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Connected Africa Summit has announced the official call for entries for the 2025 Connected ICT Innovation Awards, inviting tech innovators across the continent to submit their groundbreaking solutions. The awards will recognise outstanding achievements in four key categories: AgriTech, GreenTech, Creative Economy, and AI & Cybersecurity for Business and Government. To qualify, applicants must have

Amid tensions over "genocide" allegations made by Trump with regard to white farmers in South Africa, president Cyril Ramaphosa has started his meeting with the US president in an attempt to salvage relations between the two countries...

Cape Town — Judge Nathan Erasmus found all three accused — Joshlin Smith's mother, Racquel "Kelly" Smith, Jacquen "Boeta" Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn — guilty of human trafficking and kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith. The judge ruled the State had successfully proven the charges based on consistent witness testimony

Soccer Nigeria’s U-20 side fell short in their quest to reach the final of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations after a 1-0 defeat...

The South African Renewable Energy Master Plan (SAREM) aims to deploy at least 3 GW of new renewables per year, increasing to 5 GW by 2030, while creating 25,000 jobs in the country's renewable energy and storage sectors...

Reducing red tape for business and tackling the funding gap for higher education are among the items on the wishlist of ordinary South Africans ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2025 Budget Speech, this afternoon. Michael Mokwena, a small business owner in Garankuwa, north of Pretoria, told SAnews he hopes the government will make it

The expulsion of Pretoria's ambassador to Washington has added urgency to calls for South Africa to salvage its relationship with the United States in a balance between national pride and vital investment. US President Donald Trump's decision this month to send Ebrahim Rasool packing was the lowest point in ties that have been souring over

The clock is ticking for spaza shop owners and food businesses to register with their municipalities or face legal repercussions. The deadline for registration is 28 February 2025. ???? Why shop owners must register now In November 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that spaza shop owners and food businesses had 21 days to register their