Tag: South Africa
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JUST IN: South Africa orders nationwide lockdown over COVID-19
South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday ordered a 21-day country-wide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. He ordered South Africans to “stay at home” until midnight on April 16. Ramaphosa in his address said, “Immediate, swift and extraordinary action is required if we are to prevent a human catastrophe of enormous proportions…
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South Africa’s Coronavirus cases jump to 85
The coronavirus cases in South Africa has increased by 23 to 85, Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize said in a report by the state-owned news agency. The minister noted that there had been eight cases of local transmission. On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of emergency over the COVID-19 concerns. Also, starting Wednesday,…
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South African economic council consults Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister and international development expert, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala met on Friday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and the country’s Economic Advisory Council to discuss “growth for the South African economy”. South Africa is currently experiencing an economic downturn, having entered its second recession in two years, with multiple sectors of…
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Nigeria again is Africa’s largest economy, overtakes South Africa
As if a recession wasn’t enough bad news for South Africa, it’s now confirmed as the continent’s second-largest economy. The answer to the question of whether South Africa or Nigeria, the two countries that account for almost half of sub-Saharan Africa’s gross domestic product, is the biggest economy on the continent has long depended on…
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AfDB, Others Worsening Nigeria’s Debt Burden – World Bank
The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have warned Nigeria, South Africa and other low-income nations to be careful with activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) such as the African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and others because these international lenders are adding…
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South Africa’s Desmond Tutu hospitalised due to ‘stubborn infection’
South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a prominent anti-apartheid activist and Nobel laureate, is back in hospital due to a “stubborn infection,” his foundation said on Wednesday. “The Archbishop has been hospitalised several times over the past few years for treatment of a similar condition,” it said in a statement quoting his wife, Leah Tutu.…
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Xenophobia: South African police bags 32-year jail term for robbing, killing Nigerian
Austin Reynold, a South African Police Constable who robbed and killed a Nigerian, Emeka Okoli, was on Monday sentenced to 32 years in prison by a Durban High Court. The court sentenced the policeman three days after he was found guilty of robbing and killing the late Okoli during an illegal raid in the community…
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Another Nigerian killed, 2 others injured in South Africa
The Nigerian community in South Africa has again been thrown into mourning following the killing by unkown gun men of one of its members who also left two others injured. Mr Odefa Ikele, the National Spokesperson of Nigerian Union South Africa, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.…