Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Account for 60% of Zimbabwe’s GDP

Brazil is committed to strengthening democracy, leading in the energy transition, and increasing investment attractiveness. This was stated by the country’s president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, during a press conference at the Palacio do Planalto, as reported by the Brazilian government’s press service.

The head of state emphasised the significance of the upcoming 2025 BRICS summit and the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP30).

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A new survey conducted by Afrobarometer in 33 African countries, including South Africa and other ethnically diverse countries like Nigeria and Ethiopia, shows that most Africans embrace co-existence but struggle with interethnic trust.

The new report shows that most citizens have no objection to living next door to people from different ethnic backgrounds and are open to interethnic marriages within their own families. 

However, many express low levels of trust in people from other ethnic groups as well as inREAD MORE

Nigeria launches Africa’s first university dedicated exclusively to artificial intelligence (AI). The university will be a cornerstone in fostering technological innovation and tackling unemployment in the region, as reported by DNE Africa, a partner of TV BRICS.

The future AI university is scheduled to begin operations soon, offering specialised programmes in AI, quantum computing, machine learning, blockchain technology, and cloud computing.

Its curriculum is designed to empower young Nigerians with cutting-edge skills, fosteringREAD MORE

NEWLY-elected Limpopo ANC Youth League Provincial Secretary Phineas Sebola has used his address to the elective conference in Polokwane to attack Gauteng ANC Chairperson and Premier Panyaza Lesufi, in what appears to be a factional battle before the governing party’s 2027 national conference. 

Lesufi, believed to be a contender to succeed President Cyril Ramaphosa as party leader, has been attacked in recent months by ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula, one of the candidates alongside Deputy President Paul Mashatile. In recentREAD MORE

In a significant shift in African politics, leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have decisively moved to isolate Rwandan President Paul Kagame following recent deadly attacks that have further exacerbated instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 

Kagame, whose government has long been accused of supporting the M23 rebel group in eastern DRC, now faces increasing isolation from SADC, which has held his forces responsible for the tragic deaths of 14 South African peacekeepers and several othersREAD MORE

A group of unemployed pharmacists has given the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health two weeks to unfreeze vacant posts and absorb them after completing community service. 

They marched to the department’s offices in Pietermaritzburg on Monday, February 3, demanding that the provincial government create at least 100 pharmacy vacancies in public healthcare facilities and hire them. 

The group delivered a memorandum of demands and gave the provincial health department until 14 February to respond. 

In their memorandum, the pharmacists said beforeREAD MORE

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has arrested more than 12, 000 suspects – including killers, rapists and drug dealers – during their anti-crime crackdown last week.

At least 12,251 suspects, among them 1,065 illegal foreign nationals, were rounded up across the country during Operation Shanela between Monday, January 27, and Sunday, February 2. 

The high-density operation is managed at the provincial level by each provincial commissioner. 

In a statement on February 3, SAPS reaffirmed its commitment to combating crime,READ MORE

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has swiftly moved to dispel claims by US President, Donald Trump that the country is seizing land from some of its citizens.

Ramaphosa also reasserted his authority and rejected the Republican Party leader’s insinuation that South Africa’s Expropriation Act was an instrument to take land and punish whites, saying it was nothing more than a constitutionally mandated legal instrument to ensure a just and equitable land redistribution.

Based on that claim, Trump said all fundingREAD MORE

Joburg Mayor Dada Morero has promised to rebuild the dilapidating City and fix the Lilian Ngoyi Street (Bree) after 15% of construction progress was completed nearly two years after the gas explosion that killed people and sent shockwaves across the country. 

Morero and his Transport MMC Kenny Kunene addressed the media on Monday, January 3, at the construction site in the heart of Johannesburg CBD.

This came as the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) confirmed that 15% of the Bree StreetREAD MORE

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been quietly authorised to probe allegations of wrongdoing at Ithala Development Finance Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Ithala (SOC) Limited (Ithala Bank).

This is outlined in Proclamation 243 of 2025 which was signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday, setting the investigation in motion immediately.

Ithala Bank is already on the brink of closure after the Prudential Authority (PA), a division of the South African Reserve Bank tasked with monitoring banks, applied toREAD MORE