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The South African government will inject $ 10 billion, or nearly $ 640 million, into state-owned South African Airways (SAA) to save it from disaster. On the other hand, this rescue plan will leave four-fifths of the staff on the floor and the fleet drastically reduced. President Cyril Ramaphosa made it an imperative, a matter…

Tonight's version: A whole lot of individuals take to the streets of South Africa to precise anger over the taking pictures of peaceable protesters in Nigeria. Conferences are additionally being held in London the place calls rang to finish SARS, the notorious anti-robber group that has turn out to be synonymous with police brutality in Nigeria, even after it was disbanded final week. .…

Conventional medicines retain a distinguished place on the continent, and the WHO not too long ago inspired analysis into this observe, whereas the epidemic has revived the controversy about their effectiveness. In South Africa, many sufferers flip to "sangomas", these healers-fortune tellers who talk with their ancestors.…

The latest killing of a farmer in South Africa has revived racial tensions in latest weeks, we just lately spoke with our Cape City correspondent. Additionally on this system is Nigeria on its ninth day of anti-police brutal protests, we provide the newest. And in Kenya, efforts to cease poaching have had good outcomes, because the elephant inhabitants has doubled inside 30 years. .

Cyril Ramaphosa introduced his restoration plan on Thursday, October 15, in entrance of each departments in Cape City. Because the nation faces mass unemployment, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, the president intends to proceed his infrastructure funding plan to revive progress. as reported from Johannesburg, Claire…

In South Africa, the Covid-19 disaster has hit the aviation sector exhausting because the nation closed its borders for six months. The pandemic has ended the state-owned SAA, South African Airways, which was already in deep trouble after a few years of corruption. Since December, the airline has been in restoration and it has now suspended its operations. For the reason that presentation of the rescue…

Common Christophe Gomart was accountable for the Directorate of Army Intelligence between August 2013 and Might 2017. Previous to that, he commanded Particular Operations from August 2011 to June 2013. He was among the many architects of the recapture. from northern Mali in 2013 and earlier than the French intervention in Libya in 2011. Retired from the French military, he now publishes his army memoirs…

In Johannesburg, artist Reggie Khumaloa unveiled an exhibition inspired by her journey with the World Food Program (WFP) in Mozambique. The 33-year-old South African, who became prominent with his motorcycle trips across the continent, earlier this year followed the UN body, which has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was able to meet victims of food insecurity, caused largely by climate…

The head of the South African bank VBS was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He is accused of plundering the economy of the poorest. It is one of the biggest corruption scandals in South Africa. On Wednesday, former CFO Philip Truter was the first to be convicted in the VBS case. VBS-mutual bank was nicknamed "the bank of the poor". Founded at the height of apartheid in 1982 in Venda, a former Bantustan far north in the country reserved by the white authorities for black communities, the bank housed the money for the most…

After six months of closure to limit the spread of coronavirus, South Africa is beginning to reopen its borders. A decision that only concerns international flights in relation to countries considered to be low risk. This is the first international flight to land at Johannesburg Airport in six months. This Thursday, October 1,…