AFRICA

A school principal in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal, was shot dead in a shower of bullets on Friday afternoon as he was leaving his school. According to spokesperson for the South African Police Service (SAPS), Colonel Thembeka Mbhele, the principal was jammed by an unknown vehicle. “An unknown male jumped off the passenger’s …

Five people were killed while one sustained critical injuries after a car collided head on with a bakkie on the R512, near Lanseria airport on Friday. According paramedics, the accident happened around 07:07 in the morning. “Five patients from the car had sustained fatal injuries and were declared deceased on …

The search for an eight-year-old girl who fell into a canal, as well as for the man who tried to rescue her, in Belgravia Estate in Cape Town on Thursday, has been called off due to poor weather conditions. According to the Western Cape police spokesperson, Captain FC Van Wyk, …

Fuel imported into Nigeria said to be extremely toxic and of lower quality than what is produced on the black market, with serious health consequences – the results of a laboratory analysis show. That dirty fuel, as in many African countries, is of lower quality than those from illegal refineries …

A royal family in South Africa has confirmed the death of Queen Noloyiso Sandile from Covid-19. A sister to the current Zulu monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini, she served as regent of the amaRharhabe royal family. Queen Noloyiso was married to the amaRharhabe monarch, Maxhoba Sandile, for over two decades until …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s former president, and Helen Clark, New Zealand’s former prime minister, are to head a panel to review the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Mrs Sirleaf led Liberia during the Ebola epidemic that began in 2014, killing more …

A teenage boy has sustained critical injuries after he was electrocuted while train surfing in KwaMashu, outside Durban, on Tuesday. According to KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Services (EMS), they received a call that a male had fallen off a train around 15:00. KZN EMS spokesperson Robert McKenzie said that, when they arrived …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has come to the conclusion that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from easing up its talons on people as it continues to ravage the country. It is against this background that the Buhari-led government has made a U-Turn on the reopening of schools. Nigeria has …

At least 180 bodies have been found in mass graves in northern Burkina Faso where soldiers are fighting jihadists, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says. “Available evidence suggests government forces were involved in mass extrajudicial executions,” HRW says. Over seven months, the bodies had been dumped near the town …

A 41-year-old priest died after he was shot in the head at a mission house next to an Anglican church in Hambanathi near Tongaat this week, police have confirmed. A case of murder was opened at Tongaat police station for investigation, police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbhele said. “It is alleged that …