A boy holds what he believes to be a diamond dug out of the ground at KwaHlathi village near Ladysmith, South Africa. By Phill Magakoe (AFP) Single mother Lihle Magudulela spat out a mouthful of dirt as she sucked on a stone dug up from a hillside in South Africa’s …

Cyril Ramaphosa pictured at the Union Buildings. Ludovic MARIN / AFP President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Tuesday night, in which he announced that the country would move to Level 3 . This includes a curfew from 22:00 to 04:00, and restrictions on gatherings. Read his full speech below: …

  Two brothers died after consuming manioc, allegedly poisoned, in a field in the 11 de Novembro neighbourhood, on the outskirts of the city of Luena, in Moxico, Angola. According to the father of the victims, Lázaro Eurico, who was speaking to the press today, Monday, June 14, despite vomiting …

President Cyril Ramaphosa. GCIS Cabinet will, on Tuesday afternoon, ratify a proposal first tabled to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and then to the Presidential Coordinating Committee (PCC) to restrict alcohol sales off-site between Monday and Thursday – in light of the third wave of Covid-19 infections. Cabinet was …

  In 1958, the setting for a university graduation was obviously not as flamboyant as we have them today but the essence of those events cannot be said to have been any less. In this photo of a graduation ceremony from the Kumasi College of Technology, now the Kwame Nkrumah …

  Rival politicians in Israel have formed a new government to remove Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving leader, from power. After four parliamentary elections in two years, opposition leader Yair Lapid, a former TV news anchor, put together a coalition with Naftali Bennett, a former settler leader and hard-right religious …

3 Menu › Africa The Zambian government on Sunday June 13 confirmed that President Edgar Chagwa Lungu recovered from sudden dizziness whiles officiating a military event in the capital Lusaka. According to a statement signed by Simon Miti, Secretary to the Cabinet and Principal Private Secretary to the President, Lungu’s episode …

Five out of ten cities that are not liveable are found on the African continent according to a report by the Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU. Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital was ranked the second worst city to live in globally but that meant it is the worst in Africa according to …

  Wife of the late TB Joshua has Evelyn Joshua has celebrated her husband on his birthday which falls today. The Nigerian Televangelist lost his life on June 5 after a Church service; a death which came as a shock to many. The Prophet had earlier in a video indicated …

South Africa, which is struggling to roll out its inoculation programme as it enters a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, said Sunday it will pull millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following contamination concerns at one of the US drugmaker’s sites. On Friday, the US Food …

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital has been ranked the second worst capital to live in according to a global ranking report. The Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU’s, Global Liveability Index 2021 which focussed on “How the COVID-19 pandemic affected liveability worldwide.” Lagos ranked 139 out of 140 cities with the Syrian capital …

Nigerian police have fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Lagos and the capital, Abuja, with reports of arrests and injuries. Activists had called for nationwide protests on Saturday on Democracy Day, which marks Nigeria’s move to civilian rule more than 20 years ago, over what they criticise as …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted at what he will be doing after he leaves office as president of the federal government of Nigeria. He said during an interview with Arise TV that he will be going back to his farm to keep himself busy after his reign as President. According to …

  The mystery of whether a woman in South Africa has birthed ten babies has gripped residents. Gosiame Thamara Sithole, as has been widely reported gave birth to 7 boys and 3 girls on Monday. This could likely be the world’s first recorded case of decuplet. In the Tembisa township …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionAbout 1.7 million people have been displaced since the fighting in Tigray began last November About 33,000 severely malnourished children in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are at high risk of death, the UN children’s agency Unicef has warned. Tigray has been devastated by fighting between government forces …

Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Illegal sales of alcohol increased during the coronavirus pandemic lockdownsImage caption: Illegal sales of alcohol increased during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns South Africa has given several diplomats from Lesotho 72 hours to leave the country over the illegal sale of duty-free alcohol. A notice from the …

Two fake doctors have been arrested. iStock Two people were arrested by KwaZulu-Natal police for masquerading as doctors and selling fake medical certificates for R50 each. KZN police spokesperson Thembeka Mbhele said the pair will appear in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of fraud. They were arrested …

Aubrey Manaka has been convicted for the murder of Capricorn TVET college Ramokgopha campus Precious Ramabulana. Photo by Joshua Sebola Photo by The 29-year-old man who pleaded guilty to the murder and rape of TVET student Precious Ramabulana was sentenced to two life terms in jail on Friday. Three of …

SAA has a new strategic partner. File photo. Image: Business Day SA Airways has a new strategic partner that will own 51% of the airline. Public enterprise minister Pravin Gordhan on Friday announced that the government has reached an agreement with a private company, Takatso Consortium, that will own 51% of …

The monarchs in the four local government areas in Akokoland of Nigeria’s Ondo State have once again stressed that the remains of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua, be buried in his hometown, Arigidi Akoko. The family of the late preacher who are …

• Alhassan Suhuyini says he will kick against the approval of Gifty Twum-Ampofo nomination • He decision comes at the back of a corruption watch report which accused the MP of bribing delegates • He said the MPs response suggests that her conscience is dead to the threat of bribery …

• A photo of Mankessim SHS students reportedly abusing drugs surfaced online recently • This raised eyebrows with Ghanaians calling on school authorities to act • The school has explained that the photo was part of a project the boys were tasked with  The Visual Arts Department of Mankessim Senior …

The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has, between October 2020 and March 2021 tested almost 30,000 people for Human Immune Virus (HIV) with 2,143 individuals testing positive. The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project is designed to improve the capacity of …

An East London mother, Phindiwe Grey, gave moving testimony on Wednesday about how her daughter, Nolonwabo Grey of Duncan Village, was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a man who had called her family and demanded R3,000 ransom for her release. The 69-year-old widow’s pain echoed through her testimony in the …

On Tuesday June 8, social media was awash with a viral video of a man slapping France President Emmanuel Macron in the face whiles the president was on a tour in the southern province of Valence. The culprit slapped Macron on the cheeks as he greeted a cheering crowd and …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday June 9 presented with the country’s first ever 100% made-in-Nigeria mobile phone. Buhari received the mobile device during a virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held inside the State House, Abuja. The device was presented to the President by the Minister of Industry, Trade …

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, has announced plans by the Ministry to begin rehabilitating all old and dilapidated basic schools across the country. This is to make sure that the schools were safe, attractive and conducive for effective teaching and learning. Dr Adutwum said this when he …

A photo making rounds on social media sees some male students of Mankessim Senior High School smoking wee on campus as if their lives depend on it. The 5 students as seen in the photo donned their uniform and had their pieces in their hands ready to set it rolling. …

“He ended the race prayerfully. He spent about three hours in prayers before the last service on the mountain and was looking very healthy. “He never showed any sign of illness or worry. “Afterward, he came up to shower. Few Minutes later, he stepped out for ministrations. While ministering, he …

Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission has directed all TV and radio stations to “suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately,” describing its use as unpatriotic. The Nigerian government said it was suspending the platform on Friday, two days after the United States social media giant deleted a tweet from the president’s account for …