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South Africa: Telkom Cuts 2,393 Jobs

July 31, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Telkom SA SOC Ltd., the South African landline operator, and its unions have forged an agreement to manage restructuring and retrenchments at the state-owned telecommunications […]

Diageo and Heineken end partnership in South Africa and Namibia

July 28, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The drinks maker, Diageo is pulling out of its South African and Namibian joint ventures with Heineken and local partner Ohlthaver & List. Diageo Plc […]

Vodacom Group appoints new chief financial officer

July 27, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Vodacom Group Ltd., the South African unit of Vodafone Group Plc, appointed Till Streichert as chief financial officer after Ivan Dittrich resigned. Ivan Dittrich, chief […]

Desmond Tutu leaves hospital after a week-long treatment

July 22, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu has returned home after a week-long treatment in hospital for an unspecified infection, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation […]

South Africa: MTN to end two-month strike

July 17, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

One week after the appointment of Mteto Nyati as chief executive of the South African mobile operator MTN Group, the leaders of the Communications Workers […]

South Africa: Desmond Tutu Hospitalized

July 15, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

South African Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu has been hospitalized with an undisclosed but “persistent” infection, his foundation said Tuesday. In a statement released on […]

Coffee giant Starbucks to open stores in Sub Saharan Africa in 2016

July 15, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

After it struck a deal with Taste Holdings on Tuesday, the coffee giant Starbucks says it will open stores in sub-Saharan Africa for the first […]

Tanzania jails former finance and mining ministers

July 8, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Two former Tanzanian ministers were sentenced to three years in jail after they were found guilty of issuing illegal tax exemptions to a gold audit […]

South Africa will import white maize from Mexico

July 6, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

South Africa’s recent drought has forced the country to import maize again. The news comes after confirmation that South Africa will import about 50-thousand tons […]