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Ramaphosa distances himself from dozens of Zuma’s key appointments

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and Dr Tshepo Motsepe arriving at the state capture inquiry on Wednesday. Image: Thapelo Morebudi/The Sunday Times As deputy president of the ANC and chair of its deployment committee, Cyril Ramaphosa knew nothing about a host of key senior public appointments made under  the Jacob Zuma administration. …

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India state elections go ahead as deaths hit record high

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionVoters in the Indian state of West Bengal go to the polls People in the Indian state of West Bengal are voting in the final phase of elections despite soaring Covid cases. Long queues were seen outside polling booths, raising concerns about the further spread of the …

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Two Chinese arrested for engaging in galamsey

  Two Chinese nationals suspected to be engaging in illegal small-scale mining on the Pra River have been arrested in an operation by the Wassa East District Security Council. The operation, involving personnel from the Ghana Police Service and the Military was conducted at Atieku in the same district. The …

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Man burns girlfriend with electric iron over GH¢7

  A 28-year-old second-hand cloth dealer is in the grips of the Nungua Branch of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) for burning his girlfriend with a hot iron over GH¢7. The suspect, Kwadwo Appiah Agyei, is alleged to have used the hot iron to burn the face, …

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Akufo-Addo has appointed a surrogate as Special Prosecutor – Martin Amidu

  Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu has described the appointment of Lawyer Kissi Agyebeng as his successor at the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) as “a surrogate” of persons implicated in the Agyapa Royalties Transaction Corruption Assessment report. According to him, Kissi Agyebeng’s appointment is to safeguard the interests of persons the corruption …

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Biden to sell child care and free university in speech to Congress

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionPresident Biden will try to build support for two massive spending packages US President Joe Biden is expected to call for free pre-school and community college in his first speech to a joint session of Congress. Speaking on the eve of his 100th day in office, the …

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SAD PHOTOS: NPP man involved in accident, two dead

 NPP man A driver of a Yutong bus who made a wrong overtaking has led to the death of a 45-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl at Akim Asafo near Suhum in the Eastern region. A police report said on April 26, 2021 at about 1930 hours, the driver Francis …

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