Africa

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) — a continent-wide trade pact designed to create a market of more than 1,3 billion people — has adopted a protocol banning trade in second-hand clothes in Africa as part of efforts to boost the textile industry. The protocol was adopted during the …

President Mnangagwa is expected to leave the country this afternoon to join fellow African Heads of State at the high-level 15th US-Africa Business Summit that kicks off at the Royal Aria Convention Centre here today. More than 1 000 participants will take part at the continent’s largest annual gathering of …

The health authorities in South Africa are urging residents of the province of Gauteng to be vigilant about the liquids they consume as the death toll from a winter outbreak of cholera rises to nearly 50. Unions and community groups have demanded more government intervention to improve water quality. Most …

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has called for urgent action to address issues plaguing Rwandan football, including the presence of witchcraft. During the televised “Ask the President” session with the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) on Tuesday, Mr Kagame said some individuals, particularly coaches, were involved in unethical practices such as witchcraft. …

Former president Jacob Zuma will represent Belarus at a Zimbabwe conference on the trade in African carbon credits, according to the organisers of the event. Zuma, who was seen entering the event venue in Victoria Falls, is due to deliver a “special presentation” on behalf of the Belarusian African Trade …

The Ekurhuleni EMS has confirmed that 24 people have died of suspected gas inhalation at the Angelo informal settlement in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni on Wednesday night. The gas -nitrate oxide – was reported to have leaked from a gas cylinder used by zama-zamas who operate from a shack in the informal …

Botswana and De Beers Group have agreed a new diamond sales deal in which the African country, the world’s No. 1 diamond producer by value, gradually increases the share of rough stones it gets from their joint venture Debswana over the next decade to 50%, the government and the mining …

South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), along with six other parties, have announced that they will hold talks to outline a pact that they hope will unseat the ANC from government at next year’s elections. The group does not include the country’s third largest political force – the Economic …

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet led an African top three in the women’s 3000m at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday. In difficult weather conditions she recorded her season’s best time of 14 minutes 36.52 seconds. Ethiopia’s Lemlem Hailu and Medina Eisa came second and third Ethiopia monopolised the …

South Africa have seen their preparations for this month’s Women’s World Cup thrown into disarray just 48 hours before departing for the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The squad selected by coach Desiree Ellis did not participate in Sunday’s final warm-up fixture on home soil, meaning a back-up team, …