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A South African who won the chance to be the first black African in space has died in a motorbike accident before turning his dream into reality. Mandla Maseko, 30, was killed on Saturday, a family statement says. In 2013, the South African Air Force member beat one million entrants to win one of 23 places at a space academy in the US. Nicknamed Afronaut and Spaceboy, Maseko described himself as a typical township boy from Pretoria. He had spent a week at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida doing tests in preparation for an hour-long sub-orbital flight, originally scheduled…

Ghana’s leading furniture and décor company Orca Deco has partnered recently launched multi-purpose online gift registry Giftologi to make Orca products available on www.mygiftologi.com under all relevant product categories. Giftologi will allow everyone to give and receive Orca products as gifts at the click of a button. Anyone who desires to receive Orca products as gifts for their special occasion can sign up with Giftologi, create a registry, add varied Orca products and share with their friends and family. Friends and family can then visit the Giftologi website and purchase any of the items in the registry they want to…

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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has  warned headteachers of basic schools across the country against charging examination fees and that they are  free to the questions on chalkboards.  The directive was issued by the office the Deputy Director-General of GES to the various directorate of education across the country. Per the directive, which are to be strictly complied with: No penny should be collected from any Pupil or Parent as fees for the various set of Examination” Headteachers are at liberty to write Examinations Questions on the Chalkboard” Headteachers who have contracted Examination Consortiums should as a matter of urgency…

All is set for the semi-final contests in the 2019 National Science and Maths Quiz competition. All the three contests will be held on Monday, July 8 at the R.S Amegashie Auditorium at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS). The first contest will see Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School coming face-to-face with fellow boys’ schools and former winners Opoku Ware School and Adisadel College. PRESEC are record winners with five titles while OWASS are two-time winners and Adisco won the competition recently, precisely in 2016. The second contest will see Tepa SHS facing off with the beacon of girls’…

Ghana has beaten six other African countries to be named host of the secretariat for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Ghana beat bids from Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar and Senegal to be selected host of the secretariat. According to 3news.com sources, Ghana was selected by the review committee based on the regional balance formula. The announcement was made on Saturday at an Extraordinary Summit of the African Union’s Heads of State and Government held in Niamey, Niger. The secretariat’s primary mandate will be the implementation the AfCFTA agreement, which has been ratified by 25 countries, according to…

Musician Becca says regardless of whatever her mother does or says about her, she will continue to love her. Becca’s comment comes on the back of allegations leveled against her by her mother that she is disrespectful and that her husband, Tobi Sanni Daniels, has created enmity between them. The issue has been trending on social media after the Becca’s mother, Julie Yiadom-Oti, granted an interview and opened up on her relationship with her daughter. She minced no words that the relationship had gone sour. Reacting to the issues on the 3FM Drive with Giovani, Becca said she would rather…

Musician Becca says regardless of whatever her mother does or says about her, she will continue to love her. Becca’s comment comes on the back of allegations leveled against her by her mother that she is disrespectful and that her husband, Tobi Sanni Daniels, has created enmity between them. The issue has been trending on social media after the Becca’s mother, Julie Yiadom-Oti, granted an interview and opened up on her relationship with her daughter. She minced no words that the relationship had gone sour. Reacting to the issues on the 3FM Drive with Giovani, Becca said she would rather…

The awful state of sanitation in  Accra has aroused the interest of many stakeholders and the general public at large. Accra used to be a beautiful city, but not anymore. Indigenes portrayed the rich culture of Ghana, a place where people are hardworking, healthy, happy and passionate about their jobs. The simple and special lifestyle they live  attracted foreigners into the country  looking for opportunities to invest in the economy. But what do we see today? Heaps of rubbish within market centers, the roadsides: choked and smelling gutters, carpet of plastics on the beach, floods here and there and poor…

The Ahafo Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP),  Francis Opoku Sarfo,  alias Chairman Jerry, has died in a gory accident. He passed away together with one other person on Saturday, July 6 in a road crash, which occurred at about 5:45pm at Banahene on the Acheasua-Hwidiem road. He was returning to Kenyasi. The Kenyasi District Police Commander, DSP Taddy Damteh Brown, who confirmed the news to 3news.com, said “the vehicle veered off the road and somersaulted”. “Yes, it’s true, Sarfo Opoku, the current NPP Chairman for Ahafo [Region] went to Acherensua on funeral with four occupants on…