IMF says no financial support for Zimbabwe
Harare – The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that it was unable to offer any financial support to Zimbabwe... Read more
17 Nov, 2021
Activists fear gas study threatens South Africa’s Wild Coast
Johannesburg – A planned seismic oil and gas exploration project by energy giant Shell off South Africa’s Wild Coast region,... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
Springboks recall Pollard, Reinach and De Jager for England finale
London – South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber has recalled fly-half Handre Pollard and scrum-half Cobus Reinach, together with veteran... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
US nationals in Ethiopia warned: no Afghan-style evacuation
Washington – The United States urged its nationals once again on Monday to leave war-torn Ethiopia immediately on their own,... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
Ethiopia’s spiralling war tests fragile region’s stability
Nairobi – With thousands of people dead, two million displaced and mounting fears of a rebel march on Addis Ababa,... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
Cyril Ramaphosa declares mourning period in honour of FW de Klerk
Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared five days of mourning for South Africa’s last apartheid-era president FW... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
AfriForum calls on Dlamini-Zuma to end ‘unjustified, irrational’ curfews
Cape Town – Lobby group AfriForum has given Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma until Friday... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
Lagos panel on protest crackdown submits report
Lagos – A judicial panel probing a bloody crackdown on protesters against police brutality last year in Nigeria’s economic hub... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
Investigation under way after police officer shoots guest in the head at Gauteng lodge
Cape Town – The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has launched an investigation after a man was shot in... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
Businessman Sani Dangote’s body set to arrive in Nigeria today for burial – reports
Cape Town – The body of Sani Dangote, the vice president of the Nigerian cement group Dangote, is set... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
