James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni on the police, 1971.

#sapsHQ #IllegalMining ~ The Silent Threat Illicit mining has emerged as a significant threat to our nation's security, economy, and environment. These clandestine operations often occur in remote areas, far from the watchful eye of law enforcement. However, their impact extends

Carlota Lukumí, a slave woman, took up the machete in 1843 to lead a slave uprising at the Triumvirato sugar mill, Cuba. Always remember that we fought back!

New PSC Report > #PactfortheFuture #PSC issafrica.org/pscreport/psc-…

#sapsHQ STILFONTEIN UPDATE - A total of 14 illegal miners resurfaced last night - proving that they are not trapped - they just refuse to resurface. They chose to come out late at night, thinking police are no more standing static. Others ran back into the shaft as soon as they

[BREAKING NEWS] The Pretoria High Court has dismissed a bid to allow the supply of basic humanitarian aid for illegal miners in Stilfontein. Tune into #Newzroom405 for more.

Ethiopia has more people in poverty than any other African country. Central bank governor Mamo Mihretu believes his reform package is part of the answer. l.theafricareport.com/l13

City of Tshwane welcomes Moody’s retention of City’s stable outlook rating status as efforts are underway for financial recovery.

In 2023, the National Treasury took the initiative to engage the OECD to assess the South African public procurement system. This assessment was based on the internationally recognised Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS) treasury.gov.za/comm_media/pre…

🚨 Breaking: Presidential Helicopter Evacuates President Filipe Nyusi Amid Escalating Chaos in Maputo 🚨

Chad gives France the Boot Chad has become the latest African state to end a defence cooperation pact with former coloniser France.  In a Foreign Ministry statement issued on 28 November, the country straddling the Sahara Desert and the arid Sahel region announced the

[Apprenticeship Programme] Are you between 18 and 35 years old, eager to gain hands-on experience and develop essential skills in a dynamic, industry-leading environment? Transnet Academy invites eligible candidates to apply for the apprenticeship programmes across various

CAAS Conference 2025 Theme: "Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Africa" CFP Deadline Extended: Jan. 6, 2024 More info: conference.caas-acea.org

Cape Town is moving forward with preparations for the eventual devolution of passenger rail, as part of the agreed National Rail Strategy 🚆 Today we’ve signed a ‘Service Level Plan’ with Prasa as a positive step towards unlocking better oversight of daily metro train

“…all the while I was quite happy.” I teach “Nikki-Rosa” in every one of my classes. Because Black life is not doom and gloom. Because Black literature is multitudes. Because we are. Thank you, Nikki Giovanni.

Nikki Giovanni really gave me a different perspective on what strength was in the Black relationship as well as black masculinity. I listen to this conversation with James Baldwin on a weekly basis bc of her. I’ll miss her a lot.

South Africa’s latest tax statistics revealed that only 1,051 companies pay 72.3% of all company income tax in the country. dailyinvestor.com/finance/72277/…

mailchi.mp/pari/latest-pu… A roundup of PARI's latest reports, working papers and policy briefs.

Why can't the Nigerian government iust be happy the AES and let them be? Why are they desperate to do the colonialist bidding, to destabilise the AES.