The week in focus ushered us into a new month accompanied by the May Day celebrations. On delivering his May Day speech, the South African president was interrupted as striking mineworkers stormed the stage. In a similar encounter, Ethiopian police used tear gas to disperse young worshippers in Addis Ababa during prayers marking the end of Ramadan. On 3rd of May, the world marked […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa CAPE TOWN: Youth are key to building sustainable agri-food systems, that’s the message coming out of a recent conference on Youth in Agri-food Systems. The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched new guidelines for scaling up investments in agri-food systems for youth […]
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Staff writer The contentious rights to abortion as enshrined by the US federal law in the landmark case of Roe vs Wade on January 22, 1973 is likely to be struck down. The law of the land in the Court’s 1973 decision settled a constitutional right to abortion and prohibited states from banning the procedure […]
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Staff writer The late Mwai Kibaki, the 3rd President of the republic of Kenya 🇰🇪 final journey in pictures.
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The week in focus began on a sad note with the news of the death of Kenya’s only survivor former President Mwai Kibaki who passed on at the age of 90. However, the end of the week saw the funeral attended by some African presidents including Cyril Ramphosa of South Africa. Still talking about presidents, Emmanuel Macron won the second term as France […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa CAPE TOWN: “We, as Vuka Group, have launched a collaborative approach to assist our industry to fully recover from the global pandemic,” says David Ashdown, CEO of Vuka Group after their historic deal with Smarter Mobility Africa and Kinetic Events. “We are incredibly excited to have partnered with Vuka Group, as this means […]
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As the flood in South Africa was declared a national disaster by its president amid a rising death toll and scores missing, other African countries like Sierra Leone, DR Congo and Nigeria were reported to be facing individual internal crises from food shortage and other supplies due to the Russia- Ukraine war, to bomb blast in a market by ISWAP, and […]
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Staff writer ATLANTA, USA – Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed two measures on Tuesday – • Removing restrictions such as a need to require a license or background check inorder to carry a gun for lawful weapon carriers. • The second measure allows concealed guns permit holders from other states the freedom to carry them […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa Worldpay, the global merchant payment processing and services giant from FIS will be a lead sponsor at the upcoming ECOM Africa, organisers announced this week. The gathering is scheduled to take place as a hybrid event from 4–5 May in Cape Town. This will be the eighth edition of this flagship, specialist gathering […]
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Staff writer Brief: California’s task force to identify reparations for African Americans voted Tuesday to limit eligibility to those who can trace their lineage to slaves. Last year, the first-in-the-nation task force was tasked to study reparations to descendants of African Americans commenced. The nine members committee – California’s task force is composed of 8 […]
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