South African Tribune

Sport has a cunning, yet magical way of bringing people together, no matter one's race, creed or colour. Recent impressions on the official South African Government X account which is managed by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), has shown that a social media post on swimmer Tatjana Smith…

AgDevCo has secured USD 32M from the FCDO to launch AgDevCo Ventures, a new strategy targeting early-stage agricultural SMEs. Initial investments, ranging from USD 1M to 3M, will focus on East Africa, with plans for future expansion. AgDevCo has already committed USD 210M to 38 projects in 11 sub-Saharan African…

The determination of members attached to Operation Shanela, to rid the streets of firearms that are used to commit serious and violent crime, led to the arrest of a 51-year-old female for possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition. On 09 September 2024, the members received information of firearms being…

Beijing: China's auto sales grew 3 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2024, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed Tuesday. Total sales came in at about 18.77 million units for the January-August period, the data showed. During the period, the production of China's…

South Africa is expected to receive some R628 million in European Union (EU) grant funding in support of its green hydrogen agenda. This was announced during a media briefing with the Minister of Energy and Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau and European Union (EU) Commissioner…

The Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, met with Lei Xu, president of SUNRISE Group, in Shanghai, on the sidelines of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit. This global leader in textiles will invest 4.1 billion dirhams in Morocco, creating 11,000 direct jobs within three years. Supported by the Moroccan…

A 40 year old Nicolette Sheenah Sebesho and her entity (juristic person) Namolo Trading Pty (Ltd), pleaded guilty on 11 counts of contravention of Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011. The accused appeared before Kimberley Specialised Commercial Crime on Monday, 09 September 2024. During March 2020, the accused and her…

Tokyo: A former accountant of a faction within Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Tuesday received a two-year prison sentence, suspended for five years, for underreporting income from fundraising events. Hitoshi Nagai, 70, was responsible for accounting in the faction previously led by Toshihiro Nikai, a former LDP secretary…

At least 40 Palestinians were killed and more than 60 others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on tents sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Palestinian and Israeli sources said Tuesday. "Israeli warplanes launched rockets at tents housing displaced Palestinians at the entrance to Muwasi in Khan Younis,…

The incumbent president of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, was overwhelmingly re-elected on September 8, 2024, with 94.65% of the vote. Helped by the windfall of natural gas, of which Algeria is Africa's leading exporter, Mr Tebboune has promised to increase pensions and salaries, create 450,000 jobs and housing, and make Algeria…