Vodacom Group reportedly plotted to cut jobs from its domestic operation in a bid to lower costs, though the company stated the move also related to a shift towards a more technology-oriented approach.
A prestigious awards ceremony has been held to celebrate the business and academic success of the African community in Sunderland. The event, which was held at the Stadium of Light, was organised in partnership between the University of Sunderland and Fedash Consultancy, an educational consultancy firm who support international students to achieve their career goals. The event was attended by a number of dignitaries including Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Dr. Cyprian Terseer Heen,...
South Africans in the Israel Defense Forces or those serving alongside them in Gaza will be arrested when they return home, the country’s top diplomat said this week in another sign of the growing rift between the two countries.
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denies allegations she took bribes over three years while defence ministerSouth African prosecutors said on Monday they intended to charge the parliamentary speaker with corruption, alleging she took $135,000 (£107,000) and a wig in bribes over a three-year period while she was defence minister.Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the speaker of the National Assembly, has not been arrested or charged. The prosecutors spoke at a court hearing over her claims that authorities hadn’t...
Edinburgh Tory councillor Christopher Cowdy has been selected to stand for his party against Labour's Ian Murray in Edinburgh South at the general election expected later this year. Councillor Cowdy has represented Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart ward on the council since being elected at the top of the poll in May 2022. He sits on both the Transport and Environment Committee and Education Committees as well as the board of Edinburgh Leisure. Born and brought up in Northern Ireland, he has...
South Africa have pulled out of both Male and Female hockey tournaments of the 2023 African Games on account of a 'substandard' hockey pitch.
Cheri Nel cannot afford Vertex’s Trikafta medicine, so she is suing to end ‘patent abuse’ and allow a generic versionCheri Nel has a blunt message for the multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical company Vertex: “Any person that dies from today – that’s on you.” Vertex makes a “miracle drug” called Trikafta that can transform the lives of people with cystic fibrosis.The medication gives them a normal life expectancy, rather than facing the likelihood of dying as young adults, and lives that are no...
When Butler was 5, he began learning to play melodies — starting with the Tom Jones hit “Delilah” — on a device his father improvised from some wood.
The history of these statues in post-colonial African countries exposes the challenges of truly moving beyond the colonial world and order.
South Sudan and Sao Tome and Principe played to a goalless draw in the
Former Test referee Nigel Owens has voiced his concern that World Rugby
Sao Tome and Principe and South Sudan draw 1-1 in the Africa Cup of Nations