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Slave markets in Libya – Who is to blame? By Elliot Booker 0
- Africa
- Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
When CNN released video footage of a live slave auction in Libya, captured by journalist Nima Elbagir, shockwaves were sent around the world. Libya’s suffering and slavery didn’t just happen. Starting the bidding at $400 each, buyers purchased 12 African migrants at an undisclosed location outside the capital city of Tripoli in a matter of minutes.
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Radical economic transformation is just a code-word for theft, says South Africa’s richest man 0
- Africa
- Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
South Africa’s richest man Johann Rupert said “radical economic transformation,” the policy championed by the country’s President Jacob Zuma to reduce racial inequality, is no more than theft. What is Radical economic transformation? “Radical economic transformation is just a code word for theft,” Rupert said on the sidelines of Richemont’s annual general meeting in Geneva
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Established story about how humans came from Africa may be wrong.0
- Africa
- Monday, February 1st, 2021
The belief that humans came out of Africa millions of years ago is widely believed. But it might be about to be entirely re-written, according to the authors of a new study. They claim to have found a footprint in Crete that could change the narrative of early human evolution, suggesting that our ancestors were
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What will happen in South Africa after Zuma leaves office 0
- Africa
- Thursday, January 28th, 2021
Anyone who believes there’s a quick fix for South Africa’s political and financial malaise when President Jacob Zuma leaves office needs to think again. His successor will inherit an economy that slid into recession in the first quarter, mismanaged state companies that are bleeding cash and a network of officials implicated in looting taxpayer funds.
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Investors would rather put their money in Mauritius than South Africa 0
- Africa
- Thursday, January 28th, 2021
Despite a larger economy and a much bigger population, South Africa’s political uncertainty and failure to draw cost-sensitive investors has given way for the rise of Mauritius as the top investment destination in Africa. Investors will rather put their money in Mauritius. Bravura’s executive director, Soria Hay, said Mauritius is fast-gaining the reputation among investors
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Black ownership on the South African’s stock exchange .0
- Africa
- Thursday, January 28th, 2021
When the president’s estimates of the share of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) owned by black people jumped from 3% to 10%, a South African commentator took notice. “Something rings wrong,” Allan Greenblo, editorial director of retirement publication Today’s Trustee, stated.In response to the debate on his 2015 State of the Nation Address, President Jacob
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