Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | An Africa Cup of Nations with new dates and an expanded 24-team line-up will take centre stage this year in the continent, but the hosts have still to be decided. CAF will announce next Wednesday whether Egypt or South Africa stage the June 15-July …
Read More »Museveni seeks win-win in fight with landlords
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has warned landlords that he will personally lead the struggle against land evictions that have become rampant across the country. In his 2019 new year address on Monday night, Museveni said in most cases the tenants (bibanja owners) are actually on …
Read More »MOTORING: Uganda top car in 2019
Race between Rav4, Subaru Forester, Kluger, Harrier Kampala, Uganda | MOTORING GURU | When The Independent’s motoring guru did a column in December 2017 predicting the popular car of 2018, the focus was on the evergreen compact SUV; the Toyota RAV4. Buried deep in that review was mention of an emerging …
Read More »MOTORING: 2019 car of the year awards
Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The organizers of the 2019 European Car of the Year (ECOTY) have announced the seven finalists of this year’s competition that will fight for the ECOTY crown. The seven finalists in alphabetic order are; Alpine A110, Citroen C5 Aircross, Ford Focus, Jaguar I-Pace, Kia Ceed, Mercedes-Benz …
Read More »MOTORING: 2019 Honda CR-V
Check out its new standard safety technology Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | HONDA has dramatically increased the level of standard safety technology for the 2019 Honda CR-V VTi-S all-wheel drive model (AWD), which will be available in dealerships from January 1, 2019. Previously the suite of tech dubbed HondaSensing incorporating forward …
Read More »Egypt or South Africa will host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations: CAF
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will take place in either Egypt or South Africa, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed on Saturday. They were the only two countries to announce their canditature publicly before the list closed Friday midnight. Cameroon had originally beaten …
Read More »Egypt launches official bid to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Egypt on Thursday officially signalled its willingness to take over from Cameroon as hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, a day before the deadline for candidates. “The Egyptian football federation (EFA) declares its candidacy to host the 2019 African Nations Cup which is …
Read More »Taking 2021 Cup of Nations from Ivory Coast ‘stupid’, says Aurier
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier on Monday slammed the “stupid” decision of CAF to strip his country of the right to host the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) finally announced their long-anticipated decision to take the 2019 finals …
Read More »MOTORING: 2019 Range Rover Evoque revealed
Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The Range Rover Evoque pretty much invented the idea of a style-led baby crossover, back in 2012. Plenty of critics said it seemed a bit frivolous, but three-quarters of a million buyers around the world prove they were wrong. It’s been a massive success, selling three-quarters …
Read More »South Africa eyes bid for 2019 Cup of Nations
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s football association (SAFA) said on Sunday it is considering making a bid to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019 after Cameroon was dramatically stripped of the continental showpiece. Though South Africa has much of the necessary infrastructure after hosting the 2010 …
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