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South African President Jacob
Zuma is ordered to pay for his non-security improvements to his Nkandla
estate, Black Coffee becomes the first South African to take home a BET
Award, Kenya is panicked by the current state of the government of
schools and Nigeria's government has promised to strengthen mortgage
policies for Nigerians. All this and more in today's African press.
South Africa's Mail and Guardian
headlines with a story about the Constitutional Court's acceptence of
the Treasury's 7.8 million-rand bill for Zuma's non-security
Nkandla upgrades.
The paper reports that Concourt ordered the Treasury to determine a reasonable percentage of the costs that ought to be paid personally by the president.
On Tuesday the court accepted the National Treasury’s report.
Zuma has 45 days to settle the account.
The Concourt ordered Zuma to pay for the building of a visitors' centre, swimming pool, amphitheatre and a chicken run at his Nkandla home as remedial action recommended in a report by public protector Thuli Madonsela.
Black Coffee takes home BET award
The Mail and Guardian also carries a report on Black Coffee becoming the first South African artist to win the BET Award for Best International Act: Africa.
The artist has secured a global following and is arguably one of the most important figures in African entertainment at the moment with five critically acclaimed albums.
The most recent Pieces Of Me features the likes of Portia Monique, NaakMusiq and MQue, among others.
Black Coffee is the first South African artist to win the BET Award.
And despite his burgeoning fan base, which includes big names in entertainment, Black Coffee still maintains a level-headedness that is rare in artists of his calibre, the Mail and Guardian says.
Black Box recovery for EgyptAir flight
One of the top stories in Egypt's Independent today is that the cockpit voice recorder from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has been repaired by French technicians.
Egyptian investigators will now be able to examine the final conversations of pilots and crew before the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on May 19.
Earlier on Monday, technicians repaired the first of the so-called 'black boxes' known as the Flight Data Recorder, which it was hoped would provide information on what went wrong with the aircraft.
Panic surrounding school governance in Kenya
Kenya's Standard is reporting on "panic" about poor leadership, unrealistic rules and drug abuse that is fuelling unrest in schools.
According to a preliminary audit report on the causes of riots in schools by the Ministry of Education, incompetence among senior field officers is also part of the problem.
The Standard says that the existence of bad blood between school head teachers and their deputies, as well as poor communication skills by schools administrators, are contributing to disturbances in schools.
Extra Young Ohangla band members recovered from Lake Victoria
In other news from Kenya, the Standard reports that all nine bodies of the artists who died on Saturday when their boat capsized in Lake Victoria have been recovered.
The boat was ferrying members of the popular Extra Young Ohangla band when it began to take in water, with seepage from the hull quickly filling the vessel with the shore just 20 minutes away.
The search operation for the nine bodies began on Monday morning, with more than five boats scouring the lake.
The operation was carried out by the Kenya Maritime Authority in coordination with the beach management unit, police officers and volunteering members of the public.
Mortgage hopes for Nigerians
Nigeria's government has promised to strengthen the mortgage policy for Nigerians to access affordable housing, reduce corruption and encourage productivity in the sector.
This is according to a report today in the Vanguard newspaper.
Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has stressed the need for a stronger mortgage policy.
He is reported as saying that it would be the "best practice and the way to go to reduce corruption and to encourage productivity."
Banned goods entering Zimbabwe
And in the Zimbabwean Herald, there is a report on how the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has threatened to seize cross border buses carrying goods banned under statutory law.
The authoirty has since written to cross border transporters warning them against carrying goods which are restricted under the open general import licence.
Nkandla upgrades.
The paper reports that Concourt ordered the Treasury to determine a reasonable percentage of the costs that ought to be paid personally by the president.
On Tuesday the court accepted the National Treasury’s report.
Zuma has 45 days to settle the account.
The Concourt ordered Zuma to pay for the building of a visitors' centre, swimming pool, amphitheatre and a chicken run at his Nkandla home as remedial action recommended in a report by public protector Thuli Madonsela.
Black Coffee takes home BET award
The Mail and Guardian also carries a report on Black Coffee becoming the first South African artist to win the BET Award for Best International Act: Africa.
The artist has secured a global following and is arguably one of the most important figures in African entertainment at the moment with five critically acclaimed albums.
The most recent Pieces Of Me features the likes of Portia Monique, NaakMusiq and MQue, among others.
Black Coffee is the first South African artist to win the BET Award.
And despite his burgeoning fan base, which includes big names in entertainment, Black Coffee still maintains a level-headedness that is rare in artists of his calibre, the Mail and Guardian says.
Black Box recovery for EgyptAir flight
One of the top stories in Egypt's Independent today is that the cockpit voice recorder from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has been repaired by French technicians.
Egyptian investigators will now be able to examine the final conversations of pilots and crew before the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on May 19.
Earlier on Monday, technicians repaired the first of the so-called 'black boxes' known as the Flight Data Recorder, which it was hoped would provide information on what went wrong with the aircraft.
Panic surrounding school governance in Kenya
Kenya's Standard is reporting on "panic" about poor leadership, unrealistic rules and drug abuse that is fuelling unrest in schools.
According to a preliminary audit report on the causes of riots in schools by the Ministry of Education, incompetence among senior field officers is also part of the problem.
The Standard says that the existence of bad blood between school head teachers and their deputies, as well as poor communication skills by schools administrators, are contributing to disturbances in schools.
Extra Young Ohangla band members recovered from Lake Victoria
In other news from Kenya, the Standard reports that all nine bodies of the artists who died on Saturday when their boat capsized in Lake Victoria have been recovered.
The boat was ferrying members of the popular Extra Young Ohangla band when it began to take in water, with seepage from the hull quickly filling the vessel with the shore just 20 minutes away.
The search operation for the nine bodies began on Monday morning, with more than five boats scouring the lake.
The operation was carried out by the Kenya Maritime Authority in coordination with the beach management unit, police officers and volunteering members of the public.
Mortgage hopes for Nigerians
Nigeria's government has promised to strengthen the mortgage policy for Nigerians to access affordable housing, reduce corruption and encourage productivity in the sector.
This is according to a report today in the Vanguard newspaper.
Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has stressed the need for a stronger mortgage policy.
He is reported as saying that it would be the "best practice and the way to go to reduce corruption and to encourage productivity."
Banned goods entering Zimbabwe
And in the Zimbabwean Herald, there is a report on how the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has threatened to seize cross border buses carrying goods banned under statutory law.
The authoirty has since written to cross border transporters warning them against carrying goods which are restricted under the open general import licence.
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