September 01, 2026 - Page 13

[Daily Maverick] In about a week, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will likely know her fate in her R4.55m corruption and money laundering trial, after her lawyers argued that the State’s evidence was too weak

[Daily Maverick] Petrol is up by R1.34 and diesel gets a R2.94 increase, and there’s nothing we can do about it for now.

[New Times] More Rwandans are travelling within the country, but growing domestic tourism has yet to translate into mass participation, with travel still widely perceived as an expensive activity reserved for foreign

[Nyasa Times] Construction of the long-awaited Mozambique-Malawi (MOMA) 400kV Electricity Interconnector has finally been completed, with tariff negotiations now underway before commercial power trading can begin between the two nations.

While several coffin makers in Bunia said they were providing a public service, the virus has put them at the center of a debate around safe burials.

A girl, 7, and her aunt died in the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on Wednesday.

Anton Siluanov holds talks with US counterpart as European officials object to Russia’s return to G20 talks.

The verdict ends decades of mystery as to who was behind the rapper’s death.

This may well be the point when his honeymoon period as PM ends and the hard work begins, Damian Grammaticas writes.

The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital, founded by the Biden administration to give loans to bolster the U.S. defense industry, is helping lead President Trump’s oil deal.