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Some sex workers in Zimbabwe have reportedly resorted to using bread packets as contraception as the price of condoms and basic essentials continues to rise. A 21-year old sex worker from Mutare who spoke to Manica Post, revealed that she started sex work at 16, and bread packaging was being used as a …

Six people have been confirmed dead in the tragedy that befell the Obinze community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. Our correspondent had reported that 12 family members were found unconscious on Monday in a room in their house. Four of the family members were confirmed …

Precious Sibalo is a Zimbabwean airline pilot who started as a waitress and a flight attendant. Sibalo grew up in a high population density suburb in Zimbabwe where she nurtured her dream of becoming a pilot after a school trip to an airport. She noticed there was no female pilot …

Four people have been killed in a mass shooting in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Detectives from the Western Cape Organised Crime Unit have launched an investigation into the shooting at the Madiba supermarket in Sulani Drive in Site B, Khayelitsha, on Tuesday at around 19:00. Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said unknown …

The horrific events that unfolded in Aisha Namara’s life on April 1, 2022 are still engraved on her memory like a daily nightmare. On the fateful day, the 38-year-old bar proprietor in Lyantonde town council in Lyantonde District who has been bedridden for over two months now experienced what later …

At least 20 people have been killed in a new massacre in DR Congo’s eastern province of Ituri, a respected monitor said on Monday, adding that the notorious ADF militia were suspected. Several houses were also burnt down in the attack. The attack took place overnight in the village of …

Embroiled in a burglary scandal, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before his party’s Integrity Commission, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said Monday. The ANC “welcomed and commended the decision by the president to voluntarily present himself to the ANC Integrity Commission”, it said in a statement, without …

A pastor who allegedly plotted to overthrow the South African government and also kill thousands of the country’s Black population was on Monday convicted. According to The Associated Press, a South African court found Harry Johannes Knoesen guilty of high treason, incitement to carry out violent attacks, and recruiting people …

The election of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will start today by 6pm at the party’s national convention in Abuja. According to the schedule, eligible delegates from the 36 states and the FCT, Abuja, are expected to arrive at the venue between 10am and 1pm. The …

A woman and her two-year-old daughter have been found dead in their home in the Siyathemba informal settlement in Balfour, Mpumalanga. Police made the gruesome discovery at the house on Monday. The body of the 24-year-old woman was found on the kitchen floor. The girl’s body was found in the bedroom with …