Mozambique’s long-held dreams of natural gas have got a fresh boost following an estimated $1.1 billion contract award by ExxonMobil for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 project in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region. The signing of the contracts represents a big leap towards FID for the project, whose objective is to build onshore LNG facilities with […]
South Africans head to the polls tomorrow in a contest nobody expects to produce a clear winner. The South Africa elections will decide who runs councils in all 257 municipalities, including the eight metros that drive the economy. A Voter Walks Away from the ANC Mpho Moroka, 38, is unemployed and lives in Soweto. She […]
Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa, has said that his country will not be forced to side with any global powers, ahead of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation. He vowed not to be drawn into a contest between global powers as he readied to host the […]
Laurent Gbagbo, the former Ivorian President, has been irrevocably removed from the electoral listing and hence, will no longer be able to present himself in the upcoming presidential elections per an Ivorian judiciary ruling that sees him still in exile. The information used to be recently verified by way of the Independent Electoral Commission with […]
It’s been a tumultuous week in South African politics. The continued fallout over the Public Protector’s reports on Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and President Cyril Ramaphosa, as well former president Jacob Zuma’s testimony about spies and a plot to get rid of him before the state capture commission, played deep into the week. […]