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Bloemfontein, and one of its neighbouring towns, both look likely to be the next locations in South Africa affected by 'transformational' name changes.
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Johannesburg -- Lawyers say rural residents unable to pay a new rental fee for their ancestral land face the risk of evictions
Cyril Ramaphosa, and his fellow ANC NEC members, have been accused of 'copying an old idea' - after they stated that SA would get a new state-owned company.
Taking into consideration advice from local authorities and a request from the NICD, Plett Rage for the class of 2020 has been cancelled.
Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice from the penalty spot to win his battle with rival Lionel Messi and guide Juventus to victory over Barcelona.
THE adage that misfortunes never come single has proven correct for the people of Chipinge and Chimanimani who now suffer the double blow of fighting COVID-19, while at the same time they are also licking the wounds caused by Cyclone Idai which severely damaged their infrastructure. BY MAURICE DUNDU Sadly, most of the victims of this double tragedy are married women whose husbands work in South Africa, while they are left to bear the painful burden of taking care of their children alone. To add to their problems, in most cases their husbands have second wives or concubines in the neighbouring countries where they work. Chipinge has always experienced problems of young men, especially those that fail to make it educationally, and who then opt to travel to South Africa to look for work while leaving behind their families in Zimbabwe. Most of the families that are left behind suffer in times of natural disasters such as Cyclone Idai and during pandemics such as COVID-19. Their situation is further worsened by the fact that most Ndau men from Chipinge take long to return from South Africa as they want to first accumulate money and goods before coming back. Coming home empty handed is considered an insult to the women and children who would have endured the pain of missing them for a long time, only for them to return empty handed. The COVID-19 lockdown bailout package for workers in foreign countries also does not consider the plight of the poor women and children in Zimbabwe. The workers also have been struggling to survive during the lockdown period in that country, which means that after the relaxation of the lockdown period they have to work first to get more money before dreaming of coming back. A Ndau man who works in South Africa known as Baba aKali said coming back home after the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown will take long as he needs to work to make up for the time and money lost during lockdown. “Coming home will take long for many workers here as they need to recover the money lost during the lockdown period. Life here is not that rosy. It is difficult with this COVID-19,” aKali said. Audience Zondwayo from Chipinge West said the COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened the situation in Chipinge where people are still struggling to recover from the effects of Cyclone Idai. Zondwayo said some women whose husbands work in South Africa have started small businesses like vending, and market gardening as they tried to recover from the effects of Cyclone Idai. “After Cyclone Idai people resorted to vending to ameliorate hunger, but during the COVID-19 lockdown period their wares like vegetables got rotten as they could not go out to sell them,” Zondwayo said. He said this deprived the women from income to support their children given that their husbands were either also struggling or supporting other women in foreign lands. The women whose husbands work in foreign lands end up suffering materially, emotionally and they are also sex starved. Unfortunately for them, while their husbands can have concubines or sec
There's not much you can do in seven minutes - but Jacob Zuma is able to get a corruption trial postponed in that time. Here's what has caused the hold-up.
Despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and prolonged border closures between countries, some people still swapped South Africa for Australia in 2020.
[East African] Rwanda has scoffed at accusations that its embassies abroad are actively engaged in the recruitment of spies and threatening of Rwandan refugees who are critical of the government.
It comes as parts of the world become ready to roll out vaccines for COVID-19
In the latest news in South Africa on Thursday 10 December, the country is officially in the second wave of Covid-19 infections, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced last night.
[The Conversation Africa] For people working in South Africa's live music sector, 2020 has been \"devastating\". That was the term that researchers read most frequently in responses to the country's largest-ever live music and COVID-19 survey, published in November. As one respondent put it:
There appears to be no end in sight to the injury woes currently being experienced by Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Self-proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri from Malawi and his wife Mary, of the Enlightened Christian Gathering church, are facing charges of corruption and money laundering totalling over U.S.$6 million in South Africa. They are fugitives from justice after violating their bail conditions and fleeing to their home country Malawi, claiming that \"their lives were in danger\". They also set conditions for their return to South Africa, including that their bail should not be revoked. The Bushiris appeared in a
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 December 2020: Yesterday, Monday 7 December, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced the launch of the Africa Europe Foundation. This open platform will facilitate strategic dialogue between diverse stakeholders from both neighbouring continents, catalyse partnerships and unlock new opportunities that can reset and bolster Africa-Europe relations. According to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation,…
The government has resumed work on the Giyani Water Project in Limpopo after an investigation into the R3 billion tender stalled the project.
The country's youngest craft gin distiller shares his 'spirit' journey and how it led him to Autograph Gin.
For the second time in a matter of days, a huge explosion in a major Durban suburb has left several people injured - here's the latest from New Germany.
