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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.
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Organisers of a two-day demonstration that sought to block commercial traffic from entering and leaving South Africa through Beitbridge Border Post were left eating the dust from the cargo trucks driving over the bridges when the planned protest failed.
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Zimbabwe is a unique country, so unique that a whole continent like Europe can sit down to discuss its fate and resolve to slap sanctions on this small nation south of the Sahara.
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From as far back as May, several individuals and organisations from Zimbabwe, the region and beyond have been pushing the baseless and politically-mischievous narrative that Zimbabwe is mired in a crisis.
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JOHANNESBURG. — Bloemfontein Celtic have confirmed they have lost the case against Mamelodi Sundowns over the issue of Tebogo Langerman. Celtic took Sundowns to the PSL Disciplinary Committee for naming the suspended defender in their squad for the Nedbank Cup final, which The Brazilians won 1-0 at Orlando Stadium. Former Zimbabwe international footballer, Peter Ndlovu, […]