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Since 2016, the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) metro has had a constant change of mayors meaning that decision-making and planning commitments were always subject to changes, hence lack of service delivery could be seen across the city. The city has had nine mayors from different political parties in the space of eight years but the […]

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)  leader Julius Malema has reassigned the party responsibilities previously held by his former deputy Floyd Shivambu to secretary general Marshall Dlamini after Shivambu defected to Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party last week.  Dlamini will serve as the EFF’s chief whip in parliament, while Malema’s office will oversee the governance task unit. […]

A French court has seized three jets owned by the Nigerian government amid a long-standing dispute with a Chinese company. The row stems from a 2007 contract between Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment and Nigeria’s south-western Ogun State to develop a free-trade zone where a massive industrial park was to be developed to attract investors. The […]

A section of the N14 between Kakamas and Pofadder in the Northern Cape has a speed limit of 250km/h. The speed limit on the 120km section of the highway is double the nation’s standard 120 km/h. According to our sister publication TopAuto, carmakers generally use the 250km/h stretch of highway to test vehicles in hot […]

Three Zimbabwean activists who were arrested in dramatic fashion after being forced off an aeroplane last month have been denied bail, on the eve of a high-profile international summit in the country. Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza and Samuel Gwenzi have been charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly protesting outside a court in June about the […]

GABORONE, (Reuters) – Botswana intends to renegotiate its proposed purchase of a stake in Belgian gem dealer HB Antwerp to double the size of its shareholding at no extra cost following the downturn in the diamond market, the country’s mines minister said on Tuesday. Botswana is the world’s biggest diamond producer by value, meaning its economy has been disproportionately hit by […]

When Roberto Macri built his luxury hotel in the Kenyan coastal village of Kipini, it was about 100m (330ft) away from the beautiful waters of the Indian Ocean. For nearly two decades his business thrived as tourists arrived in droves to enjoy the pristine beach and sunny weather. The Tana Lodge Hotel, which was built […]

LUSAKA, Zambia – Late former Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa’s widow and former First Lady Maureen Kabubo Mwanawasa has died. She was aged 61. Maureen Mwanawasa died on Tuesday at Maina Soko Military Hospital in Lusaka. A member of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), she served as First Lady of the Southern African country from […]

UN chief António Guterres has called for Africa to be given a permanent seat at the UN Security Council as part of reforms to correct historical injustices. The Security Council – the five permanent members of which are China, France, Russia, the UK and the US – has long been criticised for representing the realities […]

“Normally when there are 30 shots in the game, it is the United States with about 25 of ’em. Not today!” It wasn’t just the ESPN commentator who was shocked. Heather O’Reilly had scored the game’s final goal, dragging world number ones and two-time champions United States to a 2-2 draw in their opening match […]