From a couple being found dead in their bed after exposure to toxic fumes; to Uganda ruling out Ebola lockdown… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Couple found dead in their bed after exposure to toxic fumes
A Durban couple was declared dead in their bed at home on Wednesday morning, due to being exposed to toxic fumes in an adjoining vacant flat in Musgrave. Read more…
Uganda rules out Ebola lockdown
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday ruled out imposing a lockdown to contain the highly contagious Ebola virus, saying the country had the capacity to contain the outbreak. Read more…
Cape Town man loses his life while saving three teens from drowning
A 48-year-old man, Reza Yon, from Mitchell’s Plain, lost his life heroically after attempting to save the lives of three teenagers whom he witnessed caught in a rip current at Mnandi Beach, False Bay on Sunday. Read more…
Ethiopia rights body says security forces killed dozens of civilians
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said on Wednesday that security forces had killed dozens of civilians in Gambella in June suspected of collaborating with rebels after an attack on the southwestern city. Read more…
Another South African teacher dies in China… family needs R300 000 to repatriate her body
The government has reportedly urged travellers from South Africa to acquire travel insurance whenever they travel – this after Siphosethu Mqokozo died in China while working as a teacher. Read more…
Niger suspends oil shipments to Mali
Niger decided last week to suspend the transit shipment of oil products to neighbouring Mali, but the move preceded and had no link with recent criticism by Mali’s leadership of Niger’s president, government officials in Niamey said on Tuesday. Read more…
SA pastor who plotted racist attacks was motivated by ‘highly racial views’
A South African pastor who plotted to indiscriminately kill black people and overthrow the government to reinstate white rule was handed a double life sentence on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Read more…
Freight truck crashes, killing 34 in DRC
Thirty-four people, including children, died when a freight truck driven by a drunk driver overturned on a hill in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said on Wednesday. Read more…
LOOK! Sithelo Shozi posts saucy ‘Playboy’ themed pictures after cosmetic surgery in Turkey
Much adored public figure, Sithelo Shozi, took to social media to show her followers her recent Playboy-themed photoshoot after her cosmetic surgery in Turkey earlier this year. Read more…
Sharks coach Sean Everitt has resisted the temptation to recall the Springboks for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash with the Dragons in Newport on Saturday. Read more…
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