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June 30, 2020

South Africa economy contracts 2% in first quarter

The economy of South Africa, the continent’s most advanced, shrunk by two percent in the first quarter of this year, its third consecutive quarterly decline, official statistics showed Tuesday. StatsSA said mining and manufacturing were the biggest drags on overall…
June 29, 2020

Angola’s ex-first daughter says ‘justice denied’ in graft case

Angolan billionaire businesswoman and former first daughter Isabel dos Santos on Monday said she had been “denied justice” after losing an appeal against an asset freeze over alleged corruption. Described by Forbes magazine as the wealthiest woman in Africa, she…
June 29, 2020

CORRECTED: Angola’s ex-first daughter says ‘justice denied’ in graft case

Angolan billionaire businesswoman and former first daughter Isabel dos Santos on Monday said she had been “denied justice” after losing an appeal against an asset freeze for alleged corruption. Described by Forbes magazine as the wealthiest woman in Africa, she…
June 29, 2020

South African state corruption probe resumes after 3 months

A South African judicial commission probing state corruption during former president Jacob Zuma’s nine-year tenure resumed hearings on Monday after a three-month interruption casued by the coronavirus pandemic. For nearly two years, the commission — chaired by the deputy chief…
June 29, 2020

Angola’s ex-first daughter says ‘justice denied’ in graft trial

Angolan billionaire businesswoman and former first daughter Isabel dos Santos on Monday said she had been “denied justice” in her corruption trial, after losing an appeal against an asset freeze. Described by Forbes magazine as the wealthiest woman in Africa,…
June 28, 2020

Malawi’s new president calls for unity after disputed vote re-run

Malawi’s newly elected President Lazarus Chakwera vowed Sunday to maintain unity in the southern African country after quashing the incumbent’s bid for a second term in the re-run of a hotly contested election. It was a dramatic twist of fortune…
June 26, 2020

S.African court extinguishes bid to overturn tobacco ban

A South African high court on Friday dismissed a bid by tobacco makers to unban sales of their products, saying the addictiveness of cigarettes did not qualify them as essential products. Since March 27, the government has imposed a tobacco…
June 26, 2020

South Africa’s top judge under fire for pro-Israeli remarks

South Africa’s chief justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, on Friday came under fire over comments seen as pledging support for Israel. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has openly voiced solidarity with the Palestinian cause, comparing it to the struggle against apartheid….
June 26, 2020

Without freedom to touch, blind migrants disoriented in virus-hit S.Africa

Sheets of braille were scattered around Jetro Gonese as he sat hunched over his mattress in a dilapidated building in downtown Johannesburg, punching away at the keys of his special typewriter. Sightless since childhood, 60-year-old Gonese, a Zimbabwean immigrant in…

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