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President Emmerson Mnangagwa walked out of the New Parliament Building in darkness, a significant highlight of the country's ongoing electricity crisis. The 82-year-old Zanu PF leader had attended the 2025 National Budget presentation by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube in Mt Hampden, situated on the outskirts of Harare. As Ncube was concluding his presentation the entire Parliament precinct was plunged into darkness. Ironically, Ncube allocated ZiG259 million to the Ministry of Energy for the coming year,

About 150 shacks at Kenville informal settlement were gutted on Wednesday afternoon Hundreds of people were left homeless after about 150 shacks at Kenville informal settlement in Durban were gutted by fire on Wednesday afternoon. Most people were at work when the fire started and unable to salvage their belongings. Community leader Nhlanhla Mbili said by the time firefighters arrived most of their shacks had caught alight. It took about five hours to extinguish the fire. Mbili said community leaders had

President Bola Tinubu's state visit to France brings a delegation of Nigerian business leaders seeking new investment in Africa's largest economy. It also reflects growing efforts to strengthen economic links between Nigeria and France. Tinubu began his two-day trip on Thursday with a ceremony at Les Invalides in central Paris, accompanied by President Emmanuel Macron, the leaders' two wives and representatives of the French army and ministries. It comes as Nigeria aims to tackle economic challenges,

Over 1,000 Spaza Shops Shut Down in National Crackdown President Cyril Ramaphosa has reported the closure of over 1,000 spaza shops and warehouses since his call for stricter regulations in the sector two weeks ago, reports?EWN. Ramaphosa said that authorities had inspected nearly 200,000 spaza shops nationwide after several child deaths were linked to contaminated food bought from these stores. "More than 1,000 spaza shops, supermarkets, and warehouses have been shut down, with significant

Finance and Investment Promotion Minister, Mthuli Ncube,Thursday once again was forced to cut bids submitted by government departments by 62 % as the estimated US$8 billion budget targeted welfare-related ministries. Premised under the theme: 'Building Resilience for Sustained Economic Transformation', Ncube said the budget seeks to respond to the challenges and opportunities by laying a solid foundation for future sustained and inclusive growth and development. The Treasury boss told the August House that

South Africa's illicit gold trade is lucrative and controlled by gangs Late on Sunday night, 14 zama zamas surfaced from deep underground at a disused mine in Stilfontein, where a major operation against illegal mining is ongoing. Police were guarding the shaft's entrance and arrested them. One of the zama zamas gave his age as 14. The miners were all Mozambican. Their clothes were torn and muddy. Some of them had bare feet. They had been climbing for several days up the giant steel girders that held a

Rabies, despite being a major public health concern in Africa, is still not fully understood, due to the limited data available on it. This has slowed down efforts to eliminate it, yet the continent bears a significant burden of the disease and accounts for most of the deaths it causes globally. With the exception of only a handful of countries, the continent generally has poor and incomplete data on this disease that results from bites or scratches by an infected dog. According to the World Health

Lawmakers were sharply divided on the implications of such a move, with arguments oscillating between expanding legal protections for survivors of sexual violence and concerns about potential conflicts with Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act. A heated debate erupted on Tuesday in Parliament during a joint session of the Legal and Gender Committees, centering on the inclusion of the anus and mouth as recognised sexual organs in the Sexual Offences Bill 2024. Lawmakers were sharply divided on the implications

Attacks using improvised explosive devices are among the deadliest. They require flexible responses that match terror groups' changing tactics. Insurgents are increasingly using improvised explosive devices

A senior Rwandan justice official said the country would not accept to be a safe haven for foreign criminals after the Ministry of Justice extradited a terror suspect to India on Wednesday, November 27. Rwanda extradited Salman Khan, an Indian national, after the first India sent its first extradition request to Rwanda on October 29. An Interpol Red Notice had been received by Rwandan officials in early August. Khan was arrested in Rwanda on September 9. ALSO READ: Rwanda extradites terror suspect to India