South Africa to offer Covid jabs at polling stations
Johannesburg – South Africa said on Friday it will set up 1 000 vaccination sites at selected polling stations during... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
Massive fuel price hike expected in November, AA warns
Cape Town – The Automobile Association (AA) has warned that motorists are in for a massive fuel price hike... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
Ghana’s law curbing LGBT rights sparks Anglican church rift
Accra – A proposed law in Ghana to toughen curbs on the LGBT community has triggered a rift between... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
Uganda to reopen schools in January, after almost two years
Kampala – Ugandan schools, closed since March last year owing to the pandemic, will reopen in January regardless of currently... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
DRC army kills 27 rebels, loses four soldiers
Bunia – The Congolese army said on Thursday that it had lost four soldiers and killed 27 militiamen in... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
Libya welcomes back tourists after years of war
Ghadames – Libya has hosted its first group of foreign tourists in a decade, with an excursion to an... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
Syringe shortfall threatens Africa Covid vaccine drive
Brazzaville – Africa’s struggle to inoculate people against Covid-19 risks being hobbled by a shortage of syringes just as supplies... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
South Africa earmarks R50bn for clean energy projects
Johannesburg – Coal-dependant South Africa on Thursday announced it was ploughing R50 billion ($3.3 billion) into 25 wind and solar... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
10 000 troops deployed ahead of SA’s local polls; 12m Nigerian kids scared to go to school | Here are your top news headlines
Cape Town – From President Cyril Ramaphosa authorising the deployment of 10 000 soldiers ahead of local municipal elections;... Read more
29 Oct, 2021
Mozambique president Filipe Nyusi sued in UK over $2bn debt scandal
Johannesburg – Mozambique’s president Filipe Nyusi is being sued in London by a firm at the centre of a... Read more
28 Oct, 2021
