AFRICA

A 37-year-old man will appear in the Swellendam Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of murder after the body of a teenage girl was found on a dump site in Barrydale, Western Cape on Saturday. Over the weekend, several social media users in the area reported hearing sirens, and speculated …

A driver who allegedly ran over a teenager on Coronation Road in Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal was apprehended after his car collided with a Ford Ranger on Belvedere Drive while fleeing the initial accident on Sunday morning. The driver of a white Audi A4 allegedly knocked down a 15-year-old girl who was …

An eight-year-old girl from Grabouw in the Western Cape died after being electrocuted by illegal electricity connections on Sunday. Matlhodi Maseko, DA member and chairperson of the Standing Committee on Human Settlements in the Western Cape, said: “The young child was innocently playing in a grass area close to the …

South African rapper, AKA has tested positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement shared on his social media page revealed. The rapper announced the news on his Twitter page on Friday. PRESS STATEMENT: AKA TESTS POSITIVE FOR NOVEL COVID-19 VIRUS Multi award winning South African musician, AKA, has tested positive for …

A 32-year-old man identified as Aboh Ogbeche reportedly committed suicide on Friday, at his Lagos residence in Lawanson, Surulere, right in front of his mother. According to the report by The Punch, Aboh was said to have drank bleach. Man commits suicide right in front of his mother in Lagos It was …

A 12-year-old girl has allegedly been gang-raped by four masked men in the Ajah area in Lagos state. Punch reports that the victim simply identified as Blessing, was raped at her residence on Thursday, June 4.   Recounting what happened, her distraught mother who gave her name as Anthonia, said “I went to …

A woman’s body has been recovered from the sea near Kalk Bay harbour in Cape town, according to a report from the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). The NSRI’s Simon’s Town and Strandfontein crews responded to a report of a body in the water just before 10:00 after it was …

An 18-year-old boy was killed and a 13-year-old girl critically injured after their motorbike collided with a vehicle in Vanderbijlpark on Saturday, ER24 has said. According to ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring, the incident happened on President Steyn Street, adding paramedics had arrived at the scene at 17:20. Upon arrival, medics …

Government has revised the recommended isolation period for patients who have tested positive for COVID-19. “We wish to inform South Africans that the recommended isolation period for patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection is reduced from 14 to 10 days,” said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. The Minister said the recommendation to …

Ivory Coast’s deceased Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly was buried Friday in his hometown in Korogho, the main city in the north of the country. Before his burial, relatives surrounded his remains and prayed for the departed Prime Minister in the main mosque of the city. In this tranquil atmosphere, …