David Archer 
The Red Sea crisis has become a pressing concern largely due to its disruption of global trade. However, it also has far-reaching environmental impacts as the waters become a battleground. The clashes are adding to other environmental stressors that pose potentially irreversible damage to ocean health. The path for Africa is clear – it must … Read more
MSC Poesia World Cruise to visit South Africa Three South African ports, Durban, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Cape Town are set to welcome MSC Cruises’ World Cruise on board the MSC Poesia to South Africa this year. According to Ross Volk, MD of MSC Cruises South Africa, MSC Poesia will brings with her over 2 000 … Read more
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, said Wednesday that the commission traced N7 billion suspected to be proceeds of fraud to a religious organisation. He said this at a one-day public engagement on youth, religion and the fight against corruption and the launch of the Fraud Risk Assessment Project … Read more
Eskom is currently implementing Stage 2 and 3 load shedding alternatively until further notice. TSHWANE LOAD SHEDDING In line with Eskom’s latest announcement, the City of Tshwane has updated its load shedding schedule for Thursday, 1 February. #Loadshedding schedule01 February 2024 STAGE 300h00-02h30 1, 5, 902h00-04h30 2, 6, 1004h00-05h30 3, 7, 11 STAGE 205h00-06h30 3, 706h00-08h30 4, 808h00-10h30 … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to keep its flames burning against the scourge of internet crimes and other acts of corruption. He gave the charge in Abuja on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at a one-day public engagement on youth , religion and fight against corruption and the … Read more
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) have announced their payment dates for February, 2024. ALSO READ: SASSA grant unpaid? Contact them here (and here) Social grants like the Older Persons (Pensioners) Grant, Disability Grant, and the Children’s Grant are paid to recipients every month. Assistance is made available to those passing the basic means … Read more
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has awarded doctoral scholarships to 12 Nigerian academics to study in France. The academics were drawn from eight public tertiary institutions across the country. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this at a pre-departure briefing for the scholars in Abuja on Monday. He said the scholarship falls … Read more
This moderate increase has confirmed the central bank’s prediction that struggling consumers may continue to get relief with food prices. According to Bloomberg’s Shisa Nyama Index, the average price increase for a shisa nyama/ backyard braai (barbecue) was 6.2% compared to the same month last year. This is the same as December but much lower … Read more
A PREMIUM TIMES journalist and Climate Change reporter, Abdulkareem Mojeed, has been selected for the Diversity Fellowship of the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Mr Mojeed is selected, alongside 31 other media professionals from across the world. The organisers, SEJ and The Uproot Project, announced this in a post made on its website on Tuesday. … Read more
The Pretoria High Court has rejected a bid by renowned musician Arthur Mafokate to lift the preservation order on his upscale Midrand guest house. Mafokate allegedly diverted funds intended for youth development in a National Lotteries Commission (NLC) scandal, implicating the property. ALSO READ: R9.4m: Arthur Mafokate’s property remains in preservation order The National Prosecuting … Read more
