ALMOST exactly a year after its stranglehold on power ended, the African National Congress (ANC) faces the ignominy of Parliament rejecting a Budget for the first time since the advent of majority ...

THE Nigeria Exchange Group (NGX), the local stock market, remains subdued as investor caution persists. The All Share Index closed slightly below 105 500 points, reflecting a 0,1 percent decline on ...

THE number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan has declined for the first time since the conflict erupted nearly two years ago. The humanitarian crisis nonetheless persists. According to ...

KASPERSKY reports it has identified and helped patch a sophisticated zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome that allowed attackers to bypass the browser’s sandbox protection system. In mid-March 2025 ...

A SWARM of red locusts has plagued western Zambia, impacting on maize yields. Limulanga and Sioma districts in the Western Province are the epicentre of the crisis. Rodwel Muntanga, Agriculture ...

APPLICATIONS for the 2025 Al Sumait Prize for African Development are now open. The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) announced the call for nominations for the prize, with a ...

ZAMBIA is set to enact the Cyber Security Bill and the Cyber Crimes Bill despite a fallout with opposition and civil society organisations. Enactment of the proposed legal instruments had been ...

KASPERSKY Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has found that the Fog Ransomware group, known for its attacks on a range of industry sectors, began to link the IP addresses of their victims to th ...

A GROUP of 742 young South Africans, who were part of the class of '24 graduated with new-found digital skills from the MTN funded Digital Skills for Digital Jobs initiative, and are now poised to ent ...

THE Kouga Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape of South Africa has launched what it hailed as the continent’s first drone-as-a-first-responder (DFR) programme. The breakthrough, announced on Tuesday ...

NISSAN has unveiled the Navara PRO-4X Warrior. The vehicle, launched in collaboration with engineering partner Premcar, is described as a battle-hardened bakkie designed to conquer South Africa’s ...

EACH of the four African teams in the expanded Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) Club World Cup will receive USD9.55 million (R174.5 million) as participation fee. Al Ahly ...