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Kenya ranked fourth wealthiest country in Africa: Kenya has been ranked among the big five wealthy markets in Africa having millionaires and billionaires
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Kenya ranked fourth wealthiest country in Africa
Quick Glance: Kenya Among Top 5 Wealthiest Countries in Africa
  • Kenya is recognized as one of the prosperous markets in Africa with a significant number of millionaires and billionaires.

  • As per the 2024 Africa Wealth Report released by an international wealth advisory firm, Kenya holds the fourth position in terms of wealth ownership.

  • Following South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria ranking at positions one to three, Kenya comes.

  • The data in the report indicates that Kenya has a substantial population of affluent individuals, totaling 7,200 millionaires.
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Ramaphosa tells ANC it needs 14 million votes to win elections outright, as party marshalls ministers to tout successes
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Ramaphosa tells ANC it needs 14 million votes to win elections outright ...
Quick Glance: Ramaphosa Urges ANC to Secure 14 Million Votes for Clear Victory
  • The ANC has mobilized all its ministers to 'aggressively communicate its success stories' in the critical campaigning weeks ahead of the May 29th national elections.

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa stated in a leaked recording of the national executive committee meeting last week that the party would need 14 million votes for a clear victory, compared to the previous 10 million.

  • ANC head of elections Mdumiseni Ntuli delivered a report on the party's campaign battle plan to remain in government, emphasizing the need to strengthen the base and win back disgruntled voters.

  • Ramaphosa expressed concern during the meeting that some NEC members had not met their commitments towards campaigning for an outright majority and emphasized consequences for those who fail to meet campaign work targets.
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ANC assured of a clear majority, Ramaphosa says: The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next ...
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ANC assured of a clear majority, Ramaphosa says
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Wenzeni uZuma? He stole and rendered country useless, says Bheki Mtolo: KwaZulu-Natal ANC secretary Bheki Mtolo is in the spotlight this week after describing ...
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Wenzeni uZuma? He stole and rendered country useless, says Bheki Mtolo
Quick Glance: Wenzeni uZuma? Bheki Mtolo criticizes corruption
  • ANC KwaZulu-Natal secretary Bheki Mtolo criticizes Jacob Zuma's tenure as destructive through corruption with the Gupta brothers.

  • Mtolo emphasized the difference between Zuma's actions and previous presidents who did not associate with theft when dealing with the Guptas.

  • Mtolo noted the decline in ANC votes since Zuma's presidency and blamed him for the loss of support.

  • Criticism of Zuma led to unrest among MK Party supporters questioning what Zuma had done wrong, while Mtolo continued speaking undeterred.
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Lottery winner can travel abroad to meet grandchild for the first time: South Africa's newest millionaire says his PowerBall Plus winnings means he and his ...
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Lottery winner can travel abroad to meet grandchild for the first time
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Thabo Mbeki defends ANC’s handling of defiant Zuma: Thabo Mbeki said the delay in expelling Zuma was not an act of cowardice but loyalty to its constitution.
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Thabo Mbeki defends ANC’s handling of defiant Zuma
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EFF demands answers after 1000 Limpopo members join ANC: Former EFF provincial leader Jossey Buthane said the top brass were trying to lead via ‘emails and ...
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EFF demands answers after 1000 Limpopo members join ANC
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ActionSA’s Trollip says EFF wants Shivambu as finance minister so they can ‘steal’
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ActionSA’s Trollip says EFF wants Shivambu as finance minister so they can ...
Quick Glance: EFF Allegedly Eyeing Shivambu for Ministerial Theft
  • Trollip accuses EFF of aiming to steal by pushing for finance minister appointment.

  • Questioning EFF's intentions behind wanting control of the finance ministry.

  • Criticism towards parties fostering chaos and corruption for personal gain.

