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26 Feb '24
Wiese first got into alluvial diamonds in 1976 when he bought a mine along the Orange River.Christo Wiese, South Africa’s billionaire retail king, is going back to the future.The 82-year-old serial investor, who steered the expansion of both Africa’s biggest clothing reta
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26 Feb '24
In an unprecedented turn of events that has left the congregation of Gospel Miracle Church in Busia district reeling in shock, a video has surfaced showing their pastor in a state of utter despair.The footage, which has quickly gon
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21 Feb '24
What you need to know:A cross-section of political observers yesterday welcomed a call by Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao asking President Museveni to prepare for a peaceful transition of power, or risk dragging the country back into the dark past of civil strife
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19 Feb '24
Four years after the UK exited the European Union and three years after leaving its formal structures (single market and customs union), the British economy is becoming a bit more European. While the United States continues to grow at pace (an annual rate of 3.1 per cent in the last q
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17 Feb '24
According to a young woman called Jessica McLane, Taylor Swift, the megastar, attended the same high school as her. She revealed that her classmates didn’t think highly of the music legend. In a viral TikTok video, she discussed how she interpreted the narrative.
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16 Feb '24
What you need to know:No eyelids are batted as man and wife inform us that they have written a joint will. They are, in fact, calm and easy-going as they talk to us about that sensitive topic in their home in Lavington, Nairobi.Married for 42 years, and with investments that inclu
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16 Feb '24
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhabulwa Museveni says that the country is on the right track to economic recovery, registering progress in the eradication of poverty through projects like the Parish Development Model (PDM) aimed at improving household income. This was in the message delivered by
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12 Feb '24
At the 74th graduation of Makerere University, Namutebi Abishag Lilian Matovu was among the 132 students awarded the coveted PhD, climaxing a journey she never dreamt would end the way it did.Like many children born to peasant families, education is never assured. Perhaps, this explains wh
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11 Feb '24
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pictured togeher in 2019. Photo: ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit China this year, according to China’s ambassador to Moscow, as the two cou
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11 Feb '24
What you need to know:President Museveni has been in Busoga sub-region twice in a period of 12 days. First, he was in Jinja City on January 26 when he presided over the 38th anniversary of the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) rise to power, and th