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Debt relief a double-edged sword for South Africans living on loans
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- Published on Monday, 04 November 2019 10:26
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Solani Rivele, a single mother of four, earns about 800 rand ($55) a week but owes 100 times that amount in loans. Millions of South Africans like her rely on credit to feed their families.
African countries are behind on progress towards poverty reduction goals
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 October 2019 08:27
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In their annual meeting at the United Nations in 2005, world leaders agreed on a common economic agenda. This was to halve – between 1990 and 2015 – the proportion of the world’s population living on less than one dollar a day. It’s been nearly 15 years since this resolution.
The world has certainly seen economic progress but it is not even. And…
Mozambique's elections to test fragile peace
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- Published on Monday, 14 October 2019 13:24
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The face of President Filipe Nyusi beams from flags billowing across Mozambique’s city of Beira, where T-shirts and posters colour the streets with his Frelimo party’s signature red in what is usually an opposition stronghold.
Botswana faces first close election contest since independence
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- Published on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 10:59
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For the first time since it won independence from Britain in 1966, Botswana faces a genuine electoral contest on Wednesday, as a feud between its current and a former president throws one of Africa’s most stable nations into uncertainty.
Botswana elections: Khama brothers on opposite sides
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 September 2019 10:46
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The proverb “blood is thicker than water” could be in for a tough test with two politicians who are the sons of Botswana’s first president, Seretse Khama, approaching elections from opposite political sides.
This happens as Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) – co-founded by Khama 58 years ago and at the helm of the Botswana government for 53 years –…