Rand falls as S Africa minister sacked

Egypt's Justice Minister Mahfouz Saber resigns after saying sons of rubbish collectors should not become judges, the PM announces.

Uganda's president sacks his prime minister, a former close ally now seen as a potential rival for 2016 elections.

South Africa's currency falls to an all-time low against the US dollar as it suffers the effects of a slowdown in China's economy.

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Tanzanian housing minister sacked over scandal
News24
Dar Es Salaam - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has sacked his housing minister in connection with a corruption scandal that has rocked the government and prompted donors to cut aid to the East African country, Daily News reported Tuesday.
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Kikwete sacks housing minister over graft scandalSabahi Online
Tanzania suspends senior energy...

Senegalese Prime Minister Aminata Toure is sacked after less than a year in office, after her ruling party's poor results in last week's local elections.

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Tanzania's Land and Housing Minister sacked for corruption
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The President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, has fired his Land and Housing Minister for taking $1million from a businessman. The Minister, Anna Tibaijuka has been accused of failing to show “due diligence” when taking the money but she has denied any ...
Tanzania's Kikwete sacks Tibaijuka over paymentBBC News
Tibaijuka Fired Over EscrowAllAfrica.com
Public: President downplayed Bunge resolutions on escrow account...

Tanzania: Zanzibar Owns 400000 Rand Property in South Africa
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — The Minister for Finance, Mr Omar Yussuf Mzee, has said that Zanzibar owns a house in South Africa which was bought in 1996 for rand 400,000. The minister was responding to a question from Mr Jaku Hashim Ayoub (CCM-Muyuni) who asked ...

Tanzania's sacked minister among key suspects in mega deal  News Ghana

If you thought African countries were mere recipients of aid from their developed counterparts, think again. The continent has a form of reversed assistance to other continents as well, a Zambian minister observed here at the weekend.