The country has become the epicentre of the deadly pandemic on the continent, accounting for more than half of Africa’s diagnosed infections. “Today South Africa has exceeded the half-a-million mark with a cumulative total of 503,290 confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded,” Heath Minister Zweli Mkhize said in his daily update. More …
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Vice President successfully completes 3-nation Africa Visit
During his weeklong visit, he held wide range discussions with the President of Botswana, Mr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa and the President of Malawi, Peter Mutharika and other leaders in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently set out 10 guiding principles to enhance our …
Read More »Zensar Technologies launches 3 in 1 insurance module in South Africa
Zensar Technologies has launched 3 in 1 insurance module in South Africa. It is a custom data module designed for the Insurance industry, developed leveraging Salesforce Community Cloud. The module enables a single, centralized 3 in 1 view across consumer, agent and employee data. The portal provides the unique ability …
Read More »“India and Africa on threshold of secure, youthful, innovative people,” PM Modi addresses the Ugandan Parliament
“Our people are among many threads that connect Uganda and India together. The story of India’s own freedom struggle is intimately linked to Africa. It is not just the 21 years that Gandhiji spent in Africa, or the First Non- Cooperation Movement he led. For India, the moral principles of …
Read More »PM Modi embarks on 3 Nation Africa visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for 5 day visit to the 3 African nations of Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa on Monday. This will be the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Rwanda and the first visit by Indian Prime Minister to Uganda in over 20 years. …
Read More »PM Modi to embark on three nation tour to Africa
In the first leg, PM Modi will be in Rwanda, followed by Uganda from the later half of 24th July to 25th July. He will then proceed to South Africa to attend the 10th BRICS Summit at Johannesburg from 25th to 27th July. This will be the first visit by …
Read More »EAM Sushma Swaraj reaches South Africa for a five-day visit
Upon her arrival at Johannesburg, she was received by Deputy Foreign Minister Luwellyn Landers. On her way to South Africa, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday made a transit halt in Mauritius where she met the Prime Minister of the island nation, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar …
Read More »EAM Sushma Swaraj emplanes for South Africa after a brief Mauritius visit
On her way to South Africa, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday made a transit halt in Mauritius where she met the Prime Minister of the island nation, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said enhancing the ties between India and Mauritius was the focus of the …
Read More »EAM Sushma Swaraj leaves for South Africa on a 5-day visit
Swaraj will also attend a series of events marking the 125th anniversary of the historic incident where a young Mahatma Gandhi was pushed out of a train compartment in Pietermaritzburg railway station, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. The 1893 incident proved to be a turning point in Gandhi’s …
Read More »South Africa’s AB de Villiers quits international cricket
“After 114 test matches, 228 one day internationals and 78 T20 internationals it is time for others to take over. I’ve had my turn and to be honest I’m tired,” he said in a video message on Twitter and in a statement. “This is a tough decision, I have thought …
Read More »Huge potential for trade between India, southern Africa countries
Prabhu was leading a high-level business delegation to Johannesburg to participate in the two-day summit from April 29-30. “We feel that there is a huge potential that exists between these two regions,” Prabhu said as he shared the platform with his counterparts form Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Mozambique at the …
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