AFRICA

Feelings of uncertainty and fear roam the corridors in the newsrooms of the SABC after employees received retrenchment notices. The public broadcaster has been dealing with severe funding issues in recent years, even failing to pay salaries on time last year. Government has in the last financial year extended R3.2 …

The chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, has dismissed former president Jacob Zuma’s application for him to recuse himself from hearing the former president’s testimony.   The State Capture Commission on Thursday morning heard the ruling in former president Jacob Zuma’s application …

A man whose name was identified as Ame Edjeket,41 years of age has been arrested for caging his wife with whom he has eight children for over three years on the basis that she is a witch and responsible for all his misfortune. According to reports, the woman Gladys was …

An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 39-year-old man, Musiliu Owolabi, to death by hanging for killing his lover, Afusat Idowu. Owolabi, an automobile mechanic was convicted on one count of murder. The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, while delivering her judgment, submitted that the prosecution …

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday declared the end of the country’s latest Ebola epidemic after the outbreak killed 55 people over the past five months. “I am happy to solemnly declare the end of the 11th epidemic of the Ebola virus in Equateur province” in the vast country’s …

Human rights activists are demanding justice for an 18-year-old girl, Faith Aigbe, whose ear was allegedly bitten off by one Mr Ogunbor, who claimed to be a retired commissioner of police.   The alleged incident happened at Eweka Street, off Aduwawa Road, Benin City in Edo State on Sunday, November …

Authorities in Malawi say the government was compelled to arrest  fugitive couple Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary after Interpol in Pretoria sent an alert for the couple to be arrested. Malawi minister of information Gospel Kazako  said the couple, who fled SA  last week, were  in police custody. Speaking to eNCA on Wednesday, Kazako …

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday evening engaged in a telephonic call with US President-elect Joe Biden to discuss ways to strengthen US-Africa relations and overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. President Ramaphosa says he is hopeful of a strong partnership between the United States and the African continent in promoting peace and …

An 18-year-old Grade 11 pupil was arrested in Bethelsdorp in the Eastern Cape for allegedly taking an unlicensed firearm to school. According to police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu, on Monday at about 12:00, members of the Bethelsdorp Reaction Task Team responded to information that a pupil was possibly in possession of …

A man, believed to be in his 30s, was found hanging from a bridge on the N1 outside Pretoria on Tuesday, emergency services said. Tshwane EMS spokesperson Charles Mabaso said they arrived at the scene just before 8am. The man was hanging from a piece of rope between the Petroport …