Sat 26 March 2022: Around 190,000 migrants in war-torn Yemen are in “dire” need of assistance, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Saturday. “More than 4 million people who have fled their homes in search of safety, and some 190,000 migrants from the Horn of Africa, are in dire need of assistance” IOM […]
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Sat 26 March 2022: Zimbabweans voted in parliamentary and local authority by-elections on Saturday, which are considered as a preview of what to expect in next year’s national elections. The elections, which opened at 7:00 a.m., have sparked such enthusiasm that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has held a series of campaign rallies to rally support for […]
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Sat 26 March 2022: Cabinet has expressed confidence that this year’s SA Investment Conference (SAIC) will build on the country’s investment tally, as part of the nation’s drive to attract R1.2 trillion in investment over five years. Government on Thursday welcomed delegates from across the country and world to the fourth SAIC at the Sandton […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: The Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have endorsed the appointment of a Special Envoy for Africa, Anadolu News Agency reports. Meeting on 22 – 23 March in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers passed a resolution endorsing the bloc’s appointing Nassirou Bako Arifari as Special Envoy, […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: With the Adjusted Alert Level 1 restrictions eased, Cabinet has reminded all people in South Africa to remain vigilant as COVID-19 has not yet been defeated, and it has called on those aged 12 years and older to vaccinate. Cabinet has reiterated that vaccination remains the best defence against the virus, […]
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Fri 25 March 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ambitious R1.2 trillion investment drive has achieved 95% completion, just a year short of its five-year target. With 80 investment pledges – totalling R332 billion – unveiled at the fourth SA Investment Conference on Thursday, President Ramaphosa said with investments from the previous instalment of the event, the […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has commended government for the way it has dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. “We did experience difficulties especially with the discovery of the omicron virus but we survived,” Sisulu said on Thursday. Speaking at the 4th South Africa Investment Conference currently underway at the Sandton Convention Centre, Sisulu […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Khartoum has denied that the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group is operating in Sudan. The ministry issued its denial after diplomats from Norway, Britain and the US claimed that the group is involved in “illegal activities relating to gold mining” in the country. “The group’s activities […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: The South African Investment Conference (SAIC) will highlight the country’s resilience, as well as showcase the many investment opportunities available as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Outlining the programme for the fourth SAIC on Thursday, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel, said delegates will also receive a […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the easing of several restrictions as part of Adjusted Alert Level 1 from midnight. Addressing the nation on developments in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic this evening, President Ramaphosa said the approach going forward is that both indoor and outdoor venues can now take […]
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