A busy week in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers has seen some of the continent’s heavyweights rack up impressive victories, including the likes of South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Egypt, but a 21-match Tuesday could yet see…
South Africa president denies ignoring fraud at failed bank (Guardian)
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday denied accusations that he ignored widespread looting and financial misconduct at a major retail bank that collapsed weeks after he came into office. VBS Mutual gained notoriety in 2016 when it lent scandal-tainted…
Pik Botha: Key figure in South Africa’s apartheid transition dies (BBC)
A key figure during South Africa’s transition from the apartheid era, Pik Botha, has died at the age of 86. Mr. Botha served as his country’s foreign minister for 17 years until the end of the apartheid era in 1994.…
South Africa’s highest court legalises cannabis use (BBC)
South Africa’s highest court has legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places. Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted “Weed are free now” when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark ruling. In a unanimous ruling,…
South African firefighters die from lack of water (BBC)
The death of three firemen in South Africa has shocked the country, with many feeling the blaze at a 26-floor government building in Johannesburg reveals a reckless attitude to health and safety by elected officials. “If there was water in…
FAMILY WAR ERUPTS OVER SENATORIAL BID: Bianca’s sins, by Emeka Ojukwu Jr (vanguard) *South Africa shuts consulate in Lagos (Punch)
FAMILY WAR ERUPTS OVER SENATORIAL BID: Bianca’s sins, by Emeka Ojukwu Jr (Vanguard) The claim that the children of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu have resolved not to support the senatorial ambition of the Biafra warlord ’s widow, Bianca, has literally…
Manufacturing, agriculture key to economic growth, development says Dangote
Executive Director of the Dangote Group, Hajiya Halima Dangote, has urged millennials in Nigeria and across Africa to diversify from service-oriented enterprises to manufacturing and agriculture in a bid to fast-track the development of the continent and better life for…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa excited as PM May returns sunken WWI ship’s bell
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa Tuesday thanked British Prime Minister Theresa May for handing over the bell of a World War I ship on which over 600 black South African troops perished when it sunk in 1917. “We were…
Britain conditioned South Africa on land reform support
Britain supports South Africa’s land reform programme provided it is carried out legally, Prime Minister Theresa May said in Cape Town on Tuesday, adding that she would discuss the issue with President Cyril Ramaphosa. “The UK has for some time…
Maiden Lagos Fringe Festival holds November
The Inaugural Lagos Fringe Festival will take place from November 11 through 18, 2018 in Lagos, Nigeria. It is a festival for performing arts and interdisciplinary conversations, and will feature local and international artistes from South Africa, UK., U.S.A., Ghana,…