HRW calls for probe into Eswatini protest deaths
Johannesburg – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for an independent probe into the deadly crackdown on protests that... Read more
2 Nov, 2021
ANC set for worst post-apartheid showing in local polls
Johannesburg – South Africa’s ANC on Tuesday looked set to deliver its worst ever electoral performance since the end... Read more
2 Nov, 2021
Guinea strongman Doumbouya retires 1 000 soldiers
Conakry – Guinea’s Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a coup in the West African nation in September,... Read more
2 Nov, 2021
Somalia kicks off next stage of long-delayed elections
Mogadishu – Somalia on Monday began electing lawmakers for its lower house of parliament, the next phase in a long-delayed... Read more
2 Nov, 2021
DRC watchdog reports 110 attacks on media
Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s press freedom group Journaliste en Danger (JED) said on Monday it had registered 110... Read more
2 Nov, 2021
Low turnout in SA local election to test ANC’s future
Johannesburg – South Africans showed little enthusiasm on Monday for local elections expected to reflect growing discontent with the... Read more
2 Nov, 2021
Protesting villagers disrupt polling in South Africa
Umzinto – A polling station in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal found itself at the centre of a helicopter and police... Read more
2 Nov, 2021
ANC risks new setback in South Africa local polls
Johannesburg – South Africans voted on Monday in local elections expected to reflect growing discontent with the ruling African National... Read more
1 Nov, 2021
South Africans go to polls to vote… and get jabbed
Soweto – South Africans showed little appetite for local elections on Monday, but many were drawn to polling stations... Read more
1 Nov, 2021
‘EFF is dead without Malema,’ says controversial poet Ntsiki Mazwai
Cape Town – South African poet and singer Ntsiki Mazwai has expressed her political views about the Economic Freedom... Read more
31 Oct, 2021
