Oakbay employees urge banks to re-engage
Employees of Oakbay Investments are asking South Africa’s four largest banks to resume dealing with company accused of engaging in state capture. The workers say they will lose their jobs at the end of May if bank accounts of the company owned by the wealthy Indian Gupta family remain closed. ends intro The staff, who […]
Two Zambians burned to death in xenophobic violence
Two Zambians have been burned to death in xenophobic violence in the capital. President Edgar Lungu’s ordered the military to restore order in Lusaka where at least 62 Rwandan-owned shops have been looted. ends intro The two deaths in Zambia are put down to confusion in one of the one of the nine Lusaka neighborhoods […]
Deal struck to get Riek Machar’s return to Juba on Thursday
South Sudan’s government and rebels say they’ve reached a deal that will allow rebel leader Riek Machar to return and resume his role as deputy president. Peace brokers say Machar’s failure to do this as scheduled last Monday is endangering the truce they mediated. ends intro The Juba administration and rebels who’ve been locked in […]