End of an era for Coca-Cola in South Africa

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Coca-Cola HBC AG will buy a majority stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa for $2.6 billion (R45 billion) to create the second-largest bottling partner for the fizzy drink by volume globally. Coca-Cola HBC, founded in 1951 in Nigeria as the Nigerian Bottling Company, now headquartered in Switzerland, operates in 29 countries on 3 continents. The group will buy 75% of Johannesburg-based …

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Bangladesh police arrest dozens of third-gender people

Hijras crying after being physically assaulted by an organised group while returning from the Boalkhali Police Station in Chittagong, after submitting a complaint against the same group for demanding extortion money. (Photo courtesy of JMBF)

Bangladesh advocates allege police extorted money, call for release of Hijras Bangladeshi Hijras being taken to the Narayanganj court by Rupganj Police in a police van after their arrest on allegations in a false extortion case. Dozens of Hijras have been detained in arbitrary arrests across Bangladesh following refusal to pay extortion money to police, JMBF alleges. (Photo courtesy of JMBF) …

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KILLER MUM? Fresh, Shocking Evidence Pin Jolin Kanoheri Over Son’s Murder, Committed to High Court for Full Trial

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The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has committed Jolin Kanoheri Rugari wife to Zimbabwe’s Honorary Consul in Uganda, Chris Rugari to the High Court for trial on the charge of murdering their two-year-old son, Nganwa Rugari, eight months ago. Grade One Magistrate Frank Namanya committed Kanoheri and her housemaid Robinah Nabbanja to face murder charges after the Prosecutors reported that the …

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DRUG FROM HELL! Top Indian Firm Troikaa, Distributor Abacus in Hot Soup as Fake Anaesthetic Drug Paralyzes Uganda’s Surgery Wards

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KAMPALA — A storm has engulfed Uganda’s pharmaceutical sector following the revelation that the deadly anaesthetic drug Bupitroy Heavy (Bupivacaine 0.5%), recently recalled by the National Drug Authority (NDA), was manufactured in India and distributed locally by one of East Africa’s largest pharmaceutical giants — Abacus Pharma (A) Limited. The NDA’s “Class A” recall, the highest possible level signaling life-threatening …

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BIG PHARMA BLOODBATH! Uganda’s Drug Distributor-Abacus, Indian Giant Troikaa Cited in Killer Anaesthetic Drug Scandal As NDA Declares Class A Emergency!

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KAMPALA — A massive drug scandal has rocked Uganda’s medical world after the National Drug Authority (NDA) ordered an emergency recall of a dangerous anaesthetic linked to life-threatening surgical complications in hospitals across the country. At the heart of the storm are two big names: Abacus Pharma (A) Ltd — Uganda’s biggest drug distributor, and Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd — an …

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BUSHENYI GIANTS NOMINATED: IDDI BASAJJA, ANNET MUGISHA, COHEN KYAMPENE, TUGUME BONIFANCE, MICHEAL MAWANDA AND HERBERT BWIRIZAYO

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Post Views: 21 Hajji Iddi Basajja By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante (MK)In Bushenyiwww.mknewslink.comBushenyi district political giants Iddi Basajja, Hon Annet Katusiime Mugisha, Micheal Mawanda, Amanya Cohen Kyampene, Tugume Bonifance and Herbert Bwirizayo were nominated by electoral commission district registrar at the RDC’s board room in Bushenyi town.The first person to be nominated was Micheal Mawanda at 9am followed by Cohen …

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KILLER MUM? Fresh, Shocking Evidence Pin Rugari’s Wife Over Son’s Murder, Committed to High Court for Trial

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The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has committed Jolin Kanoheri Rugari wife to Zimbabwe’s Honorary Consul in Uganda, Chris Rugari to the High Court for trial on the charge of murdering their two-year-old son, Nganwa Rugari, eight months ago. Grade One Magistrate Frank Namanya committed Kanoheri and her housemaid Robinah Nabbanja to face murder charges after the Prosecutors reported that the …

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RACE FOR STATE HOUSE! Oil money will be used to develop infrastructure, M7 tells Omoro

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Omoro – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, also the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flagbearer, has assured residents of Omoro District that revenues from Uganda’s oil production will be used to accelerate infrastructure development across the country, including roads, electricity, and the railway. Speaking while campaigning in Omoro on Tuesday, Museveni said that the oil discovered under his government in the Albertine …

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