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‘Implausible’ That Gordhan Honestly Forgot About Meeting Gupta Brother: Mkhwebane

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has found it “implausible” that Public Enterprises Minister simply did not recall meeting one of the infamous Gupta brothers in 2010. In a shocking report released on Friday, Mkhwebane makes several findings against Gordhan in relation to the establishment of an intelligence unit at the South African Revenue Service in 2007, […]

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Kibra MP Ken Okoth Back⬅ in Kenya After Cancer Treatment

Kibra MP Ken Okoth made his first official appearance on Sunday after being away in France for five months seeking treatment for colorectal cancer. He attended the Kibra Music Fest at Moi Girls School, Nairobi. The event has run for 11 years. Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja was present at the festival. Sakaja took to Twitter […]

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Nana Akufo-Addo Jets Off to AU Summit, Takes One-Week Leave

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left the country on Saturday, 6th July 2019, to lead the Ghanaian delegation to the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, being held in Niamey, the capital of the Republic of Niger. The Summit will officially launch the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area […]

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Ablakwa Mocks Government’s 1V1D Says it’s One-Village One-Pond

A former Deputy Minister of Information has called on the government to admit to failure in the implementation of its flagship programme, One-Village One-Dam. According to Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, evidence of what has been done so far suggest that rather than a Dam in every village in Northern Ghana, government has only provided ponds for […]

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African Leaders Launch Continental Free-Trade Zone

African leaders met on Sunday to launch a continental free-trade zone that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era of development. After four years of talks, an agreement to form a 55-nation trade bloc was reached in March, paving the way for Sunday’s […]

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Tshwane Clinic: They Told Me My Womb Was Cleaning Itself – Another Mom claims

Another woman has come forward with her experience of giving birth shortly after nurses allegedly turned her away at Stanza Bopape Community Health Centre in Tshwane. The 23-year-old, who asked not to be identified because she fears health officials will target her and her baby boy, said her first experience of going into labour was […]

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Bafana Bafana Stun Hosts Egypt To Book Place in AFCON Last-Eight

South Africa knocked hosts Egypt out of the Africa Cup of Nations and booked their place in the quarter-finals with a late winner in Cairo. With Egypt throwing players forward, Thembinkosi Lorch struck on the counter-attack after 85 minutes. Mahmoud Trezeguet had the hosts’ best chance, but he fired at the goalkeeper. Egypt have followed […]

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Ghana Gets $200m World Bank Support

Ghana has received $200 million from the World Bank to help transform and diversify its economy through the promotion of private investment and robust growth in its non-resource base sectors. The fund, to be administered through an integrated programme is set to build the country’s competitiveness and deliver sustainable jobs under the Ghana Economic Transformation […]

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Western nations calls on DRC to respect rights of artisanal miners

Switzerland, the United States and several Western countries have called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to respect the rights of artisanal miners, following the recent tragedy and incidents in cobalt- and copper-rich Katanga. Dozens of people died near Kolwezi (south-east) a week ago in a collapsed gallery at the mining site of KCC, a […]

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‘Implausible’ that Gordhan honestly forgot about meeting Gupta brother – Mkhwebane

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has found it “implausible” that Public Enterprises Minister simply did not recall meeting one of the infamous Gupta brothers in 2010. In a shocking report released on Friday, Mkhwebane makes several findings against Gordhan in relation to the establishment of an intelligence unit at the South African Revenue Service in 2007, […]

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Jealousy behind US-China trade ‘war’ – Ramaphosa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday that South Africa cannot allow its economy to be held back by the U.S.-China trade war, which he said was born out of jealousy. Speaking at the Digital Economy Summit, Ramaphosa said local telecommunications companies, which he did not name, had written to him before he attended […]

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AFCON 2019: Benin makes history, dump out Morocco

Benin defeated Morocco in the AFCON tournament round of 16 after playing a 1-1 draw in the normal regulation time, the game went to extra time then penalty shout and Benin converted all their spot kicks while the Atlas Lions wasted two of their kicks. Morocco started the game in attacking mode with Benin on […]

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AFCON 2019: Benin makes history, dump out Morocco

Benin defeated Morocco in the AFCON tournament round of 16 after playing a 1-1 draw in the normal regulation time, the game went to extra time then penalty shout and Benin converted all their spot kicks while the Atlas Lions wasted two of their kicks. Morocco started the game in attacking mode with Benin on […]

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AFCON 2019: Benin makes history, dump out Morocco

Benin defeated Morocco in the AFCON tournament round of 16 after playing a 1-1 draw in the normal regulation time, the game went to extra time then penalty shout and Benin converted all their spot kicks while the Atlas Lions wasted two of their kicks. Morocco started the game in attacking mode with Benin on […]

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Two Arrested for Protesting Against Proposed Parliament Chamber

The leader of the Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah and one other person were on Friday morning arrested at Parliament House for protesting against the proposed 450-seater new chamber for Parliament. They were protesting in the public gallery during proceedings. They reportedly stood up during proceedings and shouted, “drop that chamber, drop that chamber.” That […]