Cape Town – From South Africa’s gross domestic product returning to pre-pandemic levels; to only four candidates running to become Kenya’s next president… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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SA economy grows to pre-pandemic levels, says official
South Africa’s gross domestic product grew by 1.9% in the first quarter, returning the continent’s most industrialised economy to pre-pandemic levels, official data showed on Tuesday. Read more…
Four running for president in Kenya’s election
Four candidates are in the running to become Kenya’s next president, including current deputy president William Ruto and veteran politician Raila Odinga, the electoral body said. Read more…
SA’s prominent graft-accused Gupta brothers arrested in Dubai
Two wealthy Indian-born business brothers who were allegedly at the centre of a massive web of state corruption in South Africa have been arrested in Dubai, Pretoria announced Monday. Read more…
Cyril Ramaphosa to testify over farm theft scandal
Embroiled in a burglary scandal, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before his party’s Integrity Commission, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Monday. Read more…
Nigeria’s ruling party braces for key primaries
More than 2 300 delegates from Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party converged on the capital Abuja ahead of a key primary election on Tuesday. Read more…
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately step aside to allow transparent investigations to occur after being embroiled in a growing scandal centred on the theft of cash from his sprawling cattle farm. Read more…
Shots fired as SANDF, cops arrest 158 allegedly undocumented immigrants
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested at least 158 Lesotho nationals who attempted to enter South Africa without proper documentation over the weekend. Read more…
62-year-old pensioner hacks man, 42, with a panga after he allegedly tried to rape her
An elderly woman, 62, reportedly used a bush knife to defend herself from a man who entered her home in KwaZulu-Natal and tried to rape her on May 27, 2022. Read more…
‘I’m angry, I’m sad’ – Sobbing Jamie Barlett’s partner Rosa Onious says
An emotional and sobbing Rosa Onious poured her heart out, as she spoke about her late partner Jamie Barlett’s loving and gentle nature at his memorial held in Zone 6 Soweto on Monday. Read more…
WATCH | Lightweight boxer hospitalised after ‘fighting invisible opponent’
South African lightweight boxer Simiso Buthelezi, 24, is reportedly fighting for his life in a coma at King Edward Hospital, Durban, after allegedly bleeding in the brain following a boxing match on Sunday. Read more…
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