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The East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit over the weekend appointed new judges including two Rwandan magistrates to the East African Court of Justice, a regional Court that litigate on matters pertaining to the interpretation of EAC treaty.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has delivered a US$133.33 billion budget in which he provided relief to corporates and workers by not raising their taxes but hit hard “sin” products manufacturers with new taxes amid a tough economic environment hit by recession, high unemployment and the coronavirus pandemic.
Mali’s National Transitional Council (CNT), on Monday, adopted the main reference for public policies.
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma, accused for taking bribes in a US$2.2 billion arms scandal 15 years ago, will finally have his day in court to dispel the allegations starting on 17 May, the country’s prosecuting authorities said on Tuesday.
A commission investigating allegations of widespread high-level corruption in South Africa has asked the country’s Constitutional Court to commit former president Jacob Zuma to two years in prison for contempt of court.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday blasted unnamed leaders for undermining South Africa’s judiciary with their inconsiderate public utterances with the potential to destabilise the rule of law.
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress secretary general Ace Magashule appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court with 15 others on Friday to answer to allegations of corruption.
President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge as the new Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday boycotted the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, which is probing alleged corruption under his nine-year rule that unceremoniously ended in February 2018.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that he will focus his energy this year in rebuilding South Africa’s economy and fighting the deadly coronavirus pandemic which has greatly contributed to the country’s current socio-economic crisis.