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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau South Africa’s Home Affairs Department backed by the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), yesterday denounced violence targeting foreigners in Durban, mainly those engaging in small enterprises. This was after the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) went on a rampage on Monday closing down foreign-owned businesses operating in […]
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South Africa’s Home Affairs Department and that country’s main opposition political party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday denounced the violence by some locals targeting foreign nationals in Durban mainly those engaging in Small to Medium Enterprises.
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LILONGWE. — Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera yesterday ordered the firing of top management for the country’s exam body, Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB), following the mass leakage of final national secondary school exam papers. The ministry of education announced the cancellation of the administration of the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exam Wednesday after […]
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Gaborone. — Botswana may have found a solution to its elephant overpopulation: it’s going to encourage some of them to leave the country. Botswana’s tourism industry, which accounts for a fifth of the economy, is heavily reliant on the world’s biggest elephant population, but the animals have become a political issue as there are too […]
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PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has congratulated his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli for a landslide victory of more than 84 percent of the vote in last week’s election that secured him a second term.
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LAGOS. — Nigerian security forces have opened fire on hundreds of protesters in Lagos, as rallies against police brutality continued in defiance of a 24-hour curfew imposed by the government earlier in the day. Graphic scenes posted on social media showed protesters fleeing as security forces, including soldiers, shot live rounds towards the crowds. At […]
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DAR ES SALAAM. — Efforts are continuing in Tanzania to extinguish a fire that has broken out on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa.
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DAR ES SALAAM. — Tanzania’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) has reinstated parliamentary candidates in three constituencies, revoking earlier decisions that Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) aspirants had passed through without opposition. A statement by NEC released last Wednesday shows that a total of 67 candidates have been reinstated while 39 others had their appeals dismissed. The […]
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JOHANNESBURG. — Kaizer Chiefs have insisted striker, Samir Nurkovic, will not be allowed to leave the club ahead of the 2020/21 DStv Premiership season with the Amakhosi tabling an improved three-year offer that will make him one of the best-paid players at the club. The Soweto giants are keen to give Nurkovic a fresh contract […]
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ACCRA. — Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo submitted his nomination forms to the Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday to seek re-election in the December polls. If cleared, Akufo-Addo would be leading the ruling New Patriotic Party as a presidential candidate for the fourth time since 2008. “The Ghanaian people expect that the election in December […]
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WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – Justice and equity fell into sharp focus on 1 October when the AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) launched a campaign to call for the realisation of the rights to bodily autonomy and integrity in Southern and East Africa.
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JOHANNESBURG. — The dust hasn’t even begun to settle on South Africa’s new international travel laws. Despite opening up our borders to more than 150 other nations yesterday — including every state in Africa — there are still at least 60 countries who are not allowed to send tourists to Mzansi. The restrictions, which came […]
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GABORONE. — Botswana has extended its state of emergency for a further six months to combat the spread of Covid-19. The southern African country will maintain several restrictions, including limits to international travellers and tourism, in contrast to neighbouring South Africa and Zimbabwe, which are opening up their economies. Botswana, a diamond-rich, landlocked country of […]
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JOHANNESBURG. — Pitso Mosimane will earn about US$120 000 a month at Egyptian giants Al Ahly after his shock resignation from Mamelodi Sundowns —barely a month after leading the Brazilians to La Decima. When winning, and other bonuses are factored in, the coach could earn as much as US$270 000 a month. The 56-year-old gaffer […]
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WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Malawi were last week elected chair and vice chair, respectively, of the recently-constituted Regional Parliamentary Model Laws Oversight Committee (RPMLOC) of the SADC Parliamentary Forum.