By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Moneyweb
Former South African Tourism director general Nombulelo Guliwe continues to receive a salary 15 months after her suspension. She was suspended in August 2025 in disciplinary proceedings linked to an irregular payment of 4.1 million rand, Moneyweb reports.
Mali’s Treasury raised 49.5 billion CFA francs on the West African Monetary Union public securities market on 11 November 2026 to cover the state budget’s financing needs. The General Directorate of Treasury and Public Accounting had already raised 55 billion CFA francs on the same market in August, reports Financial Afrik.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Financial Afrik ·
Former South African defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denied at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that she discussed her financial difficulties with contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu. Facing 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering, she is accused of soliciting 4.5 million rand in bribes and receiving 2.1 million in cash, according to IOL.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
Thuthukile Zuma, daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, has resigned as a member of the ANC regional executive committee in Johannesburg, as the region was pursuing disciplinary proceedings over absenteeism and criticism of secretary-general Fikile Mbalula on X. The region wrote to her on 15 October seeking an explanation before receiving her resignation letter on 10 November, according to the ANC.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala has changed his testimony before the Madlanga Commission, acknowledging that he paid 500,000 rand to Shadrack Sibiya. He denies, however, that the payment was linked to a SAPS tender, according to IOL.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
Residents of Orange Farm, South Africa, face water cutsResidents of Drieziek, south of Johannesburg, say they face water cuts lasting up to two weeks as a heatwave increases water needs in Gauteng. The South African Weather Service has issued a heatwave alert and tanker deliveries remain irregular, according to SABC News.
Mozambique seeks €33.5 billion for climate resilienceMozambican President Daniel Chapo says his country needs €33.5 billion over 10 years to strengthen its climate resilience. He cited more than 76 disasters between 2000 and 2025 that caused more than $4.5 billion in losses, at COP31, according to Chapo.The week in Africa
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