Monthly Archives: June 2019
Trump threatens China with $300bn tariff
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit China with tariffs on “at least” another $300 billion worth of Chinese goods but said he thought...
Mozambique needs $bns to rebuild
Development partners have pledged US$1,2 billion (R17,5 billion) to support recovery interventions as Mozambique deals with the devastation caused by cyclones Idai and Kenneth.
This...
Swiss court frees Semenya to run
Caster Semenya’s travails have been temporarily set aside as she is once again free to run the 800m without having to take medication, at...
South Africa’s GDP falls by 3.2%
Statistician General, Risenga Maluleke, says the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 3.2% in the first quarter of 2019.
Speaking at the release of...
Winning gold, and losing race
It is better to have a golden heart than to have a gold medal. This was a true show of sportsmanship.
Over the weekend, Kenyan...
Zambia, Botswana book semi tickets
Zambia and Botswana sealed their places in the 2019 COSAFA Cup semi-finals with memorable penalty shoot-out wins over Malawi and hosts South Africa respectively...
Bangladesh make upset win
South Africa suffered its second successive defeat at the 2019 Cricket World Cup, losing by 21 runs to Bangladesh.
Bangladesh piled up their highest one-day...
Applying for a Nigeria Driver’s Licence – A Study in Wasteful Bureaucracy
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo - Bureaucracy (/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/) refers to both a body of non-elective government officials and an administrative policy-making group. Historically, a bureaucracy...
Sudan to hold elections soon
Sudan’s military on Tuesday announced that elections will be held within nine months, adding that it had decided to cancel all that had been...
60 cars for Safari rally
Organisers of this year's Safari Rally - which runs from July 5 to 8 have restricted the competition's entry to 60 cars only.
This number...
