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LONDON. – The Gauteng Department of Health has cautioned the public about the spike in food poisoning cases, especially among children in the province. A shocking incident saw 41 children, aged 3 to 5, rushed to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital after mistakenly consuming rat poison, thinking it was candy. Another 10 people were treated at […]
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LAGOS. – Nigerian socialite and businessman Cubana Chief Priest has become the latest local celebrity to be charged with abusing banknotes. The socialite, whose real name is Pascal Okechukwu, pleaded not guilty to three counts of abusing banknotes during a court appearance yesterday. Authorities say he threw money into the air at various social events. […]
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Zvamaida Murwira-Senior Reporter NEWLY re-elected Pan African Parliament president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, has pledged to unite and rebrand the continental legislative assembly and help end conflict in Africa as he returns to the helm of the organisation following his re-election last week. Chief Charumbira yesterday met President Mnangagwa at State House in Harare accompanied by […]
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At least 45 people were killed and several others injured in a bus crash in Limpopo, South Africa, according to SABC News yesterday. “The bus went out of control, fell over a bridge and caught fire on the mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken in Limpopo,” the report noted. Meanwhile, South Africa Transport Minister Sindisiwe […]
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NAIROBI. – In the early morning, students enter the Ethiopian Luban Workshop located in a three-storey building of a vocational training institute in eastern Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, where they are taught industrial skills and robotics technologies.
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KAMPALA. – The Ugandan government has instructed all civil servants to spend two hours a week doing physical exercise to keep them fit and healthy.
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JOHANNESBURG. – Four private colleges described as being “dysfunctional” have been ordered to close in South Africa, leaving thousands of students in limbo.
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JOHANNESBURG. – For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people. Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this severity. While hot weather has shrunk reservoirs, crumbling […]
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ABUJA. – will from 1 April Nigeria will impose a three-month ban on ministers and other government officials from publicly funded overseas travel, President Bola Tinubu has announced. This is aimed at curbing government spending on foreign trips. This decision comes as a response to Mr Tinubu’s concerns regarding the escalating costs associated with such […]
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DAKAR. — Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may have little to no chance of winning in Sunday’s election, but activists say her presence is helping to advance a decades-long campaign to achieve gender equality in the West African nation. Anta Babacar Ngom, a 40-year-old business executive, is a voice for both women and young people […]
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ADDIS ABABA. – The head of Ethiopia’s biggest commercial bank has said that customers who withdrew more money than what was in their accounts because of a glitch cannot “escape” the law. Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) customers this week rushed to take out money, or transfer it to other accounts. It took several hours […]
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LUSAKA. – Joseph Chewe, a barbershop owner in Ng’ombe, a residential area in Lusaka, Zambia, now has to reschedule his business hours under the availability of electricity in the capital city’s staggered power cuts. In his neighbourhood, he said, the power supply is cut off at 5am and resumes around noon. David Bwalya, who lives […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – South African citizens who fight in or alongside Israel’s armed forces in Gaza will be arrested upon their return, Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has said. This has widened the divide between the two nations after South Africa brought charges of genocide against Israel to the highest court of the United Nations. Foreign Minister […]
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LUANDA. – About 50 people have died in Angola after being forced to drink a herbal potion to prove they were not practising witchcraft, police and local officials said yesterday. The deaths occurred between January and February near the central town of Camacupa, according to Luzia Filemone, a local councillor. Speaking to the national radio […]
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ABUJA. – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces not to pay ransom for the release of close to 300 students and staff who were kidnapped from a school in north-western Kaduna state last week. Mr Tinubu instead directed security agencies to ensure the release of all kidnapped victims without any payment to the […]