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Southern Africa

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 08:59:23 GMT
Rwanda: Leaders of Rwanda, DRC to Meet in Angola Amid Rising Tensions
[RFI] Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi is due to meet with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Angola amid increasing hostility between the neighboring countries.

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:31:52 GMT
South Africa: Power Utility Signs One-Year Deal With Unions for 7% Wage Hike While Blackouts Continue
[Daily Maverick] Eskom signed a one-year wage agreement for 7% pay hike on Tuesday with three unions, bringing an end to the threat of further strike action widely blamed for tipping the grid into Stage 6 load shedding. But the utility warned that it...

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:29:19 GMT
South Africa: Ruling Party Executive Moves to Overhaul Key Policies After Commission's 'Unsettling' Findings
[Daily Maverick] The ANC's National Executive Committee has decided to take immediate action to revamp a number of its policies, including the one on cadre deployment. This is in reaction to the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into State Ca...

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 05:05:43 GMT
South Africa: Sandfish Are On the Brink of Extinction - How Farmers Are Helping Rescue Them
[The Conversation Africa] Sandfish are migratory freshwater fish found only in South Africa that can grow to over half a metre in length. They sport a pronounced downturned mouth which is used to graze algae off rocks and to grub in mud and sand on t...

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:44:48 GMT
Namibia: Local Ophthalmologist Dr. Helena Ndume Wins International Award
[Namibian] "IT'S an honour to receive such recognition for my impact as a humanitarian ophthalmologist. I am humbled as I extend gratitude and appreciation to the Lions Club."

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:12:21 GMT
South Africa: Cape Township Homes in the Dark As Technicians Fear for Their Safety
[GroundUp] Families in Philippi East, Cape Town, say they have been without electricity for nearly two months.

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:29:53 GMT
Zimbabwe: Reaping the Rewards of Recycling in Harare, Zimbabwe
[MSF] "It's not waste until you waste it!" reads the sign in front of the towering water tanks in the community of Stoneridge on the outskirts of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. Here, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has developed a system that not only rec...

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:10:06 GMT
South Africa: Hundreds of Organisations Swear to Defend Constitutional Democracy
[GroundUp] Gauteng meeting of activists condemns "corrupt forces in our society that are opposed to democratic rule"

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:52:35 GMT
South Africa: How South Africa's Abandoned Mines Prey on Local Communities
[HRW] Government inaction leaving communities at risk

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:30:25 GMT
South Africa: Yet Another Near-Fatal Incident Uncovered At South African Airways
[Daily Maverick] Flight SA9053, which was a passenger flight from Accra, Ghana, to Johannesburg, had water in its fuel, which could have caused both engines to flame out and crash. It should have been diverted, but wasn't.

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:28:09 GMT
South Africa: UN Development Agency Slammed for Support of 'Flawed' Chinese Industrial Mega-Project in Limpopo
[Daily Maverick] Representatives of a group of civil society organisations are calling for the United Nations Development Programme to retract a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone that could contribute up...

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:26:02 GMT
South Africa: Police Were Not Protecting Ramaphosa's Farm At Time of Forex Theft - Minister
[Daily Maverick] President Cyril Ramaphosa's Limpopo farm was not under police protection at the time of the 2020 sofa cushion forex theft. Thus the security breach -- the theft wasn't reported to the local charge office -- didn't make the 2019/20 SA...

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:14:25 GMT
Mozambique: Urban Transport Crisis Persists, Amid Doubts as to Viability of 'Passenger Subsidy'
[AIM] Maputo -- Even after the government and operators of the minibuses, commonly known as "Chapas", which provide much of the passenger transport in Mozambican cities, claimed they had reached an agreement, the transport crisis has persisted at the...

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 05:59:40 GMT
Malawi: Malawi 'Exporting' Nurses Because of Unemployment
[VOA] Malawi's National Organization for Nurses and Midwives says about 2,000 nurses will leave the country this year for jobs in Saudi Arabia and the United States. The group says the nurses were forced to take jobs abroad due to high unemployment i...

