AFRICA

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 …

Upington police are investigating the murder of an 80-year-old woman, after a family member found her body in her home in Middelpos, Upington, on Monday. According to police spokesperson Captain Sergio Kock, there were wounds on her face and neck. “A manhunt for the suspect/s has been activated. No arrests …

Former president Jacob Zuma doesn’t fear any finding, his legal counsel, advocate Muzi Sikhakhane, told the Zondo commission into state capture. Sikhakhane was arguing as to why the commission’s chairperson, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, should be recused. The commission’s evidence leader, advocate Paul Pretorius, said it is difficult not …

A 40- year-old man, Nicodemus Nomyange, set himself and his girlfriend Shininenge Pam ablaze in Benue State. According to witnesses, their murder-suicide was a clear case of “if I can’t have you, nobody else will.” According to The Nation, Mr Nomyange, a married man with children, had been dating Pam …

The South Sudan National Security Service tribunal court in Juba on Tuesday sentenced its officer to four years imprisonment and dismissed him from active service after he was found guilty of murder. In 2017, Captain Robert Benjamin was arrested and detained after he was accused of killing his colleague Daniel …

A BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed the existence of a secretive but thriving illegal market for babies and young children in Kenya. For over a year, a team of undercover investigators infiltrated a series of child trafficking rings that extend from the slums of Nairobi to one of the …

The Pretoria Magistrates Court has today issued a warrant of arrest for couple fugitives, Shepard Bushiri and his wife, Mary, after they contravened their bail conditions last week. This comes after the two had failed to present themselves at the police station to confirm that they are still in the …

A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after her husband allegedly poured petrol over her and set her and her two children alight, after the couple had a serous argument in Zwelitsha, Nelspruit. According to police, a 43-year-old man went into hiding after he allegedly set his family …

As a result of the glorious place the ancient empire occupies in our understanding of the history of the continent, the name Mali is as unforgettable as it is revered. The tales of yore, one involving the man believed to be the richest in the Middle Ages, Mansa Musa, have …