Cape Town – From Cosatu saying it expects President Ramaphosa to address foreign employment policies; to Burkina Faso prosecutors seeking 30 years for ex-leader Compaore over Sankara murder… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Cosatu wants Cyril Ramaphosa’s SONA to address policies on foreign worker employment
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it expects President Cyril Ramaphosa to “address the contentious issue of South African companies that are playing poor foreign workers against poor South African workers” during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday. Read more…
At least 13 million face hunger as Horn of Africa drought worsens, says UN
An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of Africa experiences its worst drought in decades, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Read more…
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter says ‘not happy with performance of some senior executives’
Eskom’s chief executive officer André de Ruyter has reportedly announced that the power utility intends to impose sanctions on some senior executives who have been performing poorly. Read more…
Former president Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane Zuma has been hard at work, cleaning up the streets of Newlands in Durban. Read more…
Burkina Faso prosecutors seek 30 years for ex-leader Compaore over Sankara murder
Military prosecutors in Burkina Faso on Tuesday requested 30 years in jail for former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 murder of his predecessor, revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Read more…
WATCH | SBV offers R1m reward following failed cash-in-transit robbery in Cape Town
Cash-in-transit company SBV Services is reportedly offering R1 million to anyone with information regarding an attempted robbery on one of its vans on Thursday last week in Table View, Cape Town. Read more…
Uganda sets March trial date for author
A Ugandan court on Monday ordered a prominent author to stand trial next month on charges of insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son. Read more…
Mali’s PM says France sought country’s partition
Mali’s prime minister on Monday accused France of having sought the partition of the west African country during its military mission there, the latest flare-up in relations between Paris and Bamako. Read more…
‘I must protect my integrity!’ – Ntsiki Mazwai addresses MacG’s allegations
Outspoken poet Ntsiki Mazwai has come out on Twitter to address claims made against her by podcaster MacG that she gets paid for her activism. Read more…
World champions South Africa to host Wales in July
World champions South Africa will host Wales for a three-Test series in July, the national rugby body announced on Tuesday. Read more…
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