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South Africa has terminated a deal to sell a stake in its national airline after failing to agree on a value and other terms with a consortium of private investors.The government had since 2021 planned to sell 51 percent of the loss-making South African Airways (SAA) to the Takatso Consortium, as part of efforts to end recurring bailouts of the flag carrier.After three years of negotiations, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday said the deal had been called off...

Police in Zimbabwe say they have arrested the suspected leader of a religious cult in a village in northern Mashonaland West province and rescued dozens of women and children.Ishmael Chokurongerwa, 56, who leads the Gore Jena Penyeranyika sect was arrested alongside seven other senior members of the cult on Tuesday, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said in a statement.Police said most of the 251 children found in Chokurongerwa's farm in Nyabira, about 34km  north-west of the capital, Harare, had no birth...

The Secretary of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, Hilary Otsu, has said that the absence of true reconciliation in the party may be the reason Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama is considering a move to the All Progressives Congress.Ogbeide-Ihama, a two-time House of Representatives member under the PDP, was on Tuesday tipped to become the running mate to the APC governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo.It was gathered later that top leaders of the APC and the PDP particularly members of the Legacy Group...