  • Discussion on coalitions, governance stability, and political maturity.
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South Africa Mines Minister Signals Opposition to BHP-Anglo Deal: South African Mines Minister Gwede Mantashe signaled his opposition to BHP Group Ltd ...
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South Africa Mines Minister Signals Opposition to BHP-Anglo Deal
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Ramaphosa hits out at South Africa’s banks, calls for reform: President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged for decisive economic reforms to address the monopolistic ...
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Ramaphosa hits out at South Africa’s banks, calls for reform
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This is South Africa’s most important election since apartheid: Whatever the short-term consequences of the ANC losing its monopoly on power – and, economically ...
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This is South Africa’s most important election since apartheid
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ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan: Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax ...
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ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan
Quick Glance: ANC Urges Medical Aid Users to Halt Resistance to R200bn NHI Plan
  • Parks Tau dismissed criticism of the proposed R200 billion National Health Insurance (NHI) as 'resistance' by private healthcare users, who he said were effectively subsidized by the state.

  • He reiterated the ANC's stance that a single-fund system will follow if President Cyril Ramaphosa signs the NHI Bill, passed by parliament in December.

  • Clause 49 of the bill envisions 'tax amendments' to be gazetted by the finance minister to finance the insurance scheme's single fund, which the treasury says will need about R200 billion to run.

  • Debate during the National Election Debate highlighted the challenges of the country's two-tier healthcare system and the need to ensure quality healthcare for all.
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Ramaphosa intervenes in unemployed teacher's predicament: 'I want this matter resolved,' said Ramaphoda.
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Ramaphosa intervenes in unemployed teacher's predicament
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Malema: South Africa will go on stage six load-shedding after elections: The Economic Freedom Fighters leader also said his deputy, Floyd Shivambu ...
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Malema: South Africa will go on stage six load-shedding after elections
Quick Glance: Malema Warns of Escalating Power Outages and Praises Finance Minister Candidacy
  • EFF leader Julius Malema defended his statement that the party would consider entering a coalition with the ANC if EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu was appointed as finance minister.

  • Malema warned that Eskom will move to stage six load-shedding after the elections and strongly criticized the current officials in charge.

  • He emphasized that Shivambu is an expert on the country's economy, the continent, and the world at large, and has not stolen any money.

  • Malema stated that the escalation of power outages after the elections is due to the incompetence of officials, not sabotage.
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Old Mutual gets the green light to open OM Bank: Old Mutual has been given the initial approval to launch a bank in South Africa.
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Old Mutual gets the green light to open OM Bank
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Why rebuke Naledi Pandor for safeguarding South Africa’s sovereignty?: South Africa has a right to pursue its national interests anywhere in the world and not to ...
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Why rebuke Naledi Pandor for safeguarding South Africa’s sovereignty?
Quick Glance: Critique of Naledi Pandor's Defense of South Africa's Sovereignty
  • South Africa's geopolitical attributes and strategic position interest investors.

  • The Anti-Apartheid Movement in the USA led to the passing of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act 1986.

  • ANC history shows international support from countries like the Soviet Union and China.

  • Critics question Pandor's efforts for a US partnership and South Africa's role in international conflicts.
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Ramaphosa puts on his boxing gloves: Rumours of the ANC’s demise — like those about it’s leader — might be greatly exaggerated
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Ramaphosa puts on his boxing gloves
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‘My suspension is not justified,’ MEC Mandla Msibi tells Mpumalanga premier: The ANC suspended Msibi, the party’s provincial treasurer, two weeks before the ...
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‘My suspension is not justified,’ MEC Mandla Msibi tells Mpumalanga ...
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ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan: Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax ...
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ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan
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LUCKY MATHEBULA | What should we make of the uMkhonto we Sizwe trademark battle?: The MK Party victory, from whatever angle you choose to relate with it ...
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LUCKY MATHEBULA | What should we make of the uMkhonto we Sizwe trademark ...
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Ramaphosa is using taxpayers’ resources to benefit ANC, says Steenhuisen: Voters will be sold out to EFF ‘in a coalition that will plunge SA into chaos’
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Ramaphosa is using taxpayers’ resources to benefit ANC, says Steenhuisen
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Zuma apologises for MK Party rally flop in Gqeberha: Former president Jacob Zuma's MK Party found it hard to crack one of the ANC's strongholds ...
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Zuma apologises for MK Party rally flop in Gqeberha
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Is Eskom feeling ANC heat to keep the lights on ahead of May polls?: Power utility is allegedly furiously burning diesel to keep load-shedding at bay in an ...
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Is Eskom feeling ANC heat to keep the lights on ahead of May polls?
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Rand plunges after poll shows surge in support for Zuma’s MK party: The rand by late Wednesday afternoon had fallen to 18.79/dollar from 18.44/dollar earlier ...
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Rand plunges after poll shows surge in support for Zuma’s MK party
Quick Glance: The Unstoppable Impunities of Jacob Zuma
  • Former President Jacob Zuma secures a significant victory for his MK party, confirming his candidacy.

  • The MK party leverages court cases for nationwide publicity, establishing a strong presence in voters' minds.

  • Zuma, amidst surviving various scandals, aims for a political comeback with support from the ANC government.

  • The ANC's actions have facilitated Zuma's resurgence, inadvertently creating a formidable opposition in the process.
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Time to vote them out — the relentless cynicism of South Africa’s foreign policy: It is nothing less than risible that the ANC has suddenly become champions of ...
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Time to vote them out — the relentless cynicism of South Africa’s foreign ...
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Three suspects linked to 30 murders shot dead in Booysens, Joburg: Three suspects were shot dead and three others were arrested after a shootout with a law ...
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Three suspects linked to 30 murders shot dead in Booysens, Joburg
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‘Liberated’ Zuma stokes a tribalist fire that threatens to engulf democratic SA: The ANC and its allies have long promoted nontribalism in a united South Africa ...
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‘Liberated’ Zuma stokes a tribalist fire that threatens to engulf ...
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DA would place Mangaung under administration: Steenhuisen: Support for the party in the Free State is at 25%, the highest yet, says leader
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DA would place Mangaung under administration: Steenhuisen
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Behind the political spin of Zuma’s MK party: The political project around Jacob Zuma is violent, predatory and socially toxic, but it does speak to real lines ...
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Behind the political spin of Zuma’s MK party
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ANC deserves another chance to govern, says Ntuli: South Africans continue to vote for the ANC not because of reading about progress and development in the news ...
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ANC deserves another chance to govern, says Ntuli
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JUSTICE MALALA | Zuma is going to kill the ANC, and the ANC is letting him do it: The ANC has shown its inability over the years to act courageously and ...
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JUSTICE MALALA | Zuma is going to kill the ANC, and the ANC is letting him ...
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Number of African-born millionaires to skyrocket over next decade: report: Africa’s millionaire population is expected to rise by 65 percent within the next 10 ...
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Number of African-born millionaires to skyrocket over next decade: report
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If we end up with an ANC-EFF coalition, blame it on the DA: For coalitions to succeed it is important that parties come to the table with a sense of humbleness ...
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If we end up with an ANC-EFF coalition, blame it on the DA
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BREAKING NEWS: ANC loses court bid against MK Party over use of name and logo: In a landmark ruling, the High Court in Durban has sided with the umKhonto weSizwe ...
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BREAKING NEWS: ANC loses court bid against MK Party over use of name and ...
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IFP's Hlabisa: MK Party supported by disgruntled ANC members: The IFP is not concerned about the rise of Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party in KwaZulu Natal ...
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IFP's Hlabisa: MK Party supported by disgruntled ANC members
Quick Glance: IFP President Criticizes DA's Western Cape Policies, Pledges to Prioritize Equality and Development
  • IFP President Velenkosi Hlabisa emphasized his party's dedication to addressing the increasing wealth gap in the province.

