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News from Southern Africa, tracking political shifts, economic trends, and social issues across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, and neighboring states.
As Tropical Storm Gezani gains strength in the Mozambique Channel, aid agencies warn that the Gaza and Inhambane provinces already underwater from months of rain, face a total humanitarian collapse. Over a million people are in the storm's projected path.
Madagascar’s disaster agency confirmed the death toll as the storm continues to dump record rainfall. The cyclone is now tracking toward Mozambique, where emergency warnings have been issued.
The "monstrous" Tropical Cyclone Gezani has made landfall in Madagascar, claiming at least 9 lives and causing massive infrastructure damage. Disaster relief teams are struggling to reach remote areas as the storm moves toward the Mozambique Channel.
In a major development for the Madlanga Commission, a key witness known as "Witness F" has abandoned his court bid to block his appearance. He is now set to testify next Monday regarding high-level cartel activity and mysterious cash-filled bags seen on CCTV.
Zimbabwe’s cabinet has approved draft constitutional amendments that could allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office until at least 2030, intensifying a bitter national debate over democracy and governance. The plan, endorsed at a meeting on Tuesday, proposes changing the Constitution to extend presidential and parliamentary terms from five years to seven years and to shift the method of choosing a president from direct popular vote to election by Members of Parliament.
Zambia’s High Court has ordered the seizure of assets worth more than $1.3 million from Dalitso Lungu, the son of former president Edgar Lungu, after ruling that he could not credibly explain how he acquired 79 vehicles, 23 parcels of land and other properties. The ruling by the Economic and Financial Crimes Court in Lusaka on Monday follows an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions arguing that the assets were “tainted” and likely linked to unlawful activity. Dalitso is reported to have failed to offer verifiable evidence that the wealth was lawfully obtained.
Deputy President Paul Mashatile is heading to Cape Town this week to speak at the 2026 Investing in African Mining Indaba, where critical minerals and South Africa’s role in global EV battery value chains are top priorities.
South Africa launched the Thuraya-4 satellite service in Johannesburg today, with President Cyril Ramaphosa saying the partnership with Space42 will help bring high-speed internet to remote rural villages.
South Africa has begun withdrawing its troops from eastern DR Congo, ending its role in a UN peacekeeping mission amid mounting regional instability and domestic pressure.
A 52-year-old fisherman in eastern Zambia, Dean Nyirenda, died after a crocodile mauled him while he was fleeing a herd of elephants during a fishing trip near the Luangwa River, police said.
