Mnangagwa gets rid of energy minister Gumbo amid power cuts, fuel crisis
HARARE, May 15 ‑ President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday night dropped energy and power development minister, Joram Gumbo, amid crippling fuel shortages and power...
Ramaphosa salutes ‘hero’ Kenneth Kaunda as Zambia’s founding father turns 95
JOHANNESBURG, April 28 - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday sent a congratulatory birthday message to Zambia's founding president and liberation hero Kenneth Kaunda as...
China says it is committed to supporting CAR’s peace process
JOHANNESBURG, April 26 - China has committed itself to support the Central African Republic’s (CAR) peace process as part of the strengthening of ties...
Strengthening tropical cyclone threatens Tanzania, Mozambique
Maputo/Dar es Salaam - A strengthening tropical cyclone north-west of Madagascar is headed for the coasts of Mozambique and Tanzania, weather authorities and the...
KPMG appoints Gosego Motsamai as first female partner in Botswana
JOHANNESBURG, April 12 - Executive chairman of audit firm KPMG Southern Africa, Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, announced on Friday that Gosego Motsamai has been appointed...
Bashir under house arrest following military coup in Sudan
JOHANNESBURG, April 11 - Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir is under house arrest in the wake of Thursday morning's military coup which has forced...
Mozambique cyclone survivors picking up the pieces of their lives
JOHANNESBURG, April 10 - Survivors of devastating Cyclone Idai in Mozambique’s busy port city of Beira are picking up the pieces of their lives...
Mo Ibrahim says African migration is an opportunity, not a crisis
JOHANNESBURG, 9 - Sudanese-British billionaire businessman and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim has said African migration presents an opportunity for both the continent and the world, but the...
ANC expresses solidarity with victims of Cyclone Idai, calls for Paris agreement on greenhouse...
JOHANNESBURG, March 23 - The African National Congress has expressed solidarity with the victims of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, and called...
Idai death toll hits 139 in Zim, corpses allegedly floating into Mozambique
HARARE, March 21 ‑ The official death toll from Cyclone Idai has hit 139 in Zimbabwe, with fears that the figure could rise, a...