Standing at 120m, Cairo Eye will be Africa’s largest wheel and the fifth largest wheel around the world and welcome between 2million to 2.5 million guests annually.
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Abdulateef Ahmed
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NASENI through reverse engineering, is leading Nigeria’s first manufacturing of non-commercial helicopter.
The spilling in a good rainy season means that the combined flows of the upper Tugwi and Mukosi rivers can now flow down Tugwi River unobstructed from the spillway into Runde River, already running at flood levels.
Bobi Wine and his wife Barbra Kyagulanyi, sought unconditional release from house detention following a week-long siege on his home by security.
Power utility EDM said power supplies were shut down as the cyclone uprooted some electricity poles thereby damaging power lines. Also walls around low-lying buildings collapsed, swaths of land were flooded and vehicles were submerged in water in Beira. South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Eswatini have also been impacted by the recent rains. The KwaZulu-Natal Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Department has advised communities in Jozini, Mtubatuba, Ulundi and Umlalazi areas and its surroundings to be vigilant over the stormy weather. Cogta spokesperson Nonala Ndlovusaid“We are trying as hard as we can to make sure that people predicted to…
At least nine people have died and many gone missing on Saturday after Tropical Cyclone Eloise hit Mozambique bringing rain and powerful winds of around 130 kilometers per hour. Now identified as a category 2 tropical cyclone, most of Eloise’s victims died in the worst-hit port city of Beira, most of them killed by collapsing buildings and falling trees. The South African Weather Service on Sunday warned residents in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, LimpopoMpumalanga to expect flash floods and heavy winds as tropical cyclone Eloise made its way inland. Property was damaged due to flooding in Mozambique’s coastal city of Beira when the…
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has sued former MP Thembinkosi Rawula to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein for defamation.The High Court in the Eastern Cape dismissed his defamation case against the former party MP Rawula after suing him for R1 million in November 2019. “It’s not an EFF initiative, it’s between me and him,” Malema explained.Rawula had earlier made and subsequently deleted a social media post in which he made scathing allegations against Malema and party deputy president Floyd Shivambu earlier in the year.Following the ruling, Rawula said on Twitter: “While the defamatory case against me…
A Netcare emergency rescue helicopter has crashed in KwaZulu-Natal (KNZ), killing all five people – a pilot and four healthcare workers onboard on Thursday. Netcare spokesperson Martina Nicholson said the helicopter was coming from Gauteng to fetch a patient in KwaZulu-Natal when the incident occurred around 3 pm. Craig Grindell, managing director of Netcare 911, said in a statement that a medical helicopter crashed near Bergville, claiming the lives of all on board. “We are profoundly saddened, and our deepest sympathies are with the families and loved ones of our colleagues aboard Netcare 1 air ambulance, which was carrying a…
Coordinated armed struggle commenced in response to the Moroccan violation of the cease-fire agreement on November 13, 2020.
Tropical storm Eloise made a landfall on Tuesday across the North-East of Madagascar bringing gusty winds & heavy rain. Eloise has weakened but is forecast to escalate as it exits the west coast and heads into the Mozambique Channel towards Southern Mozambique later this week. At the moment, Eloise is currently considered as a Moderate Tropical Storm, with a central pressure less than 1000 hPa (hectopascal). It is however set to intensify in the coming days into a cyclone. In December, Cyclone Chalane hit parts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Weather experts say South Africa may experience heavy rains over the…