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Kidnapped Malawian found and brought to safety, drugs seized in Knysna
A Malawian man was found and brought to safety in Knysna, Western Cape, after he was kidnapped a few days ago. Read more…
Tunisian activists and influential businessman arrested, lawyers say
Tunisian police on Saturday arrested powerful businessman Kamel Eltaief, a former confidant of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as well as two key political activists, lawyers said. Read more…
Nigeria’s ‘outsider’ rallies in Lagos for final election sprint
Appealing to Nigeria’s youth to come out and vote, outsider candidate Peter Obi on Saturday rallied thousands of supporters in Lagos in his last stage of campaigning before this month’s presidential election. Read more…
Cadre deployment is one of the best-known policies of the African National Congress (ANC), which has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994. And many of the party’s woes over the past decade can be traced back to it. Read more…
WATCH | Mozambique floods kill four in capital area
Four people have died in floods following days of incessant rains in southern Mozambique, the country’s institute for risk management said on Saturday. Read more…
Five public employees killed in Cameroon attack
Five employees of Cameroon’s main public agro-industrial group have died after their truck was attacked in the English-speaking west of the country plagued by separatist unrest, the company said on Saturday. Read more…
‘Protect South Africans from this new scourge,’ authorities told after AKA’s death
Beauty Dlulane, who heads a parliamentary committee on arts and culture, has condemned AKA’s murder, describing it as a “hit”.
She called on authorities “to protect South Africans from this new scourge of what seems to be contract and revenge killings where performing artists and DJs seem to be targeted”. Read more…
SEE | Twitter reacts after Pearl Thusi says DJ Zinhle ‘is engaged’ – ‘not married’
Pearl Thusi and DJ Zinhle added another storyline to their long history this week when Pearl revealed that Zinhle is actually not married, but engaged. This sent fans into raptures. Read more…
Real Madrid beat Al Hilal to win record fifth Club World Cup
Real Madrid lifted the Club World Cup for a record fifth time with a pulsating 5-3 win over Al Hilal on Saturday in Morocco. Read more…
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