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FILE PHOTO: Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius leaves court after appearing for the 2013 killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, 14 June 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/Files

Criminal Law

Oscar Pistorius seeks parole

Wendell Roelf, Anait Miridzhanian and Siyabonga Sishi 31 Mar 2023

Gordhan heads to China over locomotives dispute

Railway

Gordhan heads to China over locomotives dispute

Anait Miridzhanian and Nelson Banya 29 Mar 2023

Infectious Diseases

Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases - WHO

Sofia Christensen and Nellie Peyton 24 Mar 2023

Cars drive past Nigerian national flags in Abuja, Nigeria 12 June 2021. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Criminal Law

Financial crime watchdog adds South Africa, Nigeria to "grey list"

Tassilo Hummel, Alexander Winning and Bhargav Acharya 24 Feb 2023

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has resigned

Energy

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has resigned

Anait Miridzhanian and James Macharia Chege 14 Dec 2022

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to National Assembly members' questions in parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, 3 November 2022. Reuters/Esa Alexander/File Photo

Legal

Ramaphosa's future as president in question after misconduct report

Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning 1 Dec 2022

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Criminal Law

Malawi vice president arrested over corruption, says graft watchdog

Frank Phiri and Bhargav Acharya 25 Nov 2022

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Nairobi, Kenya, File. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Criminal Law

Kenyan court drops $60m corruption case against deputy president

Humphrey Malalo 11 Nov 2022

Kenya Airways recruits pilots as strike bites

Travel

Kenya Airways recruits pilots as strike bites

George Obulutsa and Duncan Miriri 8 Nov 2022

SAA in talks with Airbus to acquire long haul aircraft

Aviation

SAA in talks with Airbus to acquire long haul aircraft

Wendell Roelf 17 Oct 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Media & Entertainment Law

Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

Cameroon, Nigeria request to join Ivory-Ghana cocoa initiative

Sustainable Farming

Cameroon, Nigeria request to join Ivory-Ghana cocoa initiative

Ange Aboa 13 Oct 2022

Former South African President Jacob Zuma enters the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 31 January 2022. Jerome Delay/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Criminal Law

Zuma set free after prison term ends

Bhargav Acharya 7 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Fuel & Energy

SA petrol price down, diesel up from 5 October

Anait Miridzhanian 4 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters

E-commerce

Drone delivery picks up in Africa as Jumia partners with Zipline

Bhargav Acharya 1 Sep 2022

Cosatu leads union protests over high cost of living

Labour Law & Unions

Cosatu leads union protests over high cost of living

Bhargav Acharya and Anait Miridzhanian 25 Aug 2022

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and presidential candidate for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Kenya Kwanza political coalition, poses for a picture after being declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election, at the IEBC National Tallying Centre at the Bomas of Kenya, in Nairobi, Kenya 15 August 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Legal

Kenya braces for legal battle after Ruto declared president-elect

James Macharia Chege and others 16 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Africa CDC says it has signed MOU with Pfizer for Covid pill

Anait Miridzhanian, James Macharia Chege and Estelle Shirbon 12 Jul 2022

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane listens during a briefing at Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, 19 October 2016. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

Law Practice

Public protector suspended ahead of inquiry

Bhargav Acharya 10 Jun 2022

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

Agribusiness

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

Wendell Roelf 23 May 2022

Farming boosts SA's fourth-quarter GDP growth

Agro-processing

Farming boosts SA's fourth-quarter GDP growth

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 8 Mar 2022

Ethiopian Airlines to resume using Boeing 737 Max planes in February 2022

Aviation

Ethiopian Airlines to resume using Boeing 737 Max planes in February 2022

29 Dec 2021

Former South African President Jacob Zuma sits in court during his corruption trial in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, October 26, 2021. Jerome Delay/Pool via Reuters

Criminal Law

Court orders Zuma to go back to jail

Nqobile Dludla and Tim Cocks 15 Dec 2021

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

Infrastructure & Utilities

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

Duncan Miriri 22 Nov 2021

Sustainable Development

Anger as rail construction begins in Nairobi National Park

5 Mar 2018

Railway set to cut down cargo freight costs

Railway

Railway set to cut down cargo freight costs

21 Sep 2017

Kenya unveils first new railway in a century

Railway

Kenya unveils first new railway in a century

30 May 2017

- Kenyan Minister for Transport and Infrastructure James Macharia (C) and the Managing Director of the Kenya Railways Corporation Atanas Maina (R, front) attend the reception ceremony of the first batch of locomotives for the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway in Mombasa. Photo: Sun Ruibo/Xinhua

Railway

Kenya receives locomotives for China-funded railway

Isaac Khisa 16 Jan 2017

Successful exhibition in Kenya for BioTech Africa

Events & Conferencing

Successful exhibition in Kenya for BioTech Africa

11 Sep 2015

Media

Diageo Africa Business Reporting finalists announced

17 Jun 2008