[Swazi Media] The Army in Swaziland (eSwatini) has taken full charge after mass prodemocracy protests left many people dead, according to a Human Rights Watch official.

[Namibian] WORLD Athletics acted with negligence and insensitivity after inexplicably breaking a confidentiality agreement with the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) and Athletics Namibia over the handling of the Beatrice Masilingi and Christ...

[New Zimbabwe] THE fifth population census in Zimbabwe after its independence in 1980, will be conducted in April next year, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has announced.

[UNFPA] Windhoek -- "Gender equity has to be promoted beyond the public sector to cover all segments of society, beyond representation in leadership positions, to permeate all aspects of human endeavour, if we are to realize its benefits," said Namib...

[allAfrica] Geneva -- The violence that erupted in eSwatini in recent days -- in which dozens of people have been reported killed or injured during protests -- is deeply concerning, the UN Human Rights Office said Tuesday.

[Nation] Lusaka -- The funeral of Zambia's founding President, Kenneth Kaunda, is in limbo as some of his children and other family members have rushed to court to stop the government from burying him at a site designated for the country's heads of S...

[Nation] The net around the Gupta brothers, business associates of former South African President Jacob Zuma, is tightening after South African authorities said that Interpol is mulling the issuance of red notices for the duo and their wives over all...

[DW] A clampdown by security forces against pro-democracy protesters in Eswatini has left scores dead. Many factors led to unprecedented violence in Africa's last absolute monarchy. Could this spell the end of that system?

[Daily Maverick] Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has told the High Court in Pietermaritzburg that Jacob Zuma must be arrested before the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday, 7 July.

[New Zimbabwe] EFFORTS to resuscitate the troubled national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), are effectively dead in the water after the exposition by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) of a systematic plot to frustrate its revival inv...

[New Zimbabwe] THE mass informal traders Covid-19 vaccination programme started in Bulawayo Tuesday amid chaos and confusion.

[AIM] Maputo -- The French and Portuguese governments on Monday delivered 158,000 doses of vaccine against the Covid-19 respiratory disease to Mozambique.

[GroundUp] Much of the debate on the Draft Firearms Control Amendment Bill has focused on the so-called "right" to have a gun for self-defence. There is no right to carry a gun for self-defence under our Constitution.

[SAnews.gov.za] The City of Ekurhuleni has warned residents and businesses in various parts of the metro of water supply interruptions after a Rand Water pump exploded on Sunday.

[Spotlight Initiative] A community leader talks to a family in Gaza Province, Mozambique. Photo: UNFPA Mozambique/Mbuto Machili

[Daily Maverick] Our country is being sold to the highest bidder. It is the poor and Covid-affected citizens of South Africa who are footing the bill for corruption. When will it end? Is there even a possibility of an end if the governing party conti...

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has recorded 15 501 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 090 909.

[SAnews.gov.za] In an effort to build capacity in the South African Revenue Services (SARS), the revenue collector has entered into a partnership with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) to meet its skills demand.

[Daily Maverick] There is a thin-to-no chance that EOH will be banned from doing business with government, its chief executive officer Stephen van Coller told the Business Maverick on Tuesday, just as the firm's stock price took a hit after reports i...

[New Zimbabwe] RESERVE Bank Governor John Mangudya Monday said the central bank would investigate circumstance under which controversial Pakistani tycoon, Ali Mohamad managed to renew his gold-buying licence at a time he was answering a gold smugglin...

[New Zimbabwe] By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent

[New Zimbabwe] DAIRIBORD Zimbabwe Limited (DZL) has recorded an 18% increase in liquid milk sales volumes for May despite constrained supplies.

[Nyasa Times] Political scientist Professor Mustapha Hussein has asked former President Peter Mutharika to guard against public pronouncements, which could bleed disunity and generate into chaos in the country.

[New Era] Subsistence farming in the communal areas continues to bear the brunt of Covid-19, as farmers succumbing to the disease left behind a huge income shortfall for the surviving family members.

[New Era] Otjozondjupa regional leadership has been conducting weekly assessment and preparedness meetings as new Covid-19 infections continue to rise sharply.

[New Era] The debt-to-GDP ratio for Namibia continued to rise further above the central government debt ceiling of 35% of gross domestic product as of March 2021. Total debt as a percentage of GDP stood at 62% at the end of March 2021, representing y...

[SAnews.gov.za] With the challenges facing the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), the agency's CEO, Zolani Matthews, has affirmed his commitment to building capacity for the organisation to deliver on its mandate, resume services, moderni...

[CPJ] The Committee to Protect Journalists today joined 20 other media freedom organizations in an open letter to Eswatini King Mswati III, urging him to guarantee the safety and security of journalists and media workers in the country.

[AIM] Maputo -- Between Friday and Monday, the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) seized 144 luxury vehicles which were circulating illegally in the country.

[AIM] Maputo -- A group of 36 former guerrillas of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, will, within a matter of days, begin their training for membership of the Mozambican defence and security forces, according to a report on the independent ...