Fri 10 May 2019: An Indian diamond dealer who is a chief suspect in a huge bank fraud and money laundering case has been denied bail by a British court as he fights extradition to India. Nirav Modi, 48, was arrested in London, in March, on suspicion of being the main beneficiary of a huge […]
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Fri 10 May 2019: Johannesburg – The ANC has not only maintained the lead nationally but also in provinces such as Limpopo, Free State and Mpumalanga. Vote counting continued on Friday morning with just over 75% of completed vote counting across the country as of 9.30 am. The tallying also continued provincially in areas […]
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Fri 10 May 2019: An updated count on South Africa’s election results on Friday morning showed the ruling party, the ANC headed toward victory, although well below its count from five years ago. By 07h00, about 17,208 of 22,925 of the voting districts or 75.06% had declared their results. The tallies up on the large leader board […]
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Wed 8 May 2019: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian garment factory workers are now, on average, the lowest paid in any major garment-producing company worldwide, a new report says. The report by the New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights comes as Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, pursues a bold […]
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Tue 7 May 2019: GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Three suspects in the killing of two U.N. investigators in Democratic Republic of Congo escaped from prison overnight, a defense lawyer in the case said on Tuesday. Evariste Ilunga, Kanowa Tshiaba and Mbayi Amoxi Tshikangu are on trial accused of participating in the killing […]
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Mon 06 May 2019: Sensitive and difficult negotiations with different groups have not made it easy for the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Gift of the Givers to broker an early release of South African journalist Shiraaz Mohamed held hostage for two years in war-torn Syria. According to Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, “negotiating […]
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Mon 06 May 2019: South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will kick-start the economy and deal with corruption, it vowed on Sunday, three days before elections at which its overwhelming majority faces its sternest test since the party rose to power. President of South Africa’s governing African National Congress Cyril Ramaphosa waves to his […]
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Sun 05 May 2019: Campaigning for South Africa’s upcoming election have reached a climax Sunday with mass rallies by the ruling party and one of its most potent challengers. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, promised more jobs and economic growth at the rally for the African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela which has […]
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Fri 03 May 2019: South Africans have expressed widespread support for the double Olympic champion Caster Semenya, who will run her last 800m on Friday before the imposition of controversial new rules limiting testosterone in female athletes. Tokozile Xasa, the sports minister, said on Thursday that the South African government was disappointed with the ruling by the court of arbitration […]
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Fri 03 May 2019: A drawing by late South African president Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island — where he was held for 18 years — sold on Thursday in New York for $112,575. “The Cell Door, Robben Island” — completed in 2002 by the Nobel peace laureate — […]
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