Cape Town – From a high court reversing the DBE decision not to publish matric results on public platforms, to a Nigerian state reopening schools four months after they were shut due to mass kidnappings… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Matric results should be published on media platforms, High Court rules
The High Court in Pretoria has reportedly ruled that the Department of Basic Education should publish the matric results on media platforms. Read more…
North Nigeria state reopens schools shut after abductions
Nigeria’s northern Zamfara state reopened schools on Monday four months after they were shut due to mass kidnappings of students by criminal gangs, the local government said. Read more…
US sanctions on Zimbabwe’s elite ricochet across economy
Callisto Jokonya stands in the cavernous factory of Imperial Refrigeration and recalls the halcyon days. Read more…
Mali sanctions imposed with ‘greatest reluctance’, Ivory Coast leader says
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Monday that West African nations had imposed stinging sanctions on Mali with “the greatest reluctance” over failures by its military leaders to restore civilian rule. Read more…
Uganda hit by fuel shortage as trucks stuck in tailbacks
Ugandans were struggling on Monday with a fuel shortage that has sent prices skyrocketing, as hundreds of trucks remain stuck in huge tailbacks at the border with Kenya. Read more…
‘Why is Cde Lindiwe Sisulu being dismissed?’… Stop ‘hurling insults’ at her, says Bathabile Dlamini
ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini has defended Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu after she was criticised for attacking the country’s constitution and the judiciary. Read more…
Tunisian court orders release of opposition MP
A Tunisian military court on Monday ordered the release of detained opposition lawmaker Seifeddine Makhlouf, who is bitterly opposed to President Kais Saied, his lawyer said. Read more…
Guinea’s ex-president Alpha Conde leaves country
Guinea’s former president Alpha Conde left the West African state on Monday, two officials said, after being deposed in a military coup last year. Read more…
‘I’m not a sangoma,’ says Zodwa Wabantu as she embraces her ancestral calling
South African reality star and entertainer Zodwa Wabantu says she is ready to embark on her spiritual journey after she accepted her ancestral calling. Read more…
Director of SA Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, has returned to work after his two-month ban from all rugby-related activities came to an end.
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