Zambian president in Johannesburg hospital
Zambian President Edgar Lungu is in South Africa for treatment of a throat condition that laid him low 30 years ago. Lusaka authorities have promised they will keep his compatriots fully informed on his condition. He has been admitted to a hospital in Johannesburg. President Edgar Lungu collapsed in Lusaka last Saturday after cutting short […]
Time pressing for SA entering new AGOA, says US ambassador
US ambassador Patrick Gaspard says the window for action on renewing South Africa’s tax-free access to the American market is now. He says Congress is moving to pass legislation on the issue and it could be very soon. US officials who were at trade talks with their South African counterparts in Washington last week say […]
US special forces train Africans to fight terror
NATO troops led by the United States are engaged in an African training exercise in counter terrorism. The drills in Western Chad come as it and other Nigerian neighbours join in the battle against Boko Haram. American special forces are training troops from 20 African countries to fight terror. The exercise in the Chadian desert […]