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Full Text of Xi’s Address At SCO Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via video conference from Beijing, capital of China, July 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xueren).

BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via video conference here on Tuesday. The following is the full text of the address: Staying True to Our Founding Mission and Advancing Unity and Coordination to Realize Greater… Continue reading Full Text of Xi’s Address At SCO Summit

Xi Calls For Unity, Coordination At SCO Summit

BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) must rise to the call of the times, keep in mind its founding mission, and stay in unity and coordination to bring more certainty and positive energy to world peace and development. Xi made the remarks when… Continue reading Xi Calls For Unity, Coordination At SCO Summit

EXCLUSIVE: Contractor Who Abandoned Projects Scores R134m North West Tender

A company which abandoned two projects in North-West and had its contracts terminated for poor workmanship has scored a R134 million tender from the same provincial Department of Roads and Public Works. African Times can today reveal that Ndhuna Civil Engineering Services left two incomplete road projects in Rustenburg and Brits in 2021, after pocketing… Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Contractor Who Abandoned Projects Scores R134m North West Tender

Mafube Coal Mine ‘Destroyed Our Graves, Water Sources To Force Us Off Our Land’

Sophie Buda, 81, and her husband, Simon Buda, 87, say they and their family members owned a herd of livestock comprising more than 24 cattle and several goats. Since the Mafube Coal Mine came to Nooitgedacht farm, says Sophie, life has never been the same for the family.

RESIDENTS of an impoverished community in Mpumalanga say a local mine has desecrated their graves, destroyed their water sources, and denied them grazing land in a bid to force them to make way for mining activities. The affected residents, who live on Nooitgedacht farm in Middelburg, have accused Mafube Coal Mine of violating their right… Continue reading Mafube Coal Mine ‘Destroyed Our Graves, Water Sources To Force Us Off Our Land’

FAST AND FURIOUS: Mashatile Protectors Under Investigation For Highway Assault Incident

The National Commissioner of Police, General Fannie Masemola, is investigating a roadside assault incident involving Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection team. In cellphone footage wildly shared on social media, armed security personnel are seen assaulting occupants of a popular hatchback brand on the N1 freeway in Johannesburg. In the video, the heavily-armed protectors can be… Continue reading FAST AND FURIOUS: Mashatile Protectors Under Investigation For Highway Assault Incident

Lily Mine Community Demands Swift Action To Recover Deadly Container

The Lily Mine community in Barberton, Mpumalanga, has called upon the national government to join their efforts to recover the shipping container that trapped three workers underground seven years ago. Last week, the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed an application by Australian company Vantage Goldfields to challenge the Mbombela High Court ruling that independent creditor… Continue reading Lily Mine Community Demands Swift Action To Recover Deadly Container

Another Illegal Initiation School Shuts Down In Limpopo

Initiates with heads bowed as a sign of respect march in the street on their way home after graduating from traditional initiation school. The tradition dates back centuries and marks the coming of age of boys and girls into adulthood. While it has been marred by cases of hundreds of deaths in the Eastern Cape there have been no reported deaths of initiates in Limpopo ion many years. Traditional surgeons work together with officials and doctors from the department of health to monitor the health of initiates. Members of the SAPS assisted by traditional leaders monitor the certification and compliance of traditional surgeons who are accredited by a joint body of government departments and traditional authorities. Photo: Lucas LedwabaMukurukuru Media

Limpopo government authorities have hailed the successful closure of an initiation school that operated illegally and posed a danger to the lives of initiates. Their parents handed them over to the traditional surgeons hoping that they would come out as responsible citizens. Acting on information from whistleblowers, the provincial Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements… Continue reading Another Illegal Initiation School Shuts Down In Limpopo

UN Security Council Resolves To End Peacekeeping Mission In Mali

FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers stand guard in the northern town of Kouroume, Mali, May 13, 2015. Kourome is 18 km (11 miles) south of Timbuktu. REUTERS/Adama Diarra//File Photo

UNITED NATIONS, June 30 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to end the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) as of June 30. It also requested the mission to immediately start on July 1 the cessation of its operations, transfer of its tasks, as… Continue reading UN Security Council Resolves To End Peacekeeping Mission In Mali

DA, ATM Take Gcaleka’s ‘Flawed’ Phala Phala Report On Review

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is taking on review Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s Phala Phala report, which it labelled a “white-wash” and “pro-Ramaphosa public relations exercise” aimed at securing the public protector’s job. Accusing Gcaleka of muddying the waters and misinterpreting relevant laws in her final report, DA leader John Steenhuisen said the acting public… Continue reading DA, ATM Take Gcaleka’s ‘Flawed’ Phala Phala Report On Review

AU Declares Sierra Leone Elections Free And Fair

DESPITE police shooting one opposition activist dead with several others wounded, the African Union (AU) Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) has declared the June 24 general elections in Sierra Leone as “peaceful”, “free” and “fair.” In a preliminary statement, the AUEOM said the electoral environment in the West African country was as a result of heightened… Continue reading AU Declares Sierra Leone Elections Free And Fair