South Africa’s rand was flat in early trade on Thursday, despite gains in other emerging market currencies as the U.S. dollar fell. At 0717 GMT, the rand traded at 18.0300 against the dollar, compared to its previous close of 18.0275. The dollar was down about .08% against a basket of …
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At least 50 people were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region this month in an attack by a banned rebel group, the state-appointed human rights commission said on Wednesday. Oromiya is home to Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group and has experienced unrest for many years, rooted in grievances about political marginalisation and …
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Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to rescind a nearly $1 billion arms sale to Nigeria following Reuters reports on an illegal abortion program and the targeted killing of children carried out by the Nigerian military. Democrat Sara …
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Organisers of the annual Zimdancehall Awards yesterday said they would be using social media platform WhatsApp for voting in an effort to accommodate as many voters as possible. This year’s edition, broken into 25 categories, will be held under the theme: Taking Zimdancehall To Di World at a yet-to-be announced …
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DJ Zinhle’s fiancé Bongani ‘Murdah Bongz’ Mahoshana will not be attending the memorial or funeral service of the murdered rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes, the Forbes family has announced. AKA and his close friend Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane were shot dead outside Wish On Florida restaurant on Durban’s Florida Road last Friday …
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Gold Star, a subsidiary of ZSE-listed StarAfrica, has temporarily closed its Harare refinery and placed employees on indefinite leave, citing a sharp increase in raw sugar prices by its supplier Tongaat Hulett. Gold Star commercial executive Revesai Gwenhamo said raw material price increases made their operations unprofitable. “We are writing …
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The light plane owned by mining giant, Murowa (Private) Limited, which force-landed near Beatrice on Monday afternoon, had a parcel of diamonds which were being transported under armed guard by police and private security officials, it has emerged. The Piper 31 Navajo aircraft landed on a field about 16km from …
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The Zimbabwe dollar official exchange rate has converged with the parallel market premiums while at the same time falling within internationally acceptable margins the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Foreign Exchange Auction latest results have revealed. A trading update released at the close of business Tuesday shows that the official …
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A Kenyan senator is reported to have been sacked from parliament after attending a session while wearing a white suit stained red in an apparent menstrual activism campaign. Gloria Orwoba, of the ruling coalition, is due to table a motion on a bill to provide free sanitary pads on Wednesday as …
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The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) have moved to allay public anxiety caused by claims that penalties were being imposed against citizens caught using generators without authority. However, the two state agencies did not help matters when they both claimed to be licensing authorities …
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