China to Invest 14.7 Billion Dollars in South Africa
China would invest $14.7 billion in South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday after talks between the two countries, news that sent the rand one percent firmer. Speaking at the same event, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the world’s second-biggest economy would take active measures to expand imports from South Africa
200 Elephants Moved from South Africa to Mozambique
Diamond producer De Beers said on Monday it was relocating 200 elephants from its private reserve in South Africa to neighboring Mozambique, part of wider efforts to restore wildlife populations ravaged by the conflict there. The Anglo American unit said its 32,000-hectare) 80,000-acre) Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve could support around 60 elephants.
Ethiopian Prime Minister calls for Multiparty Democracy
Ethiopia must pursue multiparty democracy, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Sunday in what could be the latest in a series of momentous changes sweeping the country. The country allows competing parties but all parliamentary seats are held by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, which has maintained tight.