Rekindling The Passion And Energy
New Eskom board chairman Mpho Makwana gave an interview on the side-lines of the Green Energy Africa Summit (GEAS) in Cape Town. Speaking only days after the new Eskom board was appointed, he shared his views on the just transition, securing South Africa’s energy needs, and getting Eskom fired up again. We are speaking on […]
Luie V Releases His Hit Song “Ngiyazifela” Featuring Tarenzo Bathathe
Luie V is back! He has just dropped the long-anticipated hit song “Ngiyazifela” featuring the talented producer Tarenzo Bathathe! The single, a chilled love Amapiano track, displays Luie V unique multi-lingual talents and songwriting abilities. The single “Ngiyazifela” is from his Debut Album. The song snippets received amazing love across the African continent and abroad, […]
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Kids’ Channels, Cartoon Network And Boomerang Recognised In Sunday Times GenNext Awards
The results of the 18th Sunday Times GenNext Awards, conducted by Yellowood, have been announced, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s kids’ channels and cartoon shows have once again dominated the television category. Cartoon Network has, for the seventh year in a row, come in as the #1 ‘Coolest Kids TV Channel’ with Boomerang following closely behind in the #3 spot. Not only has Cartoon Network snatched the […]
The WHO Launches a Suicide Prevention Campaign in Africa
About 11 people per 100,000 die in the African region, which is higher than the global average of nine cases of suicide per 100,000 people,” the WHO regional office for Africa said in a statement. Africa “is home to six of the ten countries with the highest suicide rates in the world,” it continued. The […]
India is Investigating the Deaths of Dozens of Children in The Gambia
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters the UN agency was investigating the deaths from acute kidney injuries with India’s drug regulator and New Delhi-based cough syrup manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals. The agency informed the Drugs Controller General of India of the deaths late last month, after which the regulator launched an investigation with state authorities […]
Big Pharma Hits Out at Africa’s Replica Covid Vaccine
Moderna has filed several patents in South Africa and has refused to cooperate and share technology with the hub in Africa, likening the replica vaccine to a “copy of a Louis Vuitton handbag”. In addition, Moderna is suing fellow mRNA vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and BioNTech, which has raised fears that it could enforce patents against […]
High-level Speakers at Climate Talks in Kinshasa Call Out Rich Nations
Dozens of ministers and senior delegates are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this week for a final meeting before the COP27 climate summit in November, where more vulnerable countries hope to push for compensation for economic losses linked to climate catastrophes. “The finance currently available is a pittance with respect to the […]
Lesotho Set to Vote
Failure to pass and implement the 11th Amendment to the Constitution Bill poses several challenges for Lesotho’s incoming government. The implementation of the national reforms process started in May when all the major parties in parliament signed a pledge to pass the amendments, commonly known as the “Omnibus Constitutional Bill”, by the end of June. […]
Museveni’s Son Forgets the Rules of Twitter
President Yoweri Museveni has apologized to Kenyans over tweets posted by his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba that had repeatedly threatened to invade Uganda’s East African neighbor. In a series of tweets on Monday and Tuesday, Kainerugaba posted provocative messages, including proposing the unification of Kenya and Uganda. “It wouldn’t take us, my army and me, 2 […]
Kidnapping Ordeal Comes to an End for Nigerian Families
A Nigerian gang has freed the remaining 23 people it had held for six months since attacking a train in northern Kaduna state. Gunmen initially took more than 60 people from the train and authorities have negotiated for months with the gang to win their release. Relatives of the victims welcomed their release but have […]
