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Kenya declares three days of mourning for Mugabe

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta declared three days of mourning for the former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Friday, describing him as a "shining beacon of Africa's liberation struggle."In a p...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2019

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SADC tells Chamisa to get real

Sadc Executive Secretary Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax has advised the opposition MDC Alliance that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy is indisputable, underscoring that the regional bloc is prepa...

By The Sunday Mail | Published: 03 December 2018

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Ramaphosa loyalists take over SARS

Changes in the South African Revenue Service top leadership were announced internally on Thursday, with two loyalists to suspended commissioner Tom Moyane shifted out of key posts and a new head of th...

By businesslive | Published: 05 July 2018

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Zuma fighting Ramaphosa's economic reforms

South Africa's former leader Jacob Zuma is impeding a crackdown on corruption by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) under President Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the communist party said.The AN...

By Reuters | Published: 05 June 2018

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Zimbabwe/SA launch joint crime-busting operation

ZIMBABWE and South Africa last week launched a multi-disciplinary joint crime-busting operation targeting cross-border criminals.The operation, code-named Cross-border Operation Basadi (basadi means w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

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Namibia jumps to Cheda's defence

NAMIBIA Justice minister Sekeuse Shanghala has jumped to the defence of former Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Maphios Cheda, who is under fire from local pressure groups for allegedly grabbing lan...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2018

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White South African farmers packing for Perth

Australian Minister of Home Affairs Peter Dutton on Wednesday said his department is looking into methods that would facilitate the fast-tracking of visas for white South African farmers who want to r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 March 2018

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MDC-T recalls Manyenyeni

MDC-T has recalled Harare mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni for allegedly failing to implement party directives at the cash-strapped local authority.Clr Manyenyeni will, however, continue as Ward 17...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 February 2018

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White Zimbabwean farmer returns home in style

SPIRIT mediums and traditional leaders yesterday led a cleansing ceremony at Lesbury farm in Rusape as Robert Smart and his family made a grand return to the farm over six months after they were evic...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 January 2018

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JSE hit by a technical glitch, to be shut down

THE JOHANNESBURG Stoch Exchange has been hit by a technical glitch on the Equity Market and also on the Equity Derivatives Market.In a statement to its clients, the JSE said it was dealing with a pro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 September 2017

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SA starts processing permits for Zimbabweans

SOUTH Africa has started accepting new applications for permits that would allow Zimbabweans to stay in the neighbouring country for the next four years.The Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) replaces ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 September 2017

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SA introduces new rules for Zim permit holders

The South African government has announced new regulations for the new four-year, non-renewable permit for nearly 200 000 Zimbabweans working and studying in South Africa.The new permits, known as the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 September 2017

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Namibia freezes nursing posts for Zimbabweans

THE Namibian government has suspended the recruitment of all foreign nurses, among them Zimbabweans, while the period of extensions of contracts for foreign doctors has been slashed from four to two y...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 September 2017

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'Sadc region sitting on massive gas reserves'

Southern Africa is most likely sitting on massive natural gas reserves of more than 600 trillion cubic feet which the region must exploit to reduce a heavy reliance on biomass energy, a top South Afri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 August 2017

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Zuma, Gupta to testify at Eskom inquiry

Thursday August 17 is D-day for Duduzane Zuma and Ajay Gupta, who are due to testify at the parliamentary inquiry into Eskom.The inquest into the state of affairs at the power utility officially start...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 July 2017

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SA rand recovers after surprise rate cut

The rand bounced back on Friday morning after Thursday's surprise interest rate cut hit the South African currency, as analysts predict that a weak dollar and high risk appetite will outweigh local c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 July 2017

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Roadblocks, stop and searches at OR Tambo airport

The issue of crime in and around South Africa's busiest airport is being addressed at national level, with Minister of Police, Fakile Mbalula announcing added new measures to be put into place over th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2017

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South Africa white farmers warned on land

A Zimbabwean farmers' union leader warned white South African farmers they should agree a deal to share land with the black majority before they suffer the same fate as neighbors in Zimbabwe who were ...

By Reuters | Published: 22 July 2017

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'Zuma used lies to oust me,' says Mbeki

Johannesburg - Former president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki has resurrected the ghosts of the ANC's elective conference in Polokwane, saying lies were used to oust him. Mbeki was speaking during a mor...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2017

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South Africa 'must get out of ICC'

The International Criminal Court "is dangerous" and South Africa should withdraw from it, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said yesterday.Mantashe was defending the government's decision not to ar...

By Reuters | Published: 23 June 2015

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SA metal workers threaten strike

JOHANNESBURG - Numsa announced yesterday that more than 220 000 of its members in the steel and metal workers sector would embark on a strike across the country this week."The national executive commi...

By Fin24. | Published: 30 June 2014

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SA inflation rate rose to 6% in March

South Africa's annual inflation touched the upper limit of the central bank's target range in March, data showed Wednesday, raising expectations that the bank will hike interest rates next month.South...

By WSJ | Published: 23 April 2014

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Nigeria surpasses SA as Africa's biggest economy

LAGOS - New data has revealed that Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the continent's largest economy after a rebasing calculation nearly doubled its GDP. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2013...

By Reuters | Published: 07 April 2014

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SA must wipe economic inequality to honour Madiba

American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson says it's time for South Africa to wipe out economic inequality. Jackson says the lives of millions of South Africans who still live in poverty need to be u...

By CNBC Africa filed this report. | Published: 13 December 2013

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Brand Madiba's business legacy

THE recent global attention and prayers for Madiba’s passing only served to cement what we already knew - seldom has any public figure been so loved by so many, and for so long.In fact, I would go s...

By Anton Ressel I Fin24 | Published: 09 December 2013
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