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Bosasa saw ANC's Mantashe as a brilliant connection, says state capture report
The recently released report has made findings on Mantashe and the favours he received from the controversial company. ...
Ramaphosa dodges state capture bullet as report makes no findings against him
The commission was empowered to look into allegations of state capture and widespread corruption in the public sector. ...
At Least 9 Migrants Drown, 9 Rescued Off Tunisian Coast
TUNIS, Tunisia—At least nine migrants died after their boat capsized off the Tunisian coast, the Tunisian defense ministry said Tuesday. The
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SA ambassador and family, other diplomats flee Ukraine in convoy
South African Ambassador to Ukraine André Groenewald and other diplomats are fleeing the conflict-torn country. ...
Patients dying as conflict prevents supplies reaching Tigray hospitals
Medics unable to keep babies alive, says doctor, as Ethiopia’s civil war creates desperate shortages of drugs, oxygen, fuel and food People in Tigray are dying due to a lack of oxygen and medicines, a doctor at the region’s largest hospital has said, as medics
Agrizzi reveals Watson believed he was 'bulletproof' - state capture report
Gavin Watson's former chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi revealed details about his boss's relationship with the ANC. ...
Pietermaritzburg High Court to deliver judgment on AmaZulu royal family saga
Two of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini's daughters are challenging his signature on the will, which opened the way for the late Queen Regent Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu to take the throne. ...
Egyptians seen in jail ‘torture’ videos charged with spreading fake news
Public prosecutors’ claim that detainees inflicted injuries on themselves with a coin is ‘laughable’, says Human Rights Watch Detainees seen in videos allegedly showing torture in a Cairo police station inflicted their injuries on themselves, according to
Some West Coast residents delighted that seismic blasting barred along coastline
The Western Cape High Court on Tuesday interdicted two companies from continuing with the surveys – they'd been hoping to find oil and gas reserves beneath the ocean floor. ...
Zuma rejects findings in latest instalment of state capture report - foundation
In a statement released by his foundation early on Wednesday morning, former President Jacob Zuma insists that he was denied an opportunity to give his side of the story on a neutral platform. ...
AFRICA/UNITED KINGDOM : After miners, UK company Quori protects British bases
The UK Ministry of Defence has commissioned Quori to install an artificial intelligence platform designed to prevent and minimise risks around the various British Army bases in Kenya. ...
KENYA : KenGen steps up solar strategy
Kenya's state-owned power utility @KenGenKenya has completed the pre-feasibility study for a solar power plant with a maximum capacity of 40MW to be built next to the Seven Forks Dam. ...
BURKINA FASO : Ambassadors take on commando mission for junta
Following his meeting on 21 February in Ouagadougou with the country's main diplomatic envoys, the president of Burkina Faso's ruling ...
AFRICA : MSC goes all out as the deadline to make an offer for Bollor�'s ...
In exclusive negotiations with Bollor� to buy 100% of Bollor� Africa Logistics, which controls all the Africa-based port and logistics ...
LIBYA : Haftars make their mark on Bashagha's government
The set-up of Fathi Bashagha's new government, approved by the House of Representatives in Tobruk on 1 March, bears the ...
ALGERIA : Highway authority gives the green light to local companies to steer Ghazaouet bypass construction
The highway authority Algerienne des Autoroutes (ADA) on 23 February published a first call for tenders for the construction of a 25km road between the port of Ghazaouet and the east-west motorway. ...
HORN OF AFRICA : The failure of mediation over Tigray whets the appetites of Moscow ...
Uhuru Kenyatta's attempt to mediate in the Ethiopian conflict, supported by US diplomacy, has come to a standstill. Although it ...
AFRICA/RUSSIA : Ukraine-Russia: Oligarchs' African mining projects struck hard by economic sanctions
The invasion of Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops on 24 February prompted a swathe of sanctions from the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom over the weekend that threaten to strangle a number of mining ...
Lesotho - Civil servants demand 25%
(MENAFN - The Post) MASERU – CIVIL servants say the government should give them a 25 percent salary increase or face consequences of denying them the increase.The government employees made the ... ...
Qatar - Foreign Minister sends message to European Parliament President
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) QNA Brussels:–President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola received a written message from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh ... ...
Qatar - Deputy PM meets Namibian Defence Minister
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) The Peninsula Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah met with Minister of Defence of the Republic of ... ...
Lesotho - Likuena coach promises big
(MENAFN - The Post) MASERU – Veselin Jelusic called it a–great honour and pleasure– to be named Lesotho's new national coach when he was unveiled on Tuesday at Bambatha T–ita Sports Arena.It ... ...
Human Rights Committee in Geneva reviews initial report of Qatar
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) QNA Geneva:–The Human Rights Committee in Geneva reviewed the initial report of the State of Qatar submitted under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and ... ...
Qatar to attend 39th session of Arab Interior Ministers Council
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) QNA Doha: The State of Qatar will participate in the 39th session of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers scheduled to be held in the Tunisian capital today. Minister of ... ...
Rising cargo volume at ports consolidates Qatar as transshipment hub
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Irfan Bukhari | The Peninsula Doha: Qatar's rise as a transshipment hub of the region has been confirmed yet again. Qatari ports reported an 11 percent growth in ... ...
How the Russia-Ukraine War Impacts Africans
Fleeing African students have been left stranded at the border as a food crisis looms for countries dependent on Russian and Ukrainian grain. ...
Scopa lashes Eskom over contracts, De Ruyter, Gordhan no-shows
Members of Parliament's finance watchdog Scopa have slammed Eskom for playing victim and not taking parliament seriously. ...
South Africans brace for higher costs as record-high fuel prices kick in
Some motorists said that the sharp increase in fuel prices would impact heavily on their day-to-day lives. ...
UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
The Sun Chronicle | 2022-03-02, 06:17
Although Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet's greenhouse gas emissions, the continent has suffered some of the world's heaviest impacts of climate change, from famine to flooding. Yet from its coral reefs to its highest peaks, the
