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South Africa's government has expressed disappointment at the decision to strip Durban of the right to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, saying the budget it had guaranteed for the even

/enpproperty-->A total of 35 Kenyan students are to receive full scholarships to study in China, fully sponsored by China Road and Bridge Corp. China Communications Construction Co, its C

The second edition of the Miss Mama Africa competition concluded on March 11 in Beijing and saw Lesedi Falama from Botswana take this year's crown.[Photo/China Daily]...

PPC Zimbabwe says it is currently operating at a "less than ideal capacity utilization" due to reduced activity in the economy, but remains confident of a positive turnaround in the market i

MERCEDES-Benz South Africa (MBSA) Ltd group of companies today announced that its revenue for the year ended 2016 increased by 10,8 percent, to R73,4 billion. Earnings before Interest and Tax (EBIT) o

Fikile Mbalula, South Africa's Minister of Sport, has expressed the Government's disappointment at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF's) decision to strip Durban of the Ga

The President of Mozambique, on an official visit to Japan, will seek to attract the country to energy projects in Mozambique and find buyers for natural gas to be extracted in the Rovuma basin, said

South Africa's manufacturing output grew less-than-expected in January following a decline in December, figures from Statistics South Africa showed Tuesday. Manufacturing production grew 0.8 perc

Derek Hanekom In an article published in 2016, struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada said that "the fight for non-racialism, equity and equality is not short-term work, but generational work

This year's edition of Hong Kong Sevens will not only be the seventh round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series but also the men's and women's qualifying events for a core te

: The government has signed an agreement with Tullow, Africa Oil and Maersk to allow exportation of oil on pilot basis beginning June this year. Tullow, which has had wild success in explora

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 14, 2017) - Big Switch Networks®, The Next-Generation Data Centre Networking Company, today announced that Dubai Municipality chose Big Switch's Big Cloud Fabri

With New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor ruled out of the second test, South Africa will focus their attack on the wicket of Kane Williamson, who held his side's innings together in the fir

London - Barclays Africa Group sold less than half its target in a bond auction as a wall of debt issuance by South African banks and the impending exit of its UK parent damped demand.Barclays Af

//------> Nairobi, 14 March 2017 -Mareeg.com- The National Coordination Mechanism on Migration (NCM), a Government led inter-agency migration coordination body has completed a draft Keny

HIV and Aids has really caused havoc to many families in Kenya. Several researches have been done to counter the increasing cases of the disease for many years.On this note, the Government o

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya's government is banning the manufacture and import of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging.Environment Minister Judi W. Wakhungu gave the orde

The CashlessAfrica Conference and Expo is a platform for technology companies, FinTech's and other financial institutions to come together and share best practices in order to build a strong econ

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi jointly condemned North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches in a meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday,

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- More than 155 people died in deadly encounters last year between Ugandan forces and people loyal to a tribal king who has since been charged with treason, Human Rights Watch sa

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Thirteen people have been killed and four wounded since Sunday in Kenya's volatile Rift Valley county of Baringo, where a drought has increased cattle rustling, officia

Johannesburg - Google is scaling up investment in Africa by laying fibre optic cable, easing access to cheaper Android phones and training a workforce in digital skills as the US t

Iran national under-20 football team, also known as Iran Youth Team, has been drawn in Group C of the forthcoming Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) U-20 World Cup....

Sir Mo Farah is fronting a new charity fundraising appeal for millions of people facing hunger in East Africa.The Somali-born Olympian is urging his fellow Britons to "act now" by donating t

Wellington [New Zealand], Mar. 15 (ANI): In a major blow to New Zealand, pace spearhead Trent Boult has been ruled out of the second Test of the three-match series against South Africa beginning at th

New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Hundreds of global health innovators gathered in five cities across the country this past weekend for India's largest multi-city healthcare hack-a-th

Somali pirates demand ransom for oil tanker, EU force says

Mogadishu - Armed men are demanding a ransom for the release of an oil tanker they have seized off the coast of Somalia and the crew is bein

Paceman Trent Boult will miss New Zealand's second Test against South Africa after failing to recover from a leg injury he sustained in the first game in Dunedin.

The footage, shot in South Africa, captures a great white shark charging into the bars with its mouth agape as American tourists screech from inside.

The loveable rhino, called Wozani, lived on a game reserve near the Kruger National Park in South Africa where his ruthless killers hacked off his horn, tail, ears and feet after shooting him dead.

Australia's internet speeds have failed to keep up with countries like Kenya and Bulgaria - and was ranked 51st in the world for average speed because of the country's vast rural population and failin

Johannesburg - Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) board members are heading to the High Court in Pretoria to have the board's dissolution set aside on Thursday.

Former Prasa board c

Nairobi - Two weeks ago, a British rancher, Tristan Voorspuy, was killed by pastoral herders in the in the north of the east African country of Kenya.

Voorspuy, a dual Kenyan and British national, wa

Cape Town - South Africa does not believe in building walls between itself and its neighbours, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has said.

Ramaphosa was answering questions in the National Council of

Johannesburg - It's time for Africa to start using its ocean waters as a resource to create jobs and stimulate its economies, says former African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

Kinshasa - The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday said its troops were pressing ahead with a search for two foreign experts who were kidnapped in the violence-wra

Tanzania's President John Magufuli is praised by some for his "no nonsenseamp;" attitude. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya Rob Ahearne, University of East London

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The new documentary Trophy opens in a sprawling corner of South Africa run by John Hume, who is praised by some as protecting the continent's rhinos from extinction and vilified by ot

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