Posts tagged #africa.
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South Africa's Electoral Commission gazetted a correction on Oct. 23 to its new rule letting parties e-mail objections material to final results to S65objections@elections.org.za by 17:00 on the second day after the Nov. 4 local elections.
Today News Africa ·
South Africa's 2028 public school calendar, gazetted Oct. 23, runs four terms from Jan. 12 to Dec. 6 with 200 school days for learners, up from 197 in 2027, and a special school holiday on April 28.
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African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on Thursday appointed Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate as his Special Envoy for Youth, citing her work on climate justice and for young people in Africa and the Global South.
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SADC chair Cyril Ramaphosa opened a virtual Extraordinary Summit on Oct. 21, calling for inclusive dialogue in Madagascar, peace in eastern Congo and preparation for a new El Niño, as leaders met to appoint a deputy executive secretary and elect the security organ's incoming chair.
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The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights entered into force 40 years ago today. The African Commission marks it in Dakar with a forum meant to produce a 10-year roadmap, as its 89th session closes.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa will open a virtual Extraordinary SADC Summit on Oct. 21 at 16h00, where leaders will fill the post of Deputy Executive Secretary for Regional Integration and elect the incoming chair of the bloc's security organ.
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South Africa and Mozambique hold a joint ceremony at Mbuzini, Mpumalanga, on Monday to mark 40 years since President Samora Machel and 34 others died in a 1986 plane crash whose cause has never been established.
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The New York Times reports the $17.6 million transfer behind the Habba and Grenell feud came from an account tied to Congo's government. Habba's husband advises Congo's president. Grenell denies taking any money. White House counsel is reviewing.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa told the Bana Pele Leadership Summit that around a million children aged three to five are in no early learning programme, and set out a roadmap to universal early childhood development by 2030.
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Simon Ateba founded The Daily Letter in Washington in 2025 and publishes Today News Africa. A profile of the journalist, from investigations in Nigeria and a 2015 arrest in Cameroon to the White House briefing room, his press pass case and what the two papers cover next.
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South Africa's IEC signed Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and Moxii Africa to a pact against election disinformation on Oct. 20, 15 days before the Nov. 4 local elections. Voters can report false content through Real411.
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Kenya’s High Court convicted Paul Mackenzie over 191 Shakahola deaths, Kenyan outlets report. Sentencing is scheduled for November 6; separate cases remain distinct.
