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After falling to a record low against the dollar earlier in the week, the rand strengthened to below R18 against the greenback last Thursday. The local currency opened the day at 18,18/$ and firmed by just over 1 percent to trade at R17,85 after noon. “The rally in riskier assets, including the rand, is attributed […]
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KIGALI-Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Tuesday launched the 26th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi urging Rwandans to pause to reflect on the tragedy in which over one million people were killed in cold blood.
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South African activist, chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, and secretary-general of the Communist Party whose assassination was pivotal in South Africa's transition from apartheid
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Victor Maphosa Herald Correspondent Police have deployed public order vehicles equipped with water cannons to fumigate areas known for high human traffic. The chemicals used during the fumigation are being supplied by Harare City Council. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the exercise was a partnership between the police and the council to […]
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Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Bindura University of Science Education has scaled up production of alcohol and non-alcohol sanitisers to 2 000 litres a day using standard formulas approved by the World Health Organisation. Vice Chancellor Prof Eddie Mwenje on Thursday invited the COVID-19 provincial taskforce to tour the manufacturing unit in Bindura. The WHO […]
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Fabisch’s Dream Team, like Drogba’s Elephants, were the shining symbol of sporting immortality. THE three-hour road trip took us north, past villages still bearing the scars of war, past villagers still haunted by the horror of armed conflict. We were in a battered taxi, the driver and I, having met at the airport and somehow […]
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LUSAKA. — Zambia national coach Micho Sredojevic has suggested that if June’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers can’t be played in June, they could be shifted to August, where at this stage there is no international window. The qualifiers that were due to be played in March have already been postponed due to the […]
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The son of the late Tanzanian Brigadier General Hashim Mbita, Iddi Hashim, is the first victim of Covid-19 in Tanzania.
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CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE. — Jean-Claude Ganga, the founding father of Africa’s greatest sporting festival, died on Saturday, at the age of 86. He was a former Minister of Sports of Congo-Brazzaville and president of the African Olympic Committee (ANOCA). The Congolese was the great architect of the creation of the African Games, the first edition of which […]
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JOHANNESBURG. — Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat and two Mamelodi Sundowns stars have been listed among the most the most valuable 11 based footballers in Africa.
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Soukous music legend Aurlus Mabele has succumbed to complications arising from a previous stroke in France, his counterpart Nyboma Mwandido confirmed to the Nation on Friday.
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WINDHOEK. — China has provided 200 million Namibian dollars (about US$12,8 million) to construct four modern schools in Namibia’s rural constituencies, Chinese Ambassador to Namibia Zhang Yiming said Monday.
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Maputo. — The South African company Tongaat Hulett, the majority shareholder in the Xinavane and Mafambisse sugar mills, in the Mozambican provinces of Maputo and Sofala respectively, has promised to invest about 500 million rands (about US$29,5 million to reactivate production.
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Swarming locusts are famous for their destructive potential. Currently, locust outbreaks in East Africa are threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of farmers and their families.
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JOHANNESBURG — African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness.