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"He is the first Burkinabe to send an Olympic medal to Burkina Faso. And also the first African to have an Olympic medal in the triple jump. So it is a pride for us."- Lamoussa Stella Tapsoba, President of the Burkinabe Handball Federation
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
… That is because in the African-American family tradition, reunions frequently act … a disease that disproportionately affects Black Americans, has prevented many of them … but meaningful political implications, as Black Americans’ voting rights are increasingly …
It seems that a tobacco tax increase is on the cards for South Africa next week, but campaigners are trying desperately to thwart Tito Mboweni.
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP push against Facebook and Twitter accelerated Thursday after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social media companies with subpoenas to force them to address accusations of censorship in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign. With Democrats boycotting the hearing, the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee voted to authorize the legal orders if Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey did not agree to testify voluntarily. The committee wants to hear from them about 'the suppression and/or censorship of two news articles from the New York Post,' according to […]
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Moderna has finished enrolling all 30,000 of the participants in its U.S. clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine, putting the company on pace to have a public-ready product by December, the drugmaker announced Thursday.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' presidential campaign released a trio of new ads targeting all Black voters, especially Black women, and answered Trump's \"What do you have to lose\" question he posed to Black people four years ago.
GOLD deliveries to the State-run Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) slowed to 14,76 tonnes during the nine months to September, from 20,64% tonnes delivered to the facility during the same period last year, official data has shown. BY FIDELITY MHLANGA Experts blamed the COVID-19-inspired national lockdown for the slowdown. FPR statistics also showed that large-scale gold mines had overtaken artisanal miners in shipments to the formal gold market after selling 976,66kg of the bullion during the period, compared to 385,47kg from small-scale miners. Authorities had targeted a 35-tonne gold output this year. However, with only two months before year end, analysts yesterday said there were little chances miners will ramp up output to achieve this target. Lack of imported inputs because of the closure of foreign manufacturers and inability by FRP to match prevailing gold prices on the parallel market, are among the factors that will militate against this target, according to experts. Small-scale gold producers funnel most of their output to the parallel market where it fetches higher prices than those prevailing at FPR. Economic analysts also said the decline was unavoidable given that during the initial stages of the lockdown announced by government to limit the impact of COVID-19 in March, FPR struggled to pay producers. “Small-scale and artisanal miners look for alternative parallel market buyers who pay in cash,” economist Victor Bhoroma said. “Small-scale miners want instant gratification. Any procedures that delay payment will be detrimental to deliveries,” he told NewsDay Business. Bhoroma said the decline in gold deliveries would have dire implications to foreign currency inflows to the economy as the bullion contributes significantly to exports. He said without leakages, gold could easily earn the country US$2,5 billion annually. Investment analyst Enock Rukarwa said COVID-19 only added to a crisis that was already affecting domestic trade. “COVID-19-induced restrictions might be igniting dents in deliveries emanating from supply chain disruptions and thin accessibility to markets, but factors like payment delays and parallel market premiums cannot be underestimated,” Rukarwa said. “Gold being the anchor for our export receipts, a bearish sentiment in this sector is disastrous,” he said. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has reviewed its contentious foreign currency retention threshold for gold to 70% from 55%, to improve shipments to the formal market. However, deliveries have not responded positively. The apex bank has also given small-scale gold producers 100% foreign currency retention to plug leakages. The country’s gold export receipts to August declined by 4,9% to US$641,3m, from US$674,4m earned during the comparative period in 2019. Gold and tobacco are the country’s top forex generators, but revenues continue to decline. In 2019, gold export receipts went down 28% to US$946m from US$1,33bn prior year. Tobacco also dropped by 7% to US$846,7m from US$907,8m in 2018.
Tory Lanez decided to hop on Instagram Live Tuesday night (Oct.21) to tell his side of the story that saw Megan Thee Stallion suffer gunshot wounds to both of her feet. Megan Thee Stallion responds to his claims on Twitter.
Mthembu also warned that South Africans must remain vigilant of the threat posed by COVID-19, and must continue to follow safety protocols.
www.kjrh.com By: KJRH Digital The Tulsa County Election Board mailed out over 47,000 absentee ballots as of Sept. 28th and expect to mail more than 100,000 before November's election. The deadline to get an absentee ballot before November is Oct. 27th. Early voting is taking place this year in Tulsa at ONEOK Field. Due to […]
A GROUP of Zambian women and children filed a suit against Anglo American Plc in South Africa, alleging the mining company caused widespread lead poisoning from a mine it owned until 1974 in the northern city of Kabwe. The case, which is demanding compensation and a clean-up of the area, was filed in a Johannesburg court on Wednesday by 13 plaintiffs on behalf of an estimated 100 000 people, according to law firms Leigh Day and Mbuyisa Moleele. The firms plan to apply for a class action suit. Anglo American will “defend its position,” the company said. “Generations of children have been poisoned by the operations of the Kabwe mine, originally known as Broken Hill, which caused widespread contamination of the soil, dust, water and vegetation,” the firms said in a statement. “The main sources of this poisonous lead were from the smelter, ore processing and tailings dumps.” The group lawsuit is the latest over its decades of mining in southern Africa. In 2018, Anglo and five other companies paid about US$390 million to settle a class action by former gold miners suffering from the respiratory disease silicosis. “Once the claim is received, the company will review the claims made by the firm and will take all necessary steps to vigorously defend its position,” Anglo said in an emailed response to questions, adding it was never the majority owner of the Kabwe mine. Anglo held an interest in the mine, at one stage the world’s biggest lead operation, from 1925 to 1974, when it was nationalised by the government. While the operation about 100km north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka, was eventually shut in 1994, output during Anglo’s ownership accounted for about two-thirds of the lead that now contaminates the area, the law firms said. Brain damage “Substantial emissions of lead into the local environment were due to deficiencies in the design and systems of operation and control of lead, which Anglo American South Africa failed to ensure were rectified,” they said. “Anglo American South Africa failed to ensure the clean-up of the communities’ contaminated land.” Lead poisoning can cause health problems ranging from learning difficulties to infertility, brain damage and, in some cases, death. In a 2019 report, Human Rights Watch said that a third of the population of Kabwe, or more than 76,000 people, live in lead-contaminated areas. The lawsuit was filed in South Africa because at the time of the mine’s operation Anglo was headquartered in Johannesburg. The company is now based in London. — Bloomberg
