The South African Department of Basic Education (DBE) has sparked a massive holiday debate after Minister Siviwe Gwarube published a Government Gazette notice on 4 November 2025, calling for public comment on a major overhaul of the school calendar policy
The scheduled US$1 billion investment by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote into a vertically integrated industrial complex in Zimbabwe is far more than simple foreign direct investment.
Harare, 11 November 2025 – Zimbabwe’s national examinations have descended into a full-blown crisis, prompting Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) to issue a scathing press statement today condemning the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) for “gross incompetence” and a “national betrayal” of the country’s youth.
By preventing the overconsumption of primary producers like seagrasses and kelp forests, they indirectly protect these carbon-absorbing, oxygen-producing habitats
In Africa people are voted to lead as youths but they then stay on power. Most people whom you are now calling dictators they liberated African States as youths. Again you youths who are in here, you will also do the same if given the chance. You are voted as a youth. So we need really look at where the challenge is
Tendai Keith Guvamombe (MIDRAND) The 5th African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Youth Symposium, held under the theme “Youth in Governance: From Promise to Prosperity” at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Headquarters, has been hailed as a pivotal moment for transforming youth engagement across the continent. APRM CEO of the Continental Secretariat, Ambassador Marie Antoinette Rose Quatre,…
African youth have been tipped to take a central role in shaping a peaceful and prosperous continent, focusing their attention on digital skills, good governance, and stability.
Tendai Keith Guvamombe The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) is reinforcing its mandate as the genuine Voice of the African People by committing to consistent engagement with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). This assurance was delivered by PAP President Chief Fortune Charumbira during the Third Civil Society Engagement held at the PAP Headquarters in Midrand, South Africa. Chief…
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are working hand-in-hand with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to tackle the continent’s most urgent challenges, demonstrating a commitment to shared governance as the bedrock of a stable Africa.
MIDRAND, JOHANNESBURG – The debate on Africa’s mineral wealth and the EU’s Global Gateway took a deeply personal and powerful turn this Friday, as Ambassador Bridget Motsepe, South Africa’s first Black female mining producer, addressed the Pan-African Parliament (PAP).
