As the New Year celebration draws closer South Africa's Johannesburg Metro's Public Safety member of a mayoral committee Dr Mgcini Mtshwaku has welcomed the restriction of the sale of alcohol from 18HOO CAT in the city centre by the South African Police Services, a move that aims to reduce alcohol-related incidents and promote public safety.

Dr Mtshwaku says past experiences and statistics show that restricting liquor trading hours can help minimize alcohol-related harms. Samora Mangesi spoke to Mtshwaku... 

As the New Year celebration draws closer South Africa's Johannesburg Metro's Public Safety member of a mayoral committee Dr Mgcini Mtshwaku has welcomed the restriction of the sale of alcohol from 18HOO CAT in the city centre by the South African Police Services, a move that aims to reduce alcohol-related incidents and promote public safety.
Dr Mtshwaku says past experiences and statistics show that restricting liquor trading hours can help minimize alcohol-related harms. Samora Mangesi spoke to Mtshwaku...&nbsp;

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Sale of alcohol in Johannesburg city centre to be restricted from 6 pm 

Ghana is now allowing visa-free entry to all countries in the African continent. The West African country used to allow visa-free access to twenty-six countries in the continent. The move is seen as an opportunity to increase travel and tourism to the country and contribute to intra-Africa travel.

The President of the country Nana Akufo-Addo has reportedly given the decision a green light. Ayanda Mkwanazi spoke to Akwasi Agyeman, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority...

 

Ghana is now allowing visa-free entry to all countries in the African continent. The West African country used to allow visa-free access to twenty-six countries in the continent. The move is seen as an opportunity to increase travel and tourism to the country and contribute to intra-Africa travel.
The President of the country Nana Akufo-Addo has reportedly given the decision a green light. Ayanda Mkwanazi spoke to Akwasi Agyeman, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority...
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Ghana now allowing visa-free entry to all African countries 

Mozambique's opposition leader Venancio Mondlane last week announced that demonstrations against the outcome of the October 8 presidential election will be called off to allow humanitarians and international bodies a chance to assess the state of human rights in the country.

Announcing a Facebook broadcast, Mondlane said he was announcing a reprieve to facilitate the entry of regional actors into Mozambique and that a group of former heads of state in southern Africa were interested in mediating an end to the impasse. Reports suggest that over 170 hundred people were killed and dozens injured.

Ayanda Mkhwanazi spoke to Zenaida Machado, Angola and Mozambique Senior Researcher for Human Rights Watch (HRW) in the Africa Division...

Mozambique's opposition leader Venancio Mondlane last week announced that demonstrations against the outcome of the October 8 presidential election will be called off to allow humanitarians and international bodies a chance to assess the state of human rights in the country.
Announcing a Facebook broadcast, Mondlane said he was announcing a reprieve to facilitate the entry of regional actors into Mozambique and that a group of former heads of state in southern Africa were interested in mediating an end to the impasse. Reports suggest that over 170 hundred people were killed and dozens injured.
Ayanda Mkhwanazi spoke to Zenaida Machado, Angola and Mozambique Senior Researcher for Human Rights Watch (HRW) in the Africa Division...

More needs to be done to address human rights violations in Mozambique: HRW

Traders at the Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana continue to count their losses after a massive fire swept through the market, destroying over 100 shops and costing millions of cedis in damages.

The Kantamanto Market is Ghana's largest used clothes market. Preliminary investigations suggest that faulty electrical connections might have sparked the blaze. For more on this, we are joined by our Correspondent in Ghana, Eric Mawuena Egbeta...

Traders at the Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana continue to count their losses after a massive fire swept through the market, destroying over 100 shops and costing millions of cedis in damages.
The Kantamanto Market is Ghana's largest used clothes market. Preliminary investigations suggest that faulty electrical connections might have sparked the blaze. For more on this, we are joined by our Correspondent in Ghana, Eric Mawuena Egbeta...

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