[Daily Maverick] South Africa's President will not be able to attend this week's Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali. But his office insists it's no snub to Rwandan President Paul Kagame -- it's just that his diary is full.

[Daily Maverick] Yet another delay has arisen in the seemingly interminable legal effort by South Africa to extradite the evangelical preacher and self-styled 'Prophet' Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary from their home country Malawi to face many ch...

[Daily Maverick] Alok Sharma, the head of the global climate summit, will visit South Africa this week to boost implementation of the energy transition project, designed to help the country move towards its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050...

[Times of Zambia] THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning says the Government is expecting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package to be agreed by the end of this month.

[Namibian] Deputy prime minister and international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia should consider getting water from the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

[Namibian] SEYCHELLES and Botswana will kick off the 2022 Cosafa Cup when they clash in a Group A encounter at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban, South Africa on 5 July.

[Times of Zambia] The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) has called on African member states to conduct a national study or assessment on harmful practices affecting children on the continent.

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has admitted that some of its officers and those in the police force are corrupt and told parliament blame lies squarely on failure to pay them competitive wages that is motivating their b...

[New Zimbabwe] The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has said late Vice President Joshua Nkomo's decision to turn down an chance at splitting Zimbabwe into two, on tribal lines, is partly to blame for the murder of some 20 000 mainly Ndebele speaking pe...

[New Zimbabwe] Government was on Saturday, in a last gasp attempt to stop industrial action by poorly paid nurses, expected to start Monday.

[New Zimbabwe] NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) urging the immediate suspension of local government minister July Moyo to facilitate investigations into fres...

[New Zimbabwe] AN unsuspecting Zvishavane motorist was robbed off his top-of-the-range Toyota Vigo, a computer, cash, and other valuables by five men he had offered a ride.

[New Zimbabwe] Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa Friday launched a scathing attack on parliamentarians, questioning whether they were not actively grooming corruption by remaining mum and failing to query tenders and questionable characters co...

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Red Cross Society has asked Malawian parents to quickly understand the importance of getting all children under the age of five vaccinated against polio for the sustainability of a polio free status for the country.

[263Chat] To understand who they are, and how they want, and need to be supported, we visited several households around the country and encountered some of the most happy-go-lucky, full of life people we had ever met. And indeed, some of the most bro...

[263Chat] In its High Court application seeking a review of the Parliamentary Committee on Lands and Agriculture inquiry, GMAZ said the flamboyant legislator was abusing his position to force his way into a grain transportation deal.

[The Conversation Africa] Increases in the domestic price of fuel are big news in South Africa, with the price of petrol, diesel and paraffin reaching new highs. The underlying reason for the price increases is movements in the international price of...

[New Zimbabwe] The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (Southern Defenders) has described Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure's recent arrest as unlawful and a misuse of the justice system.

[Namibian] NATIONAL rugby coach Allister Coetzee expressed satisfaction with the Welwitschias' performance after they beat Stellenbosch University 36-19 in a warm-up match on Friday.

[Namibian] FNB UNAM revived their title challenge in the Namibian Rugby Premier League with a great 37-31 victory against FNB Wanderers on Saturday.

[Namibian] BRADLEY Murere (19), elite athlete at MTC Dome Namibia and winner of the Disability Sportsman Namibia 2021 award, will attend the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at the end of July.

[Namibian] THE refurbishment of the Independence Stadium in Windhoek is expected to start in August, and will cost just over N$83 million, the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service said on Friday.

[The Conversation Africa] Women in low- and middle-income countries experience high levels of common mental disorders - anxiety and depression - during pregnancy and the first year after birth. The prevalence is estimated at nearly 20%, and is higher...

[New Zimbabwe] BULAWAYO residents under the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA), have written to the Bulawayo city council expressing displeasure over the local authority's recent decision to levy rates in US dollars.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE joined the rest of the world in commemorating the World Desertification and Drought Day on Friday, with the Government calling on everyone to participate in preserving and properly managing the environment.

[The Herald] THE basic fundamentals of the Zimbabwean economy are in place: the Government for the Second Republic lives within its means for the first time since independence with borrowing limited to 1,5 percent of gross national product and even t...

[The Herald] A Harare man escaped death by a whisker after he was severely assaulted with unknown objects at the height of a quarrel over a homemade heater (mbaura) at a local bar.

[The Herald] DEVOID of any ideological direction and concrete grassroots structures, the opposition CCC and some non-governmental organisations are resorting to fomenting political tension and violence to justify more funding from their benefactors a...

[The Herald] On the first day of a new year as we were planning how to celebrate, my cousin Emily's smouldering wick snuffed out as she took her own life after a long battle with depression.

[The Herald] MOSES Tarakinyu lived up to expectations as he won the inaugural Mashwede 10km Road Race in 30 minutes 41 seconds at Mashwede Village in Harare's high-density suburb of Budiriro yesterday.