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A new mayor in South Africa has pledged that he will not take salary and other perks of office. Gayton McKenzie of the Patriotic Alliance (PA) party, was recently sworn in as mayor of the Central Karoo district municipality in the Western Cape province. In his inauguration speech, he stressed …

One person has died and four others injured after parts of the Tempane district in the Northern region experienced rainstorm on Tuesday April 12. The rain affected health facilities and school buildings. TV3’s Northern Regional Correspondent Christopher Amoako reported that hundreds of people were displaced by the storm. Source: 3news.com

At least 20 people are thought to have died in South Africa’s eastern coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal due to unusually heavy rainfall, according to media reports, while officials were still trying to assess the extent of the damage. There are fears that numerous people have been injured while damage to …

The Most Reverend Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, has called on victims of relationship or marital abuse to seek help. “Abuse is not marriage in the Christian context and not how God instituted marriage, so it is unwise to stay in such maltreatments in …

The police at Akatsi in the Volta Region have received a month-old baby girl who was abandoned in the porch of a building near the Mighty Destiny Glorified Ministry Church at Akatsi Tatorme. The baby was found at about 0530 hours Monday in the building believed to be a shop …

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been cleared to stand in the long-delayed elections to be the next president of Ivory Coast’s football federation (FIF). A total of six candidates, including outgoing vice president Idriss Diallo, have been approved by FIF’s Fifa-installed normalisation committee to stand in the polls on …

The Electricity Company of Ghana has issued a disconnection notice to Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, UG, over power debts to the tune of GH¢33 million. The power distributor issued a 72-hour ultimatum for the university to settle the bill or face disconnection from the national grid. Reports …

For the past one week, Ghana Football legend Nii Odartey Lamptey has been trending following the conclusion of his protracted divorce with his former wife, Gloria Appiah Lamptey. Odartey Lamptey managed to get his East Legon mansion from his ex-wife who didn’t want to move to Dome Kwabenya after more than seven …

AN attempted jail break at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre in Rivers State has left 12 inmates hospitalised after sustaining bullet wounds on Monday. The failed jail break was sparked off by the death of an inmate who was engaged in a fight with a fellow inmate, said to be …

A Nigerian singer and songwriter has complained about the astronomical cost of owning a house in Ghana and in particular Accra. According to him, Ghana is peaceful but the cost of owning a house in the country is not as peaceful as one may think. The musician Joeboy known in …