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The EFF’s Floyd Shivambu as finance minister would ‘really spook the markets’: Although it seems highly unlikely EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu will become ...
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The EFF’s Floyd Shivambu as finance minister would ‘really spook the ...
Quick Glance: EFF's Shivambu as Finance Minister Would Truly Spook the Markets
  • In typical EFF fashion, politician Julius Malema recently made the controversial statement that the EFF would only consider a coalition with the ANC after the elections if EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu is appointed finance minister.

  • DA leader John Steenhuisen did not mince his words at the recent launch of his party’s Western Cape manifesto in Paarl, in the Drakenstein Municipality.

  • Steenhuisen warned that under a coalition with Shivambu as finance minister, the EFF would unleash its destructive economic policies to turn South Africa into the next Venezuela or Zimbabwe.

  • Investment strategist Izak Odendaal from Old Mutual Wealth says it is unlikely that Shivambu would take on what is arguably the most important Cabinet position, even in the event of an ANC-EFF coalition.
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Watch: Boeing 737 makes emergency landing in South Africa after wheel falls off: A Boeing 737 made an emergency landing in South Africa on Sunday, 21 April ...
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Watch: Boeing 737 makes emergency landing in South Africa after wheel ...
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Cape Town named Africa’s Best Airport 2024 | Africanews: While celebrating this regional success, Cape Town International Airport has experienced a slight drop ...
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Cape Town named Africa’s Best Airport 2024 | Africanews
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Myths to test and lay to rest: Are the pollsters reflecting reality or is it a case of the tail trying to wag the dog?
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Myths to test and lay to rest
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It’s time for fresh thinking on governance options, like a non-coalition cooperation agreement
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It’s time for fresh thinking on governance options, like a non-coalition ...
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ANC gunning for finance MMC portfolio after taking mayorship in Ekurhuleni: Newly elected mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says there is ‘pressure’ for the ANC to ...
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ANC gunning for finance MMC portfolio after taking mayorship in Ekurhuleni
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Addressing the water crisis in South Africa: Scarcity, climate change, and the spread of disease.
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Addressing the water crisis in South Africa: Scarcity, climate change ...
Quick Glance: Protecting Water Quality: Significance of Testing
  • Contaminated water poses serious risks to health and the environment, requiring comprehensive testing and proactive measures.

  • Origins of pollutants are diverse, necessitating rigorous monitoring and preventive actions.

  • Water testing is crucial for identifying quality issues and safeguarding public health.

  • Kenya emphasizes robust water testing protocols and public-private partnerships to advance water quality goals.
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Chris Hani hated corruption and so does the ANC: Blade Nzimande: SACP leader would have been proud of ANC's strides in past 30 years, says minister — but ...
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Chris Hani hated corruption and so does the ANC: Blade Nzimande
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Four killed as their vehicle rolls into a car dealership, trapping them inside: Four people died when their BMW vehicle rolled several times, landing in a Toyota ...
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Four killed as their vehicle rolls into a car dealership, trapping them ...
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Youth League attacks Zuma: 'He may be captured by foreign intelligence': The ANC Youth League launched an attack on former party president Jacob Zuma who ...
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Youth League attacks Zuma: 'He may be captured by foreign ...
Quick Glance: Youth League Attacks Zuma: Allegations of Foreign Influence
  • The ANC Youth League launched an attack on former president Jacob Zuma, who departed from the ANC to lead the splinter group MK Party.

  • League's secretary-general Ngudle expressed suspicions of Zuma being 'captured' by foreign intelligence to drive regime change in South Africa.

  • Criticism towards Zuma's actions and leadership decisions were highlighted, emphasizing the importance of building and maintaining critical democratic institutions in the country.

  • Ngudle questioned Zuma's accomplishments as president and warned against being misled by counterrevolutionary elements, urging the people to consider the impact of Zuma's leadership on South Africa's heritage.
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Julius Malema says EFF open to coalition government, including with DA: The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, said his party is open ...
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Julius Malema says EFF open to coalition government, including with DA
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