A South African women’s rights group has pulled out of key meetings next week at the United Nations in opposition to policies of U.S. President Donald Trump, especially those it says demean and endanger women. The decision not to attend the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a show of support for […]
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A jury in Warsaw on Monday named South African writer and anti-apartheid activist Breyten Breytenbach as the recipient of the 2017 Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award, named after the anti-communist Polish poet and philosopher. “I’m pleased that this year the jury has chosen a poet who combines great talent with the attitude of an uncompromising […]
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Nigerian protesters on Thursday demanded that South African citizens and businesses leave the country and vandalised the head office of mobile phone giant MTN in Abuja in retaliation for anti-Nigerian violence in South Africa. The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) said it had given South Africans 48 hours to get out otherwise the attacks […]
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It should be a dose of must-see television, but the new series of Big Brother in Nigeria has turned into another episode in the spat between the country and its continental rival South Africa. Nigeria is investigating why its version of the reality television show is being shot in South Africa, after the minister of […]
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Former African football stars will be on parade in Nigeria come April 8, as Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’O lead the pack of West African football legends against their Southern African counterparts in a match billed to raise funds for charity. World football legend and former African footballer of the year and the Chairman of […]
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South Africa and Australia will contest a four-test series for the first time in almost 50 years when they clash in March and April 2018, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Wednesday. Australia will tour South Africa seeking revenge for their 2-1 home series loss in November and will play four tests for the first […]
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The International Monetary Fund has cut its 2017 economic growth forecasts for Africa’s two largest economies as low commodity prices, policy uncertainty and weak investor confidence weigh on output. Report according to Bloomberg shows that, gross domestic product in South Africa will probably expand 0.8 percent next year, compared with the 1 percent forecast in […]
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A Chinese state-owned car manufacturing company will invest 11 billion rand ($819 million) in a new plant in South Africa, giving a further boost to one of the fastest-growing industries in the continent’s largest economy. In a Bloomberg report, Beijing Automotive International Corp. signed the deal with the Coega Development Corporation, the operator of an […]
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UN agencies warned Thursday that southern African countries were at risk of another year of food shortages as the drought-hit region is expected to be hit by above-average rainfall likely to trigger floods. The region is still reeling from the effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon which devastated crops leaving some 18 million people […]
Read More The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), manager of Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, has signed a $700 million (about N224.17 billion) real estate and agriculture deal with South Africa’s Old Mutual Investment Group (OMIG). Under the deal, signed in Abuja at the weekend, NSIA will partner with South Africa’s OMIG UFF Agri-Fund to establish a $500 […]
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South Africa’s economy regained the position of Africa’s largest in dollar terms more than two years after losing it to Nigeria as the value of the nations’ currencies moved in opposite directions, report according to IMF. The size of South Africa’s economy is $301 billion at the rand’s current exchange rate, while Nigeria’s GDP is […]
Read More The British government said on Monday there is a high threat of attacks against foreigners in shopping areas in South Africa, days after a similar advisory was issued by the United States embassy in Pretoria, Reuters report. “There is a high threat from terrorism. Attacks could be indiscriminate, including in places visited by foreigners such […]
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