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
Abuja shines. A heartfelt ode to Abuja: The jewel of Nigeria’s heart
Opinion by Ras Mubarak 23 August 2025 We arrived in Abuja last night, after driving some 434 miles or 752 km from Lagos. This brings our total travel time to Abuja, after setting off from…
23 August 2025
