adminMandela’s estate worth an estimated R46m
JOHANNESBURG — The provisional assessment of former president Nelson Mandela’s estate was about R46m, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke said yesterday.
Ramphele backtracks on DA leadership role
MAMPHELA Ramphele, former partner of renowned anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Biko, decided yesterday not to run for the opposition Democratic Alliance in South Africa’s elections this year, only a week after…
Former Nigerian VP defects to opposition
ABUJA — Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has defected to Nigeria’s main opposition party, adding a heavyweight name to a group that poses an increasing threat to the ruling People’s…
Kenyan police battle stone-throwing mobs linked to radicalising mosque
STONE-THROWING Muslim men battled Kenyan security forces armed with tear gas and rubber bullets in the coastal city of Mombasa for a second day yesterday, after two protesters and a…
‘Fearful’ CAR rebels escape from AU custody
BANGUI — About 200 rebel fighters in the Central African Republic (CAR) who surrendered to African Union (AU) troops at the weekend in the town of Sibut fled overnight, a…
Two Koreas agree to hold working-level talks for family reunion this week
SEOUL — South Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed yesterday to hold working-level talks between Red Cross officials this week to sort out details on the…
New Indonesia volcanic eruption halts search
KARO — A volcano in western Indonesia that killed 15 people in a weekend eruption shot hot ash and rocks high into the air again yesterday, halting a search for…
Rainbow Beitbridge Hotel opens
Walter Muchinguri and Thupeyo Muleya in Beitbridge THE National Social Security Authority’s $22 million state-of-the-art hotel in the border town of Beitbridge is now open. The project which was funded…
Investment in agric research important: Chanakira
Business Reporter ZIMBABWE has many educated people who should be tasked with the responsibility of undertaking research and come up with new markets for the country’s agricultural products, an official…
Zuma calls for intra-Africa investments
Cape Town — Investment between African countries must become the new economic paradigm for the continent, President Jacob Zuma told an economic conference organised by Bloomberg yesterday.