Tag: South Africa
Repeated power cuts, a danger for the economy in South Africa
The electricity crisis is worsening even more in South Africa. Homes, shops and businesses are without electricity for up to ten hours a day, for an indefinite period. With our…
Death of Frene Ginwala, speaker of South Africa’s first democratically elected assembly
In South Africa, the generation that brought down apartheid is slowly dying out. This Friday, January 13, it is Frene Ginwala who died. This militant of the African National Congress…
meetings in January 2023
In Paris, Abidjan, Casablanca, Kinshasa, Ouagadougou, Saint-André, London, Rabat, Biarritz, New Haven, Clermont-Ferrand, Nairobi, Baltimore, Conakry, Johannesburg, indoors or outdoors, here are eighteen events Afro or African culture not to…
Siya Kolisi, a South African at Racing 92 in France
South African world champion Siya Kolisi has signed up with Racing 92 in France until 2026, but will only join Ciel et Blanc after the 2023 World Cup. Racing 92…
South Africa leads rotating BRICS presidency
At the start of the year, South Africa takes over the rotating presidency of the BRICS. The group of emerging countries, also bringing together China – by far the most…
load shedding forces companies to reduce activity and cut jobs
In South Africa, after a lull for Christmas, power cuts resumed with a vengeance at the end of the year. At issue: aging coal-fired power plants that regularly break down…
polluted by sewage, several Durban beaches are closed
In South Africa, the end of the year coincides with the austral summer and the long school holidays. One of the meeting places to spend time with friends or family,…
tense atmosphere for the first day of the ANC Congress
In South Africa, the first day of the ANC elective conference was eventful. Cyril Ramaphosa, candidate for his re-election at the head of the political formation, remains favorite despite the…
the investigation will not be reopened, decides the French justice
The Dulcie September case, named after the anti-apartheid activist murdered in the heart of Paris in March 1988, will not be reopened, French justice decided on Wednesday, 34 years after…
Johannesburg flood kills 14 during religious ritual
In South Africa, 14 people died when a river flooded near a ghetto on the southern outskirts of Johannesburg. The tragedy occurred on Saturday December 3 during a religious ritual…