tito mboweni

Minister Tito Mboweni participating in the G20 Compact With Africa (CWA)policy panel under the theme The creation and sustainability of enabling investment environment during the Africa Investment Forum. (Photos: GCIS)

Latest news: South Africa and world headlines, 25 January 2019

Want a quick digest of all the important headlines over night? We’ve got you covered.

tito mboweni

Minister Tito Mboweni participating in the G20 Compact With Africa (CWA)policy panel under the theme The creation and sustainability of enabling investment environment during the Africa Investment Forum. (Photos: GCIS)

Tito wants your thoughts

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the 2019 Budget on 20 February and as per norm, the public has been invited to make inputs. [thesouthafrican.com]

Eskom woes continue

South Africa’s Eskom could be split into three separate firms under proposals from experts President Cyril Ramaphosa has hired to help revive the ailing state power company, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. [reuters]

Nigerians in South Africa call for free and fair elections

Hundreds of Nigerians living in South Africa on Thursday  staged a rally and marched on the streets of Johannesburg demanding that the 2019 general election should be free and fair.  [vanguardngr.com]

Voter registration weekend coming up

It’s the last weekend to make sure you are correctly registered to vote in the 2019 Elections. We’ll have all the info you need over in our Elections section.

Unrest in Sierra Leone

Members of a secret society in Sierra Leone went on a rampage in the southeast of the country to protest a new ban on initiation rites prompted by deadly unrest, police said Thursday. [afp]

Canada newspaper editor, publisher found guilty of peddling hate

The publisher and editor of a Toronto newspaper were found guilty on Thursday of promoting hate over articles and images that encouraged rape and denied the Holocaust. The editor-in-chief James Sears, 55, and publisher LeRoy St. Germaine, 77, argued at trial that “Your Ward News” was satire. [afp]

EFF threaten action after posters removed

After EFF ground forces confronted a salon worker who had removed their posters from public display, the party’s top brass have a message for their opponents. [tsa]

Thierry Henry suspended from job

Former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry has been suspended from his role as coach of Monaco with his team second bottom of Ligue 1, the Ligue 1 club announced on Thursday. “Henry has been suspended until a definitive decision is made,” the club said in a statement, adding that assistant coach Franck Passi would oversee training on Friday ahead of the weekend’s clash with fellow strugglers Dijon. [afp]

Gwen Ngwenya quits the DA with a mic drop

There’s been a remarkable turn of events ahead of the DA’s manifesto launch next month, as Head of Policy Gwen Ngwenya has sent a detailed letter to Mmusi Maimane explaining – at great length – why she’s quitting.

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