THE MORNING BRIEFAfrica Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
19 May 2025
Afrika liberation week - South Afrikan Presidency in USA and France-Budget week - Afrika Rising and not Hiding
- DR Congo - Rwanda - M23
M23 rebels expel civilians to Rwanda
Thousands of people believed to be illegals from Rwanda were expelled by the M23 from the key major town of Goma on Saturday.
- Tanzania - Kenya
Kenya's ex-justice minister, politician and human rights lawyer Martha Karua has been 'deported' from Tanzania after length interrogation for several hours by Tanzanian authorities.
- USA - South Afrika
President Ramaphosa to Undertake Working Visit to the U.S.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will undertake a working visit to the United States of America from 19 to 22 May 2025, the Presidency has announced.
- In our historical archives, it was on this day 19 May 1925 when Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the fourth of seven children of Grenada-born Louise Helen Little (née Langdon) and Georgia-born Earl Little. Earl was an outspoken Baptist lay speaker, and he and Louise were admirers of Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey.
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An open letter addressed to UN Women at the 2026 Commission on the Status of Women raises urgent concerns about the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (AU CEVAWG). While intended as a landmark treaty, the letter argues that the Convention in its current form weakens existing protections and fails to deliver on its promise of rights, justice, and action for African women and girls.
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At the inaugural National Transport Conference held in Midrand, urgent concerns about violence and instability in South Africa’s taxi industry took centre stage. Following a deadly shooting at a Delft taxi rank in Cape Town, Dr. Siyabulela Fobosi of the University of Fort Hare called for decisive, “tough medicine” to address what he argues is not just disorder—but organised crime embedded within the sector.
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The African National Congress calls on all peace-loving and patriotic South Africans to unite for The People’s March in Defence of Our Sovereignty and Democratic Gains on Saturday, 21 March 2026, commemorating Human Rights Day.
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