Cape Town – From South Africa approving Pfizer’s coronavirus booster shots for over-18s; to Zambian ex-foreign affairs minister and the former treasury secretary getting arrested for alleged corruption… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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South Africa MPs reject controversial land expropriation bill
A bid to allow South Africa’s government to expropriate land without compensation as a way to redress past injustices flopped on Tuesday after lawmakers rejected a bill to change the constitution. Read more…
Zambia arrests former ministers for alleged graft
Zambian graft investigators said on Tuesday they had arrested and charged the ex-foreign affairs minister and the former treasury secretary for alleged corruption while serving in the former government. Read more…
Malawi arrests former minister, bank chief for lying to IMF
Malawi police have arrested a former finance minister and an ex-central bank chief for fabricating figures in a bid to impress the IMF, they said on Wednesday. Read more…
South Africa okays Covid vaccine boosters for adults
South Africa on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s coronavirus booster shots for over-18s, as the Omicron variant dominates rising new infections. Read more…
South Africa records 13 143 new Covid-19 cases, 27 deaths
South Africa has recorded 13 143 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the country’s cumulative number of Covid-19 cases to 3 051 222, the National Department of Health said on Tuesday. Read more…
Govt to hold state memorial service for FW de Klerk
The South African government has announced that it will hold a state memorial service for the country’s late former president FW de Klerk on Sunday, December 12. Read more…
Gambia’s Barrow vows term limits, reform as part of ‘legacy’
Gambia’s newly re-elected President Adama Barrow pledged on Tuesday to introduce a presidential term limit before the end of his five-year term. Read more…
At least 23 people burn to death in Nigerian bandit attack
Gunmen in Nigeria attacked a bus in the country’s northwestern Sokoto state, causing a fire that killed 23 people, police and the governor’s spokesperson said on Wednesday. Read more…
PIC | Shudufhadzo Musida looks stunning in her designer of the world gown in Puerto Rico
Former Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida on Monday dazzled the Miss World competition in Puerto Rico with her ‘Designer of the World gown’ designed by South African Warrick Gautier. Read more…
Hamilton not ‘playing fair’ with title rival Verstappen, says Ecclestone
Title challenger Max Verstappen has been bullied by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team this season, former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told AFP. Read more…
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