11 July 2025 

1.    African Union - Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)- South Afrika

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, is leading South Africa’s delegation at the 47th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council taking place from yesterday and today in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

2.    Mali- Bamako

Bill granting head of Mali's junta, Gen. Assimi Goita, five more years in power signed into law

The head of Mali's junta General Assimi Goita has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as necessary" and without election, in a bill signed into law on Thursday.  

3.    Lesotho - Maseru

Lesotho declares two-year state of disaster amid US tariff fallout

Lesotho has declared a two-year national state of disaster in response to soaring unemployment, triggered by a sharp economic blow from US-imposed tariffs. In April, former US President Donald Trump reinstated a 50% tariff on goods from Lesotho, a move that has devastated the country’s textile industry—one of its biggest employers.

4.    USA- North Sudan 

Trump Administration to Revive Sudan Peace Process 

"We're facilitating peace also in places like Sudan, where they have a lot of problems," Trump said on Wednesday during a White House meeting with leaders from five West African countries.

5.    In our historical archives it was on this 11 July 1963 when the then apartheid  South African police raided the African National Congress (ANC) underground headquarters, the Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, just outside Johannesburg ; 

It was also on this day 11 July 1992 when After being readmitted into the international fold, the newly formed South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer giants, Cameroon, in three international friendlies. The final match between those two countries was played in the Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg on this date.