South Africa seeks to curb gender-based violence
South Africaâs government has introduced three bills in Parliament to curb gender-based violence. President Cyril Ramaphosa has termed them as the âmost far-reaching legislative overhaul...
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Wild polio sufferers reflect as Africa set to be declared free of the disease
Nigerian Gbemisola Ijigbamigbeâs right leg was virtually paralysed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28-year-old leads an active life as a...
South Africa retailers feel pain from virus pandemic
South Africaâs retail industry is feeling the pain from the coronavirus pandemic on two fronts â store closures during lockdown and the sharply reduced purchasing...
MTN Group appoints Ralph Mupita as new chief from September
MTN Group Limited has appointed Ralph Mupita as Chief Executive Officer, to pilot the companyâs operations in Africa is in line with the companyâs policy...
SEC educates investors on âinvesting in difficult timesâ
File Photo The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has held a webinar to educate investors in the Nigerian capital market in understanding the rudiments of...
Shoprite exits Nigeria after 15 years
Africaâs biggest grocery retailer, Shoprite, is exiting the continentâs most populated country, Nigeria, after 15 years. The Cape Town-based retailer has started a formal process...
South Africaâs coronavirus cases surpass half a million
South Africaâs confirmed cases of COVID-19 have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday, while cases in Africa as a whole approached...
âBrown Lives Matterâ march, land invasions add to South Africaâs Covid-19 woes
Several people were arrested in a pre-dawn security clampdown to prevent a âcolouredâ (mixed-race) protest designed to shut down Cape Town on Monday. City authorities,...