Cape Town – From Nigerian cement group Dangote vice president and businessman Sani Dangote dying in the US; to Heineken moving to acquire South African and Namibian brewers…Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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FW De Klerk to be cremated at private funeral
South Africa’s last apartheid-era president FW de Klerk, who died last week, will be cremated at a private funeral on November 21, his office said on Sunday. Read more…
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote’s brother Sani dies in US
Nigerian cement group Dangote vice president and businessman Sani Dangote, has reportedly died. Read more…
Woman stabs husband to death after he catches her with another man in their matrimonial bed
Police in Nigeria have reportedly arrested a woman for allegedly stabbing her husband to death after he caught her in their matrimonial bed with another man. Read more…
Heineken to acquire South African, Namibian brewers
Dutch brewing giant Heineken will buy a majority stake in brewers in South Africa and Namibia, companies said on Monday, creating a booze behemoth in a region currently dominated by rival Anheuser-Busch InBev. Read more…
54-hour water disruption: Rand Water urges Gauteng residents not to panic
Rand Water has warned about a planned water outage which will see most areas in Gauteng go without water for an estimated 54-hour from Monday until Wednesday. Read more…
North African climate change threatens farming, political stability
Tunisian olive farmer Ali Fileli looked out over his parched fields and crushed a lump of dry, dusty earth in his hand. Read more…
Drought, overpumping cut Morocco river link to sea
Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth of the Moulouya river – but after years of drought and over-pumping, it comes to a halt just short of the sea. Read more…
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has kept his promise and gifted King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo a brand new luxury Mercedes Benz SUV estimated at R1.8 million. Read more…
SEE | Reality TV star Dineo Ranaka now a qualified traditional healer
Media personality Dineo Ranaka, whose ancestral name is Gogo Somahashi, has officially celebrated her homecoming as a traditional healer, a report says. Read more…
Disputed Ayew penalty takes Ghana to play-offs, DRC also qualify
Captain Andre Ayew converted a controversial penalty in his 100th international appearance on Sunday to take Ghana into the African World Cup qualifying play-offs with a bruising 1-0 victory over South Africa. Read More…
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