South Africa jobless rate soars as pandemic bites
Johannesburg – Unemployment in South Africa soared to its highest level in 13 years in the second quarter of this... Read more
24 Aug, 2021
IMF injects US$1 billion into Zimbabwe’s fiscus
Cape Town – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has injected US$1 billion into Zimbabwe’s fiscus. According to the state-owned... Read more
24 Aug, 2021
Mozambique begins trial of 19 suspects linked to $2bn secret loan scandal
Maputo – The Mozambique trial of 19 suspects linked to a $2 billion secret loan scandal that plunged the southern... Read more
24 Aug, 2021
Security crisis drives up Nigeria’s food worries
Makurdi – Rice farmer Donald Amokaha spends his days weeding a temporary plot outside the city of Makurdi, on... Read more
23 Aug, 2021
Mango employees’ salaries ‘to be paid in full’
Cape Town – Cash-strapped Mango Airlines has reportedly announced that its 750 workers can expect their salaries to be... Read more
23 Aug, 2021
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority CEO Karikoga Kaseke retires after a long period of illness
Cape Town – Long-serving Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) Chief Executive Officer, Karikoga Kaseke, has retired after a long period... Read more
23 Aug, 2021
OPEC chief Mohammad Barkindo makes first trip to oil-rich Congo
Brazzaville – OPEC chief Mohammad Barkindo arrived in Congo late on Sunday in the first-ever visit by a head of... Read more
23 Aug, 2021
DRC region shuts down half a dozen mines after tension with Chinese
Bukavu – Local authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have closed half a dozen mining companies in South Kivu... Read more
22 Aug, 2021
Megaship that blocked Suez heads back to Asia
Cairo – A super tanker that blocked the Suez Canal is heading back to Asia, authorities said, five months... Read more
21 Aug, 2021
Ivory Coast detects first bird flu cases since 2015
Abidjan – Ivory Coast has detected its first cases since 2015 of the H5N1 bird flu in poultry farms,... Read more
20 Aug, 2021
