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The Gauteng government will pay an estimated R280-million to Gautrain operator, the Bombela Concession Company, for the financial year ending March 31, as the company's income from the rapid-rail...
At least one person was killed on Tuesday as Senegalese security forces armed with truncheons and tear gas clashed with rock-throwing activists protesting against President Abdoulaye Wade's...
South Africa’s empowerment legislation is about to get new teeth to address issues such as fronting and local content procurement, besides others, more than one-million children in the Sahel are...
More than 1-million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
On 22 July 2011, Anders Breivik shook his native Norway with dual terrorist attacks on innocent civilians; killing 77 and wounding many others. It was perhaps not the attack itself that so shocked...
This paper examines Chinese interests in the African agricultural sector and Africa’s response to this interest. It also analyses the accusations of ‘land grabbing’ levelled at China by some...
The death of Guinea Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha will be a stress test for the coup-prone West African state, which has made modest gains in stability in recent months after decades of turmoil.
Over 70% of the SSA population live in rural areas and an estimated 60% of the world’s uncultivated land – suitable for farming – belongs to Africa. Agricultural development can stimulate...