Cape Town – From a white Gauteng woman saying she wants to be Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s wife; to Ethiopian Airlines suspending pilots who missed landing… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Zimbabwean MP pays the price of opposition in solitary cell
When Zimbabwean lawmaker Job Sikhala settles down to sleep at night, he does so on the floor of an ageing maximum-security prison in Harare. Read more…
Kenya’s Raila Odinga vows to contest election loss in court
Kenya’s veteran politician Raila Odinga on Saturday defended plans to make a court challenge to the results of last week’s “joke” election that handed victory to Deputy President William Ruto. Read more…
Godongwana sex scandal: Masseuse says minister ‘fondled’ her – report
The woman who has accused Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana of sexual assault at a luxury lodge at Kruger National Park, has reportedly detailed what exactly happened on the day. Read more…
16-year-old boy drowns during school outing… he was believed to have been caught in rip currents
The body of a 16-year-old boy, who went missing off Jabula Beach near St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal during a school outing on Thursday, was reportedly found by park rangers on Friday. Read more…
DRC investigates suspected Ebola case
The Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating a suspected case of Ebola in its violence-wracked east, the World Health Organisation said Saturday, just weeks after the end of a previous epidemic. Read more…
‘I want to be the first white queen of SA, the first white Zulu queen,’ says Gauteng woman
A white woman from Gauteng has received some warm responses from social media users after she said that she hoped that Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini would take her as a wife. Read more…
Ethiopian Airlines suspends pilots who missed landing
Chad at ‘decisive moment’ as dialogue opens
Delayed talks on Chad’s future that the ruling junta says are a “decisive moment” opened Saturday, even as some opposition groups boycott the gathering. Read more…
Zakes Bantwini to retire after 15 years in the music industry
South African singer and record producer Zakes Bantwini, real name Zakhele Madida, is set to retire after 15 years in the music industry. Read more…
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