From SA being granted $497 million by the World Bank to decommission one of its largest coal-fired power plants and convert it to renewable energy; to a priest being arrested after allegedly slitting his son’s throat… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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South Africa gets $497 million from World Bank to move away from coal
South Africa, one of the world’s largest greenhouse-gas emitters, has been granted financing of $497 million to decommission one of its largest coal-fired power plants and convert it to renewable energy, the World Bank said. Read more…
Saudi Arabian nationals held and ordered to pay R2m for stealing plants in SA
Six suspects were arrested for the possession of flora without the necessary documentation and money laundering after an integrated cross-border operation, South African Police Service (SAPS) confirmed in a statement. Read more…
Egypt’s COP27 climate summit comes at a ‘watershed moment’
Leaders of a divided world meet in Egypt on Monday tasked with taming the terrifying juggernaut of global warming as they face gale-force geopolitical crosswinds, including the war in Ukraine and economic turmoil. Read more…
On the traces of Senegal’s enigmatic anti-colonial heroine
She is hailed today as a figurehead of Senegal’s fight for independence from France – but trying to seize the elusive substance of her life is almost like trying to capture a ghost. Read more…
‘This is a difficult time for me’ – Terry Pheto denies claims she is linked to lotto fraud
Internationally acclaimed actress Moitheri Pheto, known to many as Terry Pheto, has taken to social media to respond to allegations of fraud relating to funding by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). Read more…
Gunmen kill six in eastern South Africa, police say
Gunmen shot dead six people and wounded another on the outskirts of South Africa’s coastal city of Durban, police said on Saturday. Read more…
Kenya candidate files court case over presidential vote
Kenya’s defeated deputy presidential candidate Martha Karua said on Friday that she had filed a case challenging the Supreme Court’s decision in September which upheld the election victory of President William Ruto. Read more…
Three dead in Congo-Brazzaville after pastor slits his son’s throat
An evangelical priest in the Republic of Congo has been arrested after allegedly slitting his son’s throat, a macabre killing that provoked a clash in which two other people were killed, police said on Friday. Read more…
WATCH | Video of a fan hysterically chasing after Cassper Nyovest during his jog goes viral
A video in which a fan gets hysterical after seeing Cassper Nyovest jogging with his best friend Carpo in the streets of Mafikeng, has gone viral on social media. Read more…
Proteas pacemen form strong bond
Wayne Parnell says the Proteas fast bowlers have made an effort to “talk about cricket” as the team looks to go the distance at the T20 World Cup. Read more…
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