Cape Town – From African leaders, opposition figures, and social influencers stepping up their support for the Kremlin; to the EFF protesting outside Johan Rupert’s home… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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A 36-year-old member of Operation Dudula was reportedly granted bail in Durban on Wednesday after he was arrested for allegedly creating voice notes and forwarding them… Read more
African support on Ukraine shows Kremlin’s soft power
African leaders, opposition figures and social influencers are stepping up their support for the Kremlin even as Russia’s image elsewhere is being shredded by the war in Ukraine…. Read more
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has described billionaire businessman Johann Rupert and the Oppenheimer family as the faces of South Africa’s “land criminals”, and said that his party wants a peaceful distribution of land. Read more…
Tigrayans subjected to ‘war crimes’ in Ethiopia, rights groups say
Security forces and their allies in a disputed part of conflict-hit northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity, two rights… Read more
An alleged ‘lone serial arsonist’ has reportedly been torching residents’ homes in Johannesburg’s upmarket suburbs of Hyde Park, Dunkeld and Illovo after breaking in. Reports indicate that… Read more
UN peacekeeper killed in northeast DRC
A UN peacekeeper was killed on Tuesday during an operation in the northeastern region of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission in the country... Read more
State of Disaster can be reinstated, warns Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has warned that government can reintroduce the National State of Disaster if the fifth wave hits the country…Read more
Toll from rebel attacks in eastern DRC rises to 29
Twenty-nine people were killed by a notorious rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend, local sources said on Tuesday. Billed by the so-called Islamic… Read more
Big Brother Mzansi season 3 winner Mpho Wa Badimo speak out
Big Brother Mzansi season 3 came to an end last Sunday and Michelle “Mphowabadimo” Mvundla was crowned the winner. She walked away with the ultimate prize… Read more
Favourable draws set up Orlando Pirates to reach CAF Cup final
South African club Orlando Pirates were given a good chance to reach a second CAF Confederation Cup final after being handed favourable quarter-finals and semi-finals draws in Cairo...Read more
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