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South Africa starts mass cattle vaccination program to halt foot-and-mouth outbreak
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (13+ words) South Africa starts mass cattle vaccination program to halt foot-and-mouth outbreak'WRAL...
India crushes Zimbabwe to revive T20 World Cup hopes. Unbeaten South Africa advances to semifinals
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (30+ words) India crushes Zimbabwe to revive T20 World Cup hopes. Unbeaten South Africa advances to semifinals'WRAL India crushes Zimbabwe to revive T20 World Cup hopes. Unbeaten South Africa advances to semifinals...
South Africa fields against West Indies in heavyweight clash at T20 World Cup
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (139+ words) One of them will lose for the first time in six matches at the tournament. Ahmedabad's red-soil pitch is expected to give some extra bounce to fast bowlers but both sides are packed with explosive hitters. South Africa named the…...
Australia stunned by Zimbabwe at T20 World Cup and UAE and US also win
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (674+ words) Defending 169, seamers Blessing Muzarabani grabbed a career-best 4-17 and Brad Evans 3-23 to help dismiss Australia for 146 in 19.3 overs. Zimbabwe's second victory from two matches left Australia " the 2021 champion and perennial white-ball contender " needing to beat co-host Sri Lanka and Oman to…...
Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa's leading economy closes in on a trade agreement with China
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (384+ words) South Africa's Ministry of Trade and Industry said the agreement would start negotiations over a deal that would give some South African goods, such as fruit, duty-free access to the Chinese market. The ministry said it expected the trade deal…...
'I can't afford cooking gas,' shutdown of Kenya's Koko biofuel firm wipes out clean cooking options
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (788+ words) For more than a decade, Koko Networks helped shift over 1.5 million Kenyan homes without access to public gas systems away from smoky charcoal stoves to bioethanol, marketed as a cleaner, modern way to cook. The steady blue flame became a…...
Starmer arrives in Shanghai as he looks to boost UK business opportunities
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (205+ words) Starmer has brought more than 50 business leaders on his trip to China, the first by a British prime minister in eight years. He started his trip in Beijing, where he met Chinese leaders including Xi Jinping. The two pledged to…...
11 dead in South Africa minibus and truck collision days after similar crash killed 14 children
4+ week, 1+ day ago (301+ words) Thursday's crash happened near the city of Durban in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information. "Witnesses…...
Africa has the worst road safety record in the world. Here's what to know
4+ week, 1+ day ago (437+ words) The continent has the highest road fatality rate in the world despite having only about 3% of the world's vehicles. Here's what to know: Road crashes and fatality rates are disproportionately high in Africa, with 26 road deaths per 100,000 people on the…...
Keir Starmer meets Xi Jinping in Beijing in bid to improve UK-China relations and boost trade
4+ week, 1+ day ago (204+ words) Keir Starmer, the first British prime minister to visit in eight years, was holding talks with China's leader Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing. The two countries are expected to sign a number of…...