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The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court on Monday sentenced a man to 20 years imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend. Abdul Samson Malambe, 36, pleaded guilty and was convicted of the murder of Zanele Jeanet Mnisi. “On 18 January 2017, Mnisi went to visit Malambe at his parental …
Read More »Nigeria To Castrate Rapists
Governor of Kaduna in Northern Nigeria, Nasir El-rufai has signed the law on surgical castration for male rapists and bilateral salpingectomy for females convicted of child rape in the state. Included in the Kaduna State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020 is a death penalty or a life sentence for perpetrators. …
Read More »3 killed after car crashes into tree, splits in two
Three men were killed and two others left injured on Monday morning when a light motor vehicle crashed into a tree. The incident occurred on Letaba Road in Brackendowns, Alberton, said ER24’s Russel Meiring. “Paramedics arrived on the scene at 9.20am to find a light motor vehicle split in two. …
Read More »Nigeria bandits free 40 hostages
Armed bandits have freed 40 people they had abducted from a village in north-western Nigeria’s Zamfara state on Saturday, police have said. The gunmen freed the villagers following the intervention of security agencies and a separate group of bandits who were involved in peace talks with the state government, police …
Read More »‘Toxins’ killed more than 300 elephants in Botswana
The deaths of more than 300 elephants in Botswana this year were caused by toxins produced by cyanobacteria in water, but there were still many unanswered questions, wildlife officials have been quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. The deaths in the Okavango Delta sparked widespread alarm and left conservationists …
Read More »About 500 pupils quarantined in South Africa
About 500 pupils have been put into quarantine after a coronavirus outbreak at a school in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. A total of 98 pupils tested positive at the secondary school in the town of Burgersdorp, and officials say they fear the virus may have spread more widely into …
Read More »Two arrests in Uganda over fire at iconic university
A policeman and a private security guard have been arrested in Uganda, as police investigate the cause of the fire which gutted an iconic building at Makerere University in the capital, Kampala. Investigators are looking into whether there was a lapse in security at the building or if officers absconded …
Read More »Mali’s ex-defence minister named interim leader
Mali’s former Defence Minister Bah Ndaw has been appointed interim president while coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita will serve as his deputy, state television has announced. Mali’s junta has been under intense pressure from West African leaders to return power to civilians following the coup that overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar …
Read More »Kenya’s top judge wants parliament dissolved
Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve parliament because it does not have enough female MPs. In a letter to Mr Kenyatta, the chief justice said the failure to have more female MPs was in breach of the constitution, and tantamount to discrimination against women. …
Read More »Arrested Nigerian porn star begs public for help
Popular Nigerian porn star, KingTblak who was arrested for shooting a pornographic scene in an Osun shrine has called on the public to help him fend for himself. The popular porn star said that he only has N443 in his account and has gone broke. He begged the public to …
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