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Ethiopian Airlines Group Voted ‘Best Airline in Africa’

Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has been honored as the ‘Best Airline in Africa’ for the third consecutive year at the Skytrax 2019 World Airlines Awards held in Paris on June 18, 2019. The airline also won the much-coveted ‘Best Business Class in Africa’ […]

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Expropriation Without Compensation Just One of the Tools for Land Reform: Ramaphosa

Expropriation without compensation “in defined circumstances” is but one of the ways to reform South Africa’s plans to achieve agrarian reform and spatial justice, and individual rights to land will also be recognised, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. Thereby Ramaphosa distanced his government from nationalising all the land, not for the first time. He responded to […]

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Clash Between MPs During Parliament Induction Session to Be Investigated

National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise has announced that the clash between several MPs from various political parties will be investigated. In a statement, Modise denounced the conduct of the MPs involved in the altercation as unbecoming and uncharacteristic of honourable Members of Parliament. The investigation was launched to avert any recurrence in the future. It […]

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South Africa: ANC needs economic spokesman

President Cyril Ramaphosa should be congratulated for heeding the call for him to speak out and stop the confusion caused by his ANC comrades over the future of the central bank. This is what is expected of the head of state, taking immediate action when things go wrong. His statement yesterday reasserting the independence of […]

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51 killed, 1,000 people displaced by floods in S.Africa

Devastating floods in South Africa have left 51 dead and forced more than a thousand people from their homes, according to an updated toll issued Wednesday as President Cyril Ramaphosa flew to the deluged region. Heavy rains have lashed the southeast of the country, tearing down homes and ravaging infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape […]

South Africa joins Ethiopia, Rwanda in small club of gender-parity cabinets

South Africa’s cabinet announced on Wednesday became the third on the African continent that has an equal number of female and male ministers. Ramaphosa who hailed the cabinet for making history as the first gender-parity cabinet in the country’s history, joins Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame who have taken similar actions. Ramaphosa’s female […]