Maputo — The Mozambican Gas Company (CMG) in partnership with the South African based “iGas”, an affiliate of the Central Energy Fund (CEF), will become shareholders of the Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Company (ROMPCO), with holdings of 25 per cent and 40 per cent respectively. The move comes after a public announcement recently made by […]
Maputo — The South Africa-based financial group Nedbank on Monday completed its acquisition of one of Mozambique’s smaller commercial banks, Banco Unico. Since 2020, Nedbank has owned 87 per cent of the shares of Banco Unico. Now, at a Maputo ceremony, the bank changed its name to Nedbank-Mozambique. According to a report on the independent […]
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Zimbabwe: Bonne On the Move Again
Zimbabwe international Macauley Bonne is on the move again in the English football pyramid. The 25-year-old is joining hometown club Ipswich Town on a season-long loan deal from Championship side, Queens Park Rangers. Ipswich play in the English Football League One, which is the third tier overall. The club announced at the new deal at […]
Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo was given a triumphant welcome in his home town of Mama on Sunday, his first visit to the provinces since he came back from Europe 10 days ago having been acquitted by the ICC. Inhabitants of the village of Mama, around 300km north-west of Abidjan, had been eagerly anticipating Gbagbo’s […]
Farmers should use proceeds generated from sales of harvested Pfumvudza crops to purchase inputs as a way of complementing Government’s efforts of turning around the agricultural sector. While the Government has continued to support the agricultural sector through various schemes where in some cases farmers receive free inputs, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister, […]
Ugandan suppliers looking at providing goods and services to the oil and gas sector need to build partnerships with their local, regional, and international counterparts if they are to fully participate in the multi-million dollar opportunities expected to flow in the coming months. Experiences in the oil and gas development in various parts of the […]
Burna Boy has achieved this latest feat for the third time since 2019, and this is coming after his Grammy-award win for World Best Music Album in March. The multiple award-winning artiste, Damini Ebunoluwa, popularly known as Burna Boy, has bagged the Best International Act award. He was up against his colleague, Wizkid, Aya Nakamura […]
As new COVID-19 variants cause spikes in COVID cases across the continent with cases and deaths increasing by almost 40% in the past week – the acute imbalance in vaccine access across the world is on full display. Thankfully, governments and funders are responding. The WHO announced this week it was setting up a manufacturing […]
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Namibia: Food Prices Rise Explosively
The price of food in Namibia is on the rise, increasing more than any other item in the average consumer’s shopping basket. According to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages during the first quarter of 2021 was higher than on all other items. For this quarter, prices increased by 5,8% […]
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Namibia Runs Out of First Vaccine Doses
The country has run out of first doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine. The Covax facility, through which Namibia is acquiring vaccines, is currently prioritising distribution to other countries. The facility is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi), Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) and focuses on ensuring […]
Residents of Henties Bay in the Erongo region say the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is definitely hitting them harder than the previous two. Former Henties Bay mayor Herman /Honeb last week said residents are now realising the virus is real as they hear of residents infected and dying. He said during the first […]
Poll-based watchdog, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) says there was need for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to report to parliament as opposed to the executive. ZESN programmes coordinator, Ellen Dingani told journalists in Kwekwe that this could be one of the ways to strengthen the independence of the poll authority while also trying to […]
Ongwediva — The governor of Oshana, Elia Irimari, has expressed concern with a number of incomplete government projects as well as the scourge of gender-based violence in his region. Between January and May this year, the region recorded 150 cases of GBV and 28 rape cases. “This is a very big disappointment to our nation […]
Walvis Bay — Coastal politician and traditional leader Omuingona Uahimisa Kaapehi wants the port of Walvis Bay to be named after the late professor Mburumba Kerina. Kaapehi, on at least two separate occasions this year, wrote to President Hage Geingob, requesting for the naming of the port to the profile freedom fighter, who died on […]
Omaheke residents should stick to the rules aimed at containing the coronavirus more closely than ever, regional director of health Jeremia Shikulo said yesterday. Shikulo said in an interview with New Era that to prevent, control and suppress the further spread of Covid-19 in the region, residents should all abide to the regulations by wearing […]
The Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has expressed concern over the failure by some local authorities to invest in environmentally friendly waste and refuse disposal facilities. The rights lobby said by failing to put up recommended waste disposal facilities, local authorities were violating both environmental rights and citizen rights. “With 43 local authorities still […]
ZANU PF acting commissar Patrick Chinamasa says those who have lost homes through recent demolitions by authorities were “foolish” as they did not give themselves time to verify the genuineness of the properties sold to them by land barons. Addressing journalists this past week, the controversial politician said Zimbabweans, for all the education they claim […]
MDC-T spokesperson Witness Dube has rubbished continued claims the Douglas Mwonzora led opposition was a Zanu PF puppet. He was addressing journalists in Kwekwe weekend. The politician said the narrative that they were a Zanu PF appendage was being peddled by the media. “There are some sections of the media which think that our existence […]