AFRICA

A crater spanning several metres in the middle of the road is the fallout of a traffic accident in which a truck transporting explosives caught alight on Thursday night. The driver and several motorists who were in the vicinity were lucky to escape injury, said ER24’s Russel Meiring. The explosion …

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says former President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, “will be remembered for his critical role in the evolvement of modern democratic Ghana”. He recalled that Rawlings, who died on Thursday aged 73, supported and accommodated his non-governmental organisation, the Africa Leadership Forum, when former Nigerian Military …

Humans bones, female underwears and photos found in a church of a pastor A pastor was stripped and paraded by villagers in Umunze, Anambra, after he was allegedly caught with charms. Video going viral on the internet also alleged the pastor was in possession of female underwears, photos of villagers, …

Three buses and a truck were torched in Khayelitsha in Cape Town on Thursday, leaving some matrics unable to get to their exam venues on time as protests erupted around the N2. Police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said the Public Order Police were at the scene of what appeared to …

President Cyril Ramaphosa is determined to see every part of the economy return to full operation as government works towards recovery from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the nation on the country’s COVID-19 status on Wednesday, President Ramaphosa announced the amendment of alert level 1 regulations to …

Islamist militants in Mozambique have beheaded more than 50 people at a village in the northern part of the country, local media reports. The attack was carried out by an Isis-linked group in the village of Muatide in conflict-ridden Cabo Delgado province, spanning several days. A local news agency said …

South African police have issued an arrest warrant against a top official of the governing African National Congress (ANC) party on corruption charges, a spokeswoman for the country’s elite Hawks police unit said. Ace Magashule, who told reporters he had done nothing wrong, has assured the party he will appear …

An off-duty police officer was shot and killed in Samora Machel on Wednesday night. According to police, the officer and his two friends were sitting in a vehicle when they were attacked. The two men were injured and Constable Khanyisa Sitofile died in hospital in Lentegeur. “Twenty-nine-year-old Constable Sitofile, who …

Limpopo police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nneke Ledwaba has expressed shock and sadness at “the continuous incidents affecting minor children in the province”. This after the Monday night gruesome discovery of the two boys’ lifeless bodies in Ga-Maupa village. “It is alleged that the deceased went missing while attending a local church …

The suspects led police to the location of the victim’s body. Police followed up on the disappearance of a Scottburgh man. They found his home splattered with blood and three vehicles missing.Three suspects were later arrested and led police to the 34-year-old man’s body.KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested three men who …