South Africa sees average of 70 murders a day in ‘worrisome’ trend
Johannesburg – South Africa recorded almost 70 murders a day in the first half of 2022, police said on... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Equatorial Guinea violated human rights in gang crackdown, says Amnesty
Malabo – Amnesty International on Thursday accused authorities in Equatorial Guinea of human rights violations including torture, arbitrary detentions... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
SA pastor still not buried a year after his death as family awaits his ‘resurrection’
Cape Town – The body of a South African pastor, Siva Moodley, remains at a funeral parlour in Gauteng,... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
SA’s Zulus to crown new king as succession row rages
Johannesburg – South Africa’s largest ethnic group, the Zulus, will on Saturday crown a new king following a year... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Jail for 13 migrants in Morocco, says lawyer
Rabat – Morocco sentenced 13 migrants to two-and-a-half years in prison on Wednesday, their lawyer said, following a deadly... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
‘These allegations are unfounded’ – SA minister Godongwana speaks on sexual harassment claims
Cape Town – South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has reportedly confirmed that he has met with the police... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Boy, 9, who was critically injured after his dad crashed a sports car into shop fronts, has been discharged from hospital
Cape Town – A nine-year-old boy who was critically injured and hospitalised after his father apparently lost control of... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Police launch probe after 3 female security guards mysteriously disappear and later found disoriented, hands tied up
Cape Town – Three female security guards who mysteriously disappeared from their night duty post at Seeisoville Stadium in the... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Burkina Faso lashes ‘ethnic cleansing’ calls on social media
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s government on Thursday lashed calls on social media to attack the country’s Fulani minority, describing... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
Hadraawi, ‘Shakespeare of Somalia’, dies aged 79
Mogadishu – Award-winning Somali poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, better-known by his pen name Hadraawi, died Thursday aged 79, prompting... Read more
19 Aug, 2022
