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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa unveils high-speed, fully automated line in Midrand
Engineering News
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Beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has unveiled a new bottling line at its plant in Midrand, which is capable of bottling 72 000 units an hour. The R565-million high-speed, fully automated production line is producing Bonaqua...
Amnesty names jailed Eswatini MPs prisoners of conscience
East Coast Radio
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Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube were arrested in July 2021 during a wave of protests in Africa's last absolute monarchy that were violently quashed by police, leaving dozens dead. They were sentenced last year to respectively 25 and 18...
Malaria surges in parts of southern Africa
Semafor
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Malaria cases are surging in parts of southern Africa, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, and Zimbabwe have reported new outbreaks in the last year, with Zimbabwe recently reporting...
'Our people are denied medical care': Lesotho youth leader demands action for Basotho in South Africa
IOL
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President of the Democratic Congress Youth League in the Kingdom of Lesotho, Pheello Sehlabaka, is calling on the government in Maseru to intervene and assist Basotho based in South Africa, faced with numerous problems, including access to medical...
Top 10 African countries with the lowest IMF debt in July 2025
Business Insider Africa
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July 25, 2025
While IMF assistance can provide immediate relief during economic crises, keeping little or no IMF debt has considerable long-term benefits for African countries, ranging from fiscal independence to increased economic credibility. Nigeria is a...
Ford South Africa issues safety recall for Ranger, Everest, EcoSport and Puma models
IOL
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Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has announced a recall campaign that affects more than 5,000 vehicles in South Africa, spread across the Ranger, Everest, EcoSport and Puma line-ups. The recalls are not related, as they involve...
Malawi Hosts 4th Africa CDC Meeting for Southern Africa Health Ministers and Key Stakeholders
Nyasa Times
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July 24, 2025
Malawi is hosting the 4th Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) meeting for the Southern Africa Region from July 24 to 25, 2025. The high-level gathering has brought together SADC Health Ministers, key stakeholders, and...
India, France Strengthen Ties: MoS Margherita Holds Talks With French Minister At G20 DMM
ABP Live
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July 25, 2025
Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, met with Thani Mohamed-Soilihi, France’s Minister of International Partnerships, on the sidelines of the G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting (DMM) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Both...
MoS Margherita meets French Minister for International Partnerships on sidelines of G20 DMM
Mangalorean
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July 25, 2025
MoS Margherita meets French Minister for International Partnerships on sidelines of G20 DMM Johannesburg: Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, met with Thani Mohamed-Soilihi, France’s Minister of International...
Imprisoned activist MPs in Eswatini highlight a growing crisis of civic freedoms across Africa
Daily Maverick
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July 24, 2025
This month marks four years since Eswatini’s pro-democracy activists and former members of parliament, Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube, were arrested — and one year since they were sentenced under the country’s notorious Suppression of...
Ford recalls over 5,700 vehicles in Southern Africa due to safety concerns
IOL
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FORD Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has announced a wide-ranging safety recall affecting more than 5,700 vehicles across multiple models, including the EcoSport, Puma, Ranger, and Everest. The recall impacts vehicles sold in South...
Ford recalls thousands of vehicles in South Africa, neighbouring countries
Engineering News
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Vehicle manufacturer Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) on July 24 announced a safety recall of 1 050 Ranger and Everest vehicles, 1 796 Puma vehicles and 2 872 EcoSport vehicles sold in Southern Africa. The Ranger and Everest models...
Eswatini Foreign Minister Pholile Shakantu, King’s Interpreter Sihle Dlamini using Taiwan over R10million donated monies to create insulting online platforms, even Tinkhundla loyalists who disagree with Prime Minister targeted.
Swaziland News
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By Musa Mdluli MBABANE:Foreign Minister Pholile Dlamini-Shakantu and King’s Private Secretary Sihle Dlamini are allegedly behind the establishment of various social media ‘fake online platforms’ insulting even loyalists of the Tinkhundla system...
Bringing the hopes of young South Africans to the Jubilee
Vatican News
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July 23, 2025
A bishop and young person from South Africa share how young people have been preparing to attend the Jubilee of Youth in Rome from July 28 to August 3, despite challenges and issues. By Isabella H. de Carvalho “We’ve already started packing our...
Ukrainian political analyst suggests Zimbabwe, South Africa play mediatory role to end war with Russia
New Zimbabwe
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July 23, 2025
By Leopold Munhende UKRAINIAN political analyst and journalist Peter Zalmayev has suggested that Zimbabwe and neighbouring South Africa present themselves as mediators to end the war between his country and superpower Russia. Zalmayev, who is on a...
Finance Minister Neal Rijikernberg says Government remains committed to infrastructure investment to enhance development of capital markets.
Swaziland News
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By Bongiwe Dlamini MBABANE:Neal Rijikernberg, the Minister of Finance has expressed Government’s commitment to infrastructure investment to enhance the development of capital markets. The Minister was addressing stakeholders on Thursday during the...
Africa as Dumping Ground for Unwanted
This Day
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July 20, 2025
Global Wastes: From Rwanda to Eswatini Bola A. Akinterinwa Africa, in the strategic calculations of the more developed countries, is a dumping ground for their toxic wastes and e-wastes. Africans themselves do not see this as a source of their...
Trump White House Further Exposes Its Racism and Ignorance During Visit by Five West African Leaders
News Ghana
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July 23, 2025
Liberian President Joseph Boakai was asked about his English-speaking capability while his country was established by the United States in 1847 Geostrategic Review Five heads-of-state from West African countries were invited to the White House to...
Attorney General(AG) fears terrorists might attack eSwatini upon hearing one of their own has been jailed in the Kingdom, blasts Prime Minister saying he warned him against signing agreement with United States.
Swaziland News
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By Zweli Martin Dlamini MBABANE:Sifiso Khumalo,the Attorney General(AG) fears that terrorists might attack eSwatini upon hearing that, one of their own has been dumped by the United States(US) and jailed in the tiny Kingdom situated in Southern...
Lawyer says he's not been allowed to see 5 immigrants deported by the US to a prison in...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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He said he is representing them on behalf of lawyers in the U.S. and was prevented from seeing them by Eswatini prison officials on July 25. It's unlawful for the men, who have been in Eswatini for around two weeks, to be denied access to a...