African Fashion International (AFI), owner and operator of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Joburg 2017, is celebrating a decade of African excellence with an exciting line-up of African designers preparing to introduce their Spring/Summer collections, at a new venue. “We have collaborated with African fashion design royalty to offer a world-class spectacular
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The works and transport ministry abdicated its duties on mandatory vehicle inspection leaving it in the hands of the private contractor. According to local news agency, URN, documents before parliament's physical infrastructure committee indicate inaction from the ministry right from the stage of carrying out due diligence on Societe Generale
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Barclays has set aside an extra £700m to meet compensation claims for mis-selling payment protection insurance, BBC reports. The news came as the bank said costs related to the sale of part of its Africa unit had pushed it into a £1.2bn (Shs5.6bn) loss in the first half of the
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North Korea has hailed as a success its latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), describing it as a "stern warning" for the US. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the test proved that the entire US was within striking range, state media reported. The launch came three weeks
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Various factions of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) have signed the Entebbe Declaration to operationalize the Arusha Agreement on the reunification of the SPLM. The declaration was signed on Thursday at State House Entebbe witnessed by President Yoweri Museveni. In furtherance of the objectives of the SPLM reconciliation and
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A vehicle belonging to Jubilee Party campaign team has been hijacked in Mandera by suspected Al-Shabaab militants, reports the Daily Nation. Mandera South police boss Charles Chacha said the incident was reported at about 5pm Friday and that the driver and a passenger are missing. “We received a report of
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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ reign on the top of the Forbes’ Real Time Billionaires List only lasted a morning. Bezos became the richest person in the world for the first time with a $90.6 billion (aboutSh900b) net worth when markets opened on Thursday. But while Amazon stock climbed
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Uganda's former Ethics and Integrity Minister, Miria Matembe has threatened to drag government spokesperson to court over claims he made on national television appearing to insinuate that her husband slept with their house-help. Matembe made the threat on Thursday during popular NBS Television talk show "Frontline" demanding that the government
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Alphabet's Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an effort to make them more employable, its chief executive said Thursday. The U.S. technology giant also hopes to train 100,000 software developers in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, a company
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Zimbabwe's first lady has urged 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe to name his choice for a successor. Grace Mugabe, who is widely thought to harbor presidential ambitions, made her comments Thursday while addressing the ZANU-PF party's women's league in Harare. According a report from the state-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, the first
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