Marikana massacre: What happened on the day
Johannesburg – It starts with a tense standoff that will end up in slaughter. Hundreds of police officers watch... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Burkina Faso allows ex-leader Kabore to travel abroad ‘on medical grounds’
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso has allowed ex-president Roch Marc Christian Kabore to leave the country for the first time... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Calm returns to Sierra Leone as protest death toll rises
Freetown – Calm returned to Sierra Leone on Thursday a day after an economic protest spiralled into violence the... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Guinea to prosecute ex-PM over alleged embezzlement
Conakry – Guinea will prosecute former prime minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana over the alleged embezzlement of more than $4... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Nigeria’s Buhari vows safe rescue of train attack hostages
Abuja – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday vowed to rescue 31 hostages taken in a train attack and... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Kenya TV channels stop sharing poll tallies
Nairobi – Kenyan media stopped broadcasting the provisional results of the country’s presidential poll, raising questions over the outcome... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Boy, 6, accidentally shoots his sister, 5, in the head while playing with a firearm
Cape Town – A six-year-old boy reportedly killed his five-year-old sister in a tragic accident when a firearm went... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
‘I was told I couldn’t see him, because he was too badly hurt’ – 10 years on, SA awaits justice for slain striking miners
Marikana – A decade after her 30-year-old brother was killed when South African police opened fire on miners striking... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
‘We do our own work’ – White residents-only town booms in ‘Rainbow Nation’ South Africa
Orania – From a distance, Orania looks like any other small town in rural South Africa. But once inside,... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
South Africa arrests 20 ‘instigators’ of deadly 2021 riots
Johannesburg – South African police on Thursday arrested 20 people suspected of being among the instigators of riots that... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
