#Southafrica: The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) says fixing local government requires a complete overhaul of the municipal funding model.

#Israel ‘wiping out families’ in Lebanon war, charges Amnesty International

#Southafrica: New Emfuleni mayor admits R9.7bn debt crippled service delivery

South Korea’s growth outlook received the biggest upgrade among the world’s 30 major economies in the IMF’s latest projections.

🇰🇪 vs 🇹🇿 the corridor war for East Africa’s cargo

1. Mombasa leads: 45.45M tonnes in 2025 (+10.9%) vs Dar’s 27.7M tonnes (+15%) about 62% share.

2. Tanzania’s edge: Rwanda, Burundi, DRC are all closer to Dar. New 2,561km SGR + tripartite deal with Burundi/DRC backs that up.

3. Risk for Kenya: up to 40% of Rwanda-Burundi traffic could shift to Tanzania by 2030 if Uganda’s bottleneck isn’t fixed.

4. DRC’s the real prize 5.9M tonnes via Dar in 2024/25, yet its Mombasa cargo still grew 16.5%.

#Ghana has postponed bilateral meetings with South Africa that were planned for next month because of a surge in anti-migrant violence in the country, Ghana's government spokesperson said on Tuesday.

#Southafrica: Lesedi Local Municipality Mayor Mluleki Nkosi’s house in Ratanda, Heidelberg east of Johannesburg, has been set on fire following his address to the community members of Ratanda, Friday afternoon.

#Ethiopian refugee Helana Wolde locked his home and watched on television as thousands of angry demonstrators marched through South Africa this week calling for foreigners like him to leave.

South #African police arrested more than 900 people during nationwide anti-migrant protests on Tuesday that were mostly peaceful but at times turned violent, with shops looted, police said on Wednesday.

#Southafrica: ‘We’re ready,’ says NatJoints as thousands of officers deployed on eve of protests