Africa

Putin joins Xi for WWII Anniversary in China

At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President of Russia Vladimir Putin will visit the People’s Republic of China from August 31 to September 3.From August 31 to September 1, President Putin will be in…

29 August 2025

TESTING GROUND OR LAUNCHPAD FOR MEDICAL INNOVATION?

By Fortune Madondo For the first time in human history, a single contraceptive will prevent pregnancy for eight (8) full years, and it’s being launched right here in Africa, Kenya to be specific.  IUDs Intrauterine…

29 August 2025

MEC Botha (without hat and in yellow top) leads the game meat inspection on the N1 roadblock last week

Unlicensed Game Meat Will Result in Arrest and Heavy Fines, Warns Gauteng Environmental Affairs

By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg – 25 August 2025 Motorists carrying unlicensed game meat risk heavy fines and arrest. This was announced by the Gauteng MEC for Environment, Mr Ewan Botha, last week after a person…

26 August 2025

Orange Botswana CEO, Néné Maïga

Orange Botswana Named Best Network, Powering Botswana’s ICT Leadership

>Orange Botswana a key driver of Botswana’s digital economy Orange Botswana has been awarded the “Best Score in the Data Services Benchmark & Optimization (DSBO) Test 2025” by Commsquare, an international company that helps mobile…

26 August 2025

Dream Factory Launches Business Coaching Scholarship for Entrepreneurs in Botswana and Zimbabwe

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Dream Factory Foundation has launched the Emergent Business Coaching Scholarship Programme, a new initiative aimed at supporting entrepreneurs in Botswana and Zimbabwe with tailored mentorship, business training, and access to funding.…

26 August 2025

Africa's Outstanding Professional Awards

FROM DIAMONDS TO DRAMA

By Donald Molosi August 25, 2025 Twelve billion dollars. That is the pledge from Qatar’s Al Mansour Holdings to boost our flagging economy through roads, power systems, and mining infrastructure. Yet if we build outward…

26 August 2025

FOOTBALL IMPERIALISM

By F. Madondo  A shocker In recent months, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was in the news for giving up its mineral wealth to Trump administration in exchange for promise of security from the United…

25 August 2025

Three elephants at the Johannesburg Zoo

Pretoria and Johannesburg Residents Protest Elephant Removals From Zoos

By Emmanuel KoroJohannesburg – 24 August 2025 Residents of Tshwane, formerly Pretoria, are furious over the removal of the city’s last elephant bull, Charley, from the National Zoological Gardens. For over 20 years, Charley was…

24 August 2025

The President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and Speaker of the National Assembly of Madagascar, Hon. Justin Tokely, proposes a toast during a luncheon hosted in honour of the visiting SADC PF Lobby Team.

SADC PF President advocates for unity and regional integration

By Moses Magadza Antananarivo, Madagascar – The President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and Speaker of the National Assembly of Madagascar, Hon. Justin Tokely, has urged regional legislators to deepen interparliamentary cooperation and…

24 August 2025

H.E Andry Nirina Rajoelina, president of Madagascar signs the Agreement

Historic breakthrough as Madagascar and Mauritius sign the SADC Parliament Agreemet

By Moses Magadza Madagascar and Mauritius have signed the Agreement Amending the SADC Treaty to recognise the SADC Parliament as an institution of SADC, bringing to 15 the number of Member States that have endorsed…

24 August 2025

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

“Ukraine, Europe and Global Security”

by Sergey Lavrov At a meeting in London on 7 June 2026, the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany, as well as Vladimir Zelensky, laid out five preconditions for Russia to secure a “just and…

23 June 2026

Chairperson of the SADC PF Standing Committee on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI), Hon. Dumelang Saleshando from Botswana

SADC PF–UNCTAD training programme concludes first phase, equipping Parliamentarians to drive AfCFTA implementation

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The first phase of a pioneering capacity-building partnership between the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ended. The phase…

23 June 2026

ORANIA: A nation within a nation

By Fortune Madondo Whilst black-on-black violence is on the rise in South Africa (SA) due to xenophobic and afrophobic tendencies, there exists an unusual place in SA today. A place where history, Identity, and politics…

22 June 2026

United States Ambassador to Botswana, H.E. Ambassador H.A. Van Vranken

Botswana Universities Launch Collaborative Ideas Lab to Drive Innovation

Gaborone, June 16, 2026 – Botswana’s higher education sector will today mark a major milestone with the launch of the Ideas Test Lab, a collaborative incubation programme designed to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and problem-solving among…

16 June 2026

Members of “March and March” and “Operation Dudula” chant anti-migrant slogans during a protest march in Durban, South Africa, in May 2026. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images)

South Africa’s inequality fuels xenophobia amid global capital pressures

By Fortune Madondo South Africa’s role as the continent’s financial anchor has come under sharp scrutiny, with analysts warning that entrenched global capital interests and unresolved apartheid legacies are driving deep socio-economic divides and fueling…

16 June 2026

SADC Executive Secretary H.E. Elias Magosi

SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi joins African Union preparatory talks ahead of mid-year Coordination Meeting

Gaborone, June 9, 2026 – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary, H.E. Elias M. Magosi, has joined continental leaders in preparatory talks for the 8th African Union (AU) Mid-Year Coordination Meeting, set to…

15 June 2026