China extends maternity leave to boost births
Beijing – Several regions in China have extended maternity leave by at least 30 days, in the latest attempt to... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
Cyril Ramaphosa to meet NCCC amid new Covid-19 variant hits SA
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa is on Saturday expected to meet with the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC)... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
President faces another test as Algerians vote
Algiers – Algerians vote on Saturday in local elections seen as key in President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s push to turn... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
Telecom Italia CEO resigns after KKR buyout bid: report
Rome – Telecom Italia Chief Executive Luigi Gubitosi has resigned, news reports said Friday, amid increasing pressure on the... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
South Africa calls travel bans ‘draconian, unjustified’
Johannesburg – South Africa’s health ministry on Friday attacked a global rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
Revered Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91
New York – Legendary Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim, widely credited with revolutionising American musical theater, died on Friday at... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
Rappers on trial in DRC stand by contested songs
Goma – Two rappers charged with insulting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s army and president in their work stood on... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
Namibia faces destroying over 260 000 Covid vaccines
Windhoek – Namibia might be forced to destroy up to 268 000 Covid-19 vaccines which are nearing their expiry... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
Lawrence leads Joburg Open reduced to 54 holes by Covid turmoil
Johannesburg – South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence led the Joburg Open on Friday where the emergence in the country of a... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
Soweto’s veteran ice-cream truck keeps generations smiling
Soweto – The melody of Sipho Mtshali’s ice-cream van has drawn hoards of Soweto children since South Africa’s violent apartheid... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
