[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Water Crisis to Outpace Energy Crisis, Infrastructure Group Warns

[allAfrica] Sharm el-Sheikh -- Providing decent jobs, and protecting the rights and futures of workers are levers for climate ambition, says a global trade union confederation

[GroundUp] The City of Johannesburg has broken a promise to open the R23-million Lehae Library by July.

[New Zimbabwe] HARARE City Council Mayor Jacob Mafume has threatened legal action over the slow disbursement of devolution funds to the local authority, saying the development is hampering service delivery in the capital.

[Nyasa Times] Officials from Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) say Wednesday evening's national blackout was as a result of vandalism on one of its towers in Blantyre.

[The Conversation Africa] Changes in climatic factors - such as higher temperatures and increased rainfall - affect the developmental, behavioural and distribution patterns of insects like mosquitoes. These changes have serious implications for the e...

[spotlight] As the strain on the Eastern Cape's oxygen supply increased during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities often had to intervene and use their own trucks to ferry oxygen cylinders to deep rural areas - often over...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Public servant workers have embarked on a nationwide strike in a demonstration calling for higher wages, Eyewitness News reports. The workers are on a one-day stay-away in opposition to of a 3% wage hike offered by government...

[Govt of SA] Western Cape Cabinet resolves to set up task team to help mitigate impact of load shedding

[New Zimbabwe] AFTER putting up a brave eight-year fight against astroblastoma, a rare type of cancer, and undergoing multiple brain and spinal surgeries, Tawanda Chamunorwa has died.

[Scrolla] A Zimbabwean businessman who evaded arrest for two years is finally behind bars.

[Scrolla] The City of Johannesburg is battling to save its CCTV cameras, which have been instrumental in preventing crime in the city centre.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Is South Africa Facing a Policing Crisis?

[Nyasa Times] Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) has justified the renewal of the contract to coach Peace Chawinga-Kalua, saying the team's poor run of form during her tenure was not her fault.

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera says Malawi has arrived back from Sharma El-sheikh in Egypt where he attended the COP 27, saying he will continue to push for developed countries for a share of climate financing.

[Nyasa Times] Some Malawians have taken up on various social media platforms to question the criteria the National Planning Commission (NPC) used to identify former President Professor Peter Mutharika as one of the recipients of an award.

[State Department] On behalf of the United States of America, I wish the people of Angola a heartfelt congratulations as you celebrate 47 years of independence.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's National Assembly will discuss and pass the Draft Amnesty Law, a legislative initiative of the Executive.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's Airlines (TAAG) has announced plans to provide more services on domestic routes with greater demand, after the company pledged to increase flight frequencies as of November 11.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Algerian ambassador to Angola Abdelhekim Mihoubi proposed the creation of a Friendship and Solidarity group between the Angolan and Algerian parliaments aimed at increasingly strengthening relations in this area between the two coun...

[The Conversation Africa] The US embassy in South Africa has twice raised the alarm recently about terrorism in the country. On 26 October it issued a security alert for a possible terror attack in Sandton, the financial centre of Johannesburg.

[The Exchange] For Kenyans to travel to South Africa, they were required to pay US$40 for the visa while they also had to provide proof they had sufficient funds and had booked return flight tickets.

[Scrolla] The clock is ticking for Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema to backtrack and apologise for making anti-white statements that may constitute hate speech.

[Scrolla] To the sadness of boxing enthusiasts across the nation, the famous Eyethu boxing gym in the mecca of boxing, the Eastern Cape, has closed its doors for the last time.

[spotlight] South Africa is expected to begin piloting the every-other-month HIV prevention shot early next year, according to the international medicine financing initiative Unitaid. New modelling released this week shows that the injection could pr...

[allAfrica] Sharm el-Sheikh -- "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all." This is Sustainable Development Goal 7, which Africa is unlikely to meet because it does not yet have the  U.S.$190 billion of investment...

[Scrolla] The ANC has filed a motion of no confidence against the three political heads of Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality in an attempt to regain control of the Metro.

[Maka] Maka Angola has learned that the Angolan government has extended an exemption to its environmental protection policy to allow the US oil company Chevron to dump tons of hazardous oil waste directly into ocean shallows near the coast of Cabinda...

[The Exchange] Namibia and Senegal have become the latest members to join the African Petroleum Producers' Organization

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyans will enjoy visa-free entry to South Africa starting January 1 2023 for a maximum of 90 days annually.