Questionable Contractor Choice for Parliament's Demolition Work - South African News Briefs - May 20, 2024
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President Akufo-Addo's Convoy Involved in Fatal Accident - One Dead, Several Injured
GhanaToday
On Sunday, 19th May 2024, several vehicles of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's convoy were involved in a fatal accident along the Bunso-Akyem Asafo stretch of the… Read more »
Constitutional Court Bars Jacob Zuma from Running in Elections
allAfrica
The Constitutional Court has delivered a major blow to former president Jacob Zuma's political ambitions, ruling on Monday that he cannot stand as a candidate in next week's… Read more »
Kenya Confirms Haiti Deployment On Course As President Ruto Heads to the U.S.
Capital FM
The Kenyan government has confirmed plans to deploy police officers to Haiti despite a petition filed in court against the move. Read more »
Health Ministry Rubbishes Media Claims On VP
The Herald
The Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Douglas Mombeshora, has dismissed as malicious and unfounded an article published in a local daily seeking to cast aspersions on Vice… Read more »
Minimum Wage - Govt Calls Committee Meeting, Labour Insists On May 31 Deadline
Vanguard
Following Organised Labour's insistence on downing tools and declaring a nationwide strike if discussions on the new National Minimum Wage are not concluded by May 31, 2024, the… Read more »
Zimbabwe's Parliament Moots Policy Reform to Commercialise Services At Public Hospitals
New Zimbabwe
PARLIAMENTARIANS have vowed to advocate for legislative and policy adjustments that would permit the commercialisation of services at Zimbabwe's public hospitals. Read more »
Scrap Presidential Air Fleet [editorial]
Daily Trust
On May 6, 2024, Vice President Kashim Shettima aborted his trip to the United States, where he was to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in… Read more »
Former LBS Leadership Complains Eugene Fahngon
New Dawn
The immediate past leadership of the Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS) headed by Madam Estelle Liberty Kemoh has complained to the new LBS Director General, Mr. Eugene Fahngon, for… Read more »
Angola Announces Tender for 'Southern Corridor' Concession
ANGOP
The Minister of Transport, Ricardo de Abreu, announced Sunday that an international public tender for the concession of the "Southern Corridor", which includes the Port of Namibe… Read more »
Jacob Zuma Not Eligible to Stand for Parliament, Concourt Rules [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The Constitutional Court has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma is not eligible to stand for office in the National Assembly, just a day after he led the uMkhonto Wesizwe… Read more »
Viral Image Does Not Show Kenya's Former Electoral Commission Chair Wafula Chebukati in Hospital
Africa Check
Viral image does not show Kenya's former electoral commission chair Wafula Chebukati in hospital Read more »
Movee Recommits to Weah, Suspends Three Executives Indefinitely for Constitutional Violations - Affirms Continued Membership in CDC
FrontPageAfrica
The Movement for Economic Empowerment (MOVEE), through its National Executive Committee (NEC), has renewed its commitment to remain a member of the Coalition for Democratic Change… Read more »
A Journey to 2029 Presidency?
New Dawn
Seasoned Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe, Jr., is making a strategy twist in his political sojourn here. He announced his return to the grassroots National Patriotic Party… Read more »
Former NPRA Chief Labels SSNIT a 'Ponzi Scheme', Proposes Measures to Prevent Its Collapse
Accra Times
His critique is based on the underfunded nature of SSNIT, where retirees receive benefits that exceed the value of their contributions. Read more »