Tributes Pour In for South African Actor Mpho Sebeng After Tragic Car Crash
allAfrica
South African actor Mpho Sebeng tragically passed away in a car accident on Sunday morning in Potchefstroom. The news was confirmed by his family in a statement later that evening. Read more »
Late Tembisa Hospital CEO Paid Millions While Suspended - South African News Briefs - May 6, 2024
allAfrica
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Mpho Sebeng's Sudden Death Leaves Industry in Shock
Fame Frenzy
Condolences have poured in on social media after it was confirmed that South African actor Mpho Sebeng, 30, died in a vehicle crash on Sunday. Read more »
Reserve Bank Clueless On Dealing With 'Big Fish' Fuelling Illegal Forex Trade
New Zimbabwe
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mushayavanhu last week struggled to present a concrete plan to deal with wealthy politicians and businesspeople pumping money into… Read more »
Motorists Now Able to Buy Petrol, Diesel Using New ZiG Currency
New Zimbabwe
IN a major climbdown, Zimbabwean authorities, initially jittery to force petroleum dealers to accept the new ZiG currency, have announced motorists can now buy petrol and diesel… Read more »
'Missing Joshlin Smith's DNA Found in Saldanha Bay' - South African News Briefs - May 3, 2024
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AllAfrica Joins Forces with Ubuntu Tribe to Unveil the Revolutionary Ubuntuverse at the Media Leaders' Summit [press release]
allAfrica
The 2024 edition of the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit, May 8-10 in Nairobi, Kenya, will feature innovations to leverage the ever-changing media landscape revolutionized by… Read more »
FAAN, NSA Move to Stop Multiple Checks At Airports
Daily Trust
To enhance passenger facilitation at airports across the country, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) have… Read more »
Nigeria's Minimum Wage Has Never Protected Workers From Poverty - Here's Why [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Wages have become the top issue for Nigeria's organised labour movements in the past year. Reacting to recent increases in the cost of living, the labour movement has been calling… Read more »
African Countries Can't Resolve Their Debt Crisis Under a System Rigged Against Them [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The debt situation in many African countries has escalated again to a critical juncture. Twenty are in, or at risk of, debt distress. Read more »
Tinubu's Nigeria - a Year At the Edge of the Abyss [analysis]
African Arguments
University students are among those hit hardest by the Tinubu administration's IMF-directed austerity programme. Read more »
Newly Launched ZiG Currency to Breathe Life Into Ailing Economy - Finance Minister
New Zimbabwe
Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube says the country's economy is expected to rebound as a result of the newly launched gold backed currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). Read more »
Rwanda Dismisses Reports On Camp Bombing in DR Congo
New Times
The government of Rwanda has dismissed reports from that the U.S. Department of State claiming that the country was behind the bombing of IDP (internally displaced people) camps… Read more »
Two More Nigerian Relay Teams Secure Olympic Qualification
Premium Times
Only the 4x400m women's team, hampered by visa glitches and injuries, is yet to secure their place at the Olympics. Read more »
Military Regimes Have Turned the Sahel Into a 'Black Hole' of Information
RFI
In the central Sahel, journalists and reporters have seen their working conditions deteriorate ever since the countries were taken over by military juntas, reports by international… Read more »