past weekend, Children amongst the victimsToday, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, expressed his shock and anger at news of continuing gun violence in Cape Town, which culminated in the death of three p...

Since early May, a series of armed attacks on villages in the commune of Tin-Akoff, in the northern Sahel region and close to the borders with Mali and Niger, has driven 4,755 people to flee their homes and seek refuge in the town of Tin-Akoff and the ...