Several African presidents are heading to Zambia to attend the inauguration of the President-Elect Hakainde Hichilema. Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu left Dar es Salaam on Tuesday morning; Mhe. Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan akiagana na viongozi mbalimbali katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere (JNIA) Jijini Dar es Salaam leo …
Read More »South Africa: Cyril Ramaphosa due to appear before corruption inquiry
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to appear on Wednesday morning before the country’s long-running corruption inquiry. It was set up to investigate allegations that his predecessor Jacob Zuma during his term in office allowed the wealthy Gupta family to plunder state resources and to influence policy and cabinet …
Read More »AU distributes 400 million Covid vaccines to member states
The African Union has started the distribution of 400 million Covid vaccines to member states, its chairman, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. Several countries will receive the first of the monthly shipments on Thursday. The AU’s aim is to deliver 25 million vaccines a month by January. Member …
Read More »South African President Cyril Ramaphosa mourns John Magufuli
Cyril Ramaphosa the South African President has expressed his “deep sadness” following the death of Tanzania’s President John Magufuli. On his Twitter account, President Ramaphosa said he had spoken to Tanzanian Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan “to express condolences in his personal capacity and on behalf of all South Africans”. Read …
Read More »What to know about Patrice Motsepe, the new CAF president ?
South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe was announced as the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Friday. Motsepe succeeds Malagasy Ahmad Ahmad, who is serving a two-year FIFA ban over “governance issues”, and will require his vast array of business skills to fix the organisation. The 58-year …
Read More »Restrictions eased in South Africa as covid cases decline
Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African president announced that restrictions established in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic will be lowered from level three to level one. He said that restrictions put in place over the holiday period had succeeded in reducing infections levels from 90,000 a week …
Read More »Cyril Ramaphosa urges Jacob Zuma to provide proof of his allegations
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has broken his silence about allegations that some judges were bribed to seal the CR17 documents related to his 2017 ANC presidential campaign made by his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, last week. Jacob Zuma made an array of allegations against the Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, …
Read More »Why are there so many power cuts in South Africa?
Power cuts can be painful, right? But, for many South Africans, it’s now part of everyday life: something you would expect rather than something that would surprise you. “It’s got such a negative impact, especially in businesses”, says Tsholofelo Moeketsane, who has just started a new food business in Soweto, …
Read More »Zondo commission requests 2 years jail time for Jacob Zuma
The commission probing widespread state corruption when Jacob Zuma was president of South Africa, on Monday requested the Supreme Court to hand down a two year jail time for Zuma over his refusal to testify. Since the creation of the commission in 2018, Jacob Zuma already implicated by some forty …
Read More »South African president to receive vaccine against Covid-19
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will take the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that is set to rollout in the country. The president and the health minister will be immunised on Wednesday afternoon alongside health care workers at Khayelitsha, west of the country. He says it will “demonstrate our confidence in …
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