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:18:55 GMT
Nigeria/South Africa: Super Falcons Loss - Waldrum Has Many Questions to Answer for Listless Performance
[Premium Times] For the second consecutive tournament, the Super Falcons lost to the Bayana Bayana of South Africa.

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:26:06 GMT
Malawi: Malawi Independence Day
[State Department] On behalf of the United States, I extend my best wishes and congratulations to the people and the government of the Republic of Malawi on the 58th anniversary of your independence.

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 08:15:10 GMT
Rwanda: Zimbabwe Pays Tribute to Rwanda's Liberation Heroes
[New Times] Rwanda's liberation anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on the bravery of the Rwandans who made tremendous sacrifices that ended the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a top Zimbabwean official said.

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:48:28 GMT
South Africa: Justice Maya's Support for African Languages in South Africa's Courts Is a Positive Sign
[The Conversation Africa] The only nominee for the position of South Africa's Deputy Chief Justice, Justice Mandisa Maya, has once again put the spotlight on indigenous languages and the justice system. She is the Judge President of the Supreme Court...

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:01:33 GMT
Angola: Over 36,000 Houses Built in Five Years
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Government built more than 36,000 dwellings, built in 12 projects, in the period from 2018 to 2021, corresponding to a 100% execution level, ANGOP learned this Tuesday.

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:01:29 GMT
Angola: Angola, Brazil Hold Business Forum
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola and Brazil will this year hold a Business Forum, in the city of Sao Paulo, focused on agribusiness, tourism, livestock, mining and health - announced Angola's ambassador to Brazil, FlorĂȘncio de Almeida.

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:32:33 GMT
South Africa: Education Department's Proposed Watering Down of Infrastructure Law Is Bad News for Schools
[Daily Maverick] Were it not for a journalist raising the alarm, the Department of Basic Education's attempts to drastically water down the school infrastructure law would likely have quietly been effected later this month.

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:27:18 GMT
South Africa: SA's Life Insurers Sit On R33.5 Billion in Unclaimed Assets
[Daily Maverick] In many cases, particularly with life insurance policies, insurers are often unable to trace beneficiaries who are due a payout because their contact details have not been updated, or the beneficiaries are not aware that they are eve...

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:26:39 GMT
Nigeria/South Africa: Banyana Coach Ellis Praises 'Matured' Side After Grounding Nigeria's Super Falcons
[Daily Maverick] Banyana Banyana were quick out of the blocks in the best possible way at the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations - but there is still a distance to run.

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:02:18 GMT
Namibia: Fitch Downgrades Development Bank of Namibia Too
[Namibian] CREDIT rating agency, Fitch Ratings has knocked the Development Bank of Namibia's creditworthiness down to the last notch before investors start seeing the bank as a high lending risk.

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:00:10 GMT
Namibia: Nauyoma Ropes PG, Ndeitunga in Squatter Law Challenge
[New Era] Land activist Dimbulukeni Nauyoma wants to rope in the prosecutor general Martha Imalwa and police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga in court proceedings, as he challenges the legality of the Squatter Proclamation AG, 21 of 1985.

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:22:37 GMT
Namibia: Electricity Tariffs in the Current Economic Situation
[Namibian] SELMA SHIPUNDA

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:22:34 GMT
Namibia: Us Trade Mission a Success - Ministry
[Namibian] THE Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade has described the annual trade and investment mission to Namibia from 6 to 10 June as a great success.

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:09:22 GMT
Mozambique: District Electon Chairpersons Take Office
[AIM] Maputo -- The chairperson of the Maputo City Provincial Elections Commission, Ana Chemane, on Tuesday urged the chairpersons of the city's seven district elections commissions (CDEs) to refrain from party political activities.

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:09:21 GMT
Mozambique: PM Wants Better Supervision of Natural Gas Projects
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, on Monday challenged the National Petroleum Institute (INP) to improve the inspection of the natural gas exploration and production projects, currently under way.

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:09:21 GMT
Mozambique: Labour Ministry Ensures 21,000 Jobs in South Africa
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Labour, through the National Directorate of Migrant Labour (DTM), ensured the maintenance of more than 21,000 jobs for Mozambicans in neighbouring South Africa in 2021, according to Labour Minister Margarida...



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