Malawi: Vote-Buying Bombshell – Chitipa South Shadow MP Chancy Munthali Faces Ban Over Cash Handouts

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[Nyasa Times] A storm is brewing in Chitipa South as shadow Member of Parliament Chancy Munthali stands accused of turning his campaign into a cash-for-votes racket.

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South Africa: South Africa Stands Firm On Ending Plastic Pollution, Despite Global Treaty Setback

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[SAnews.gov.za] The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) session in Geneva, which aimed to deliver a binding global treaty on plastic pollution, ended without agreement on a global plastics treaty due...

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Malawi: Kasungu Chaos – Finance Minister’s Rally Ends in Humiliation As Stones Rain Down

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[Nyasa Times] A political rally organized by Finance Minister Simplex Chithyola Banda in Nkhota, Kasungu, descended into chaos, leaving the minister humiliated and his ambitions bruised.

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Angola: Angolan Writer Nituecheni Africano Among the Top 5 Most Promising Writers in Africa

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[Sankofa Book Awards] Author won the Sankofa Book Awards Kenya 2025 with the novel The Inmate: The Beginning and the End of an Injustice and leads the list of...

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New horizons for Absa Business Banking and Network International

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<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2508/783910-240×135.jpg?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Source: Supplied.” align=”left”><br><span >Source: Supplied.&lt;/span><p>As part of its efforts to enhance its offering in the fleet- and commercial-card space, Absa has partnered with Network International,...

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Inside SA’s multi-million rand plan to fill US funding void

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<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2508/783908-240×135.jpg?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Source: Reuters.” align=”left”><br><span >Source: Reuters.&lt;/span><div id=”recopy__body”><p><p class=”intro”><a class=”bigger-image” href=”https://groundup.org.za/media/uploads/images/Graphics/lisa_nelson/health_budgets-expenditure-750x500_8soiy8n.jpg” target=”_blank”><img alt=”” src=”https://groundup.org.za/media/_versions/images/Graphics/lisa_nelson/health_budgets-expenditure-750x500_8soiy8n_extra_large.jpg” style=”cursor: pointer;”></a></p><br> <p class=”caption”>US grants to the South African health system that came...

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South African business confidence edges up in July ahead of Trump’s 30% tariff

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<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2508/783906-240×135.jpg?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Source: Reuters.” align=”left”><br><span >Source: Reuters.&lt;/span><p>South African business confidence rose in July, helped by higher new vehicle sales, rising manufacturing output, strong precious metals prices and...

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Standard Bank CEO to retire by end-2027, strong half-year result boosts shares

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<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2508/783904-240×135.jpg?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Source: Reuters/Luc Gnago. Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala speaks during an interview with Reuters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast April 9, 2018.” align=”left”><br><span >Source: Reuters/Luc Gnago....

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Sassa issues urgent warning against illegal social grant deductions

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<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2508/783912-240×135.png?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Image credit:” align=”left”><br><span >Image credit: [[https://www.actionsa.org.za/open-letter-insourcing-of-sassa-cleaners-security-personnel/ Action SA]]&lt;/span><p>The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has expressed concern following an upsurge in what appears to be...

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