South Africa’s MultiChoice recommends Canal+ offer as it plans to grow viewership to 32m
The deal would create a pan-African broadcasting powerhouse with about 31.5 million subscribers across more than 50 countries, able to put African content to global audiences as well as compete on an international scale.
US embassy in Kinshasa complains DRC authorities have denied it access to detained American coup plotters
The US Embassy in Congo said on Monday the Congolese authorities have not shared details or provided access to the Americans who were arrested following a coup attempt last month. The embassy said it was acting on pleas for help from one family that is trying to confirm whether their...
Nigeria counts billions in lost revenue as electricity, major airports trade unions strike for higher wages
In this latest strike, workers shut down the national electricity grid and drove away operators at a key transmission station, the Transmission Company of Nigeria said, adding that other workers sent to restore power were blocked.
Big hitters of football will be on show as African World Cup qualifiers resume this week
African champions Ivory Coast host Gabon and then play away against Kenya in Group F where they have already won their opening two games. Sebastien Haller, who came on as a substitute for Borussia Dortmund in Saturday’s Champions League final loss to Real Madrid, is included.
Kenya, 16 other African nations forced to host World Cup qualifiers on foreign soil as CAF cracks down on tardy stadia
CAF have taken a firm line on tardy facilities over the past two years in an effort to force countries to improve pitch conditions and other facilities like changing rooms and stadium lights. While it spurred some into action and led to stadium renovations, other countries have moved slowly, or not at all, and with-it lost home advantage for competitive qualifiers.
Humbled South African president seeks deal with political parties to form a coalition government
Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress party had already lost its 30-year majority after more than 99 per cent of votes were counted by Saturday and showed it couldn’t surpass 50 per cent. The ANC received 40 per cent of the votes in last week’s election in the final count, the largest share.
South Africa President Ramaphosa emerges as stumbling block in ANC talks with potential coalition partners
As South Africa heads for a series of complex talks to form a national coalition government for the first time and establish stability, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said Ramaphosa would remain as party leader and any demands from others that he resign for talks to go ahead was “a no-go area.”
Curtains come down on ANC’s dominance of South African politics as vote tallying ends
Vote tallying from Wednesday’s poll was entering the final stages on Saturday morning, with results in from over 98 per cent of polling stations giving the ANC 40.29 per cent. The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), had 21.63 per cent and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a new party led by former president Jacob Zuma, managed to grab 14.71 per cent.
South Africa’s ruling ANC is on the brink of losing its majority in a landmark election result
South Africans vote for parties in national elections to decide how many seats each party gets in Parliament. Lawmakers then elect the president, and if the ANC is short of the 50 per cent mark, it will not have a majority of lawmakers and will need help from others to re-elect Ramaphosa for a second and final term.
Zambia’s former first lady and daughter friend arrested over properties worth over $2 million
Edgar Lungu was Zambia’s leader from 2015 to 2021, when he lost an election to current President Hakainde Hichilema, a longtime political rival. He has embarked on a political comeback
