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Malawi calls for calm as it tallies presidential re-run votes
Blantyre (Malawi) (AFP) - Malawi's electoral commission appealed for "peace and calm" on Wednesday as it counted ballots following a historic poll to re-elect a president after Peter…
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Namibia relaxes coronavirus lockdown
...opens up borders for tourists
Windhoek - Namibia's President Hage Geingob on Monday announced a further easing of the country's coronavirus lockdown to boost economic activity,…
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Malawi presidential election: Voters turn out for historic re-run
Malawians are voting in a re-run election a year on from President Peter Mutharika's disputed victory that was annulled nearly five months ago.
Mr Mutharika, who wants a second term,…
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Malawi votes in historic presidential election re-run
Polls opened in Malawi on Tuesday in a hotly contested presidential vote, the second time in just over a year, after incumbent Peter Mutharika’s re-election was annulled over rigging.…
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South Africa’s COVID-19 fund pays out R16, 5 billion
Sandra Gama
THE Department of Employment and Labour says more than R16, 5 billion has already been paid out to employers and workers as part of the Covid-19 Temporary…
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SA premier soccer league given deadline on return of football
THE South African Football Association (SAFA) and other sports bodies have until 26 June 2020 to make submissions to the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture on the staggered opening…
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Zambia seeks new mobile operator after unitel unit no-show
Taonga Clifford Mitimingi
• Firm had until May to set up Zambia’s fourth mobile operator
• Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos has 25% stake in Unitel
Zambia is looking for a new…
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Former leader on the verge of death three weeks after quitting
Mandlenkosi Dlamini
Maseru—Hardly three weeks after being forced to give up power by his own party, Lesotho’s former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is said to be on the verge of…
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Murder-accused former first lady in fresh bid for freedom
Thabang Molefe
Maseru—Lesotho’s murder-accused former first lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane has launched a fresh bid for freedom less than 24 hours after a magistrate remanded her in custody.…
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SA President Ramaphosa to participate in virtual OACPS summit
South African Presindent, Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the chairperson of the African Union (AU), will on Wednesday join heads of state and government of the Organisation of African,…
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