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EFF wants parly to move to Pretoria; Botswana president tests positive for Covid | Here are your top news headlines

Cape Town – From the EFF calling for the relocation of parliament to Gauteng; to President Mokgweetsi Masisi of... Read more

4 Jan, 2022

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Richard Leakey, fossil hunter and defender of elephants, dies aged 77

Nairobi – World-renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey, whose groundbreaking discoveries helped prove that humankind evolved in... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

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SA parliament fire restarts after being tamed, fire brigade says

Cape Town – Firefighters on Monday resumed their battle against a blaze that has engulfed South Africa’s parliament and... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

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Archbishop Makgoba wants Cape Town airport to be renamed after Desmond Tutu

Cape Town – Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has suggested that the Cape Town airport be renamed the Archbishop Desmond Mpilo... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

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Mali parties reject army’s five-year democratic transition

Bamako – A major coalition of Malian political parties on Sunday rejected the military-dominated government’s plan for a transition... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

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Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi tests positive for Covid

Gaborone – President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana, which with South Africa was the first country to detect the Omicron... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

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Nigeria police free 21 kidnapped schoolchildren

Kano – Police in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state have freed 21 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen on Friday, a spokesperson said.... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

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At least six killed in suspected al-Shabaab attack in Kenya

Nairobi – Six people have been killed and homes torched in an attack Monday by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Kenya’s... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

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UPDATE | Devastating SA parliament fire brought under control

Cape Town – A huge fire that destroyed a large part of South Africa’s parliament has been brought under... Read more

3 Jan, 2022

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Deadly crash! light plane goes down, pilot killed

Johannesburg – An investigation has been launched following a fatal light aircraft crash in the Ferreira area, Johannesburg, earlier... Read more

3 Jan, 2022