Cape Town – From Eskom warning of stage 2 load shedding for the next three days; to the HRW warning Kenyan police ahead of next week’s elections… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Eskom warns of stage 2 load shedding for the next three days
Eskom has warned of stage 2 load shedding for the next three days from 16:00 to 00:00. The power utility said that the national power grid was under constraints Read more…
HRW says Kenyan police impunity heightens election risks
Kenya’s failure to hold police accountable for allegedly killing dozens after the 2017 elections heightens the risk of officers abusing their power when the country heads to the polls next week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. Read more…
DRC fires warning shots to disperse anti-UN protesters
Soldiers fired warning shots to disperse protesters approaching a UN peacekeepers’ base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, an AFP correspondent saw, a day after two people were killed by members of the UN force. Read more…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has said that 36 people, including four United Nations peacekeepers, died during anti-UN protests in the east of the country last week. Read more…
Death toll from Uganda floods jumps to 22
The number of people killed in flash floods in the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale has jumped to 22, including a group of partygoers who became trapped in a minibus, police said on Monday. Read more…
‘It has made my life hell,’ says innocent cop as scammer uses his photo to extort money from victims
An innocent police officer, Sergeant Heinreich Bester, of Boksburg North in Gauteng, has reportedly become a victim of character assassination after a bogus police officer used his photograph to extort money from victims for the past three years. Read more…
Two Grade 12 pupils hacked to death with an axe before being dismembered
Two Grade 12 pupils were reportedly hacked to death with an axe in Ngwangwane Village, KwaZulu-Natal, before their bodies were dismembered over the weekend. Read more…
CPJ says Ethiopia’s war has worsened press freedom
The war in northern Ethiopia has accelerated the deterioration of press freedom, erasing progress made by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after he came to power in 2018, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said. Read more…
Media personalities and Idols SA judges Somizi Mhlongo and Thembi Seete got Twitter abuzz when they exchanged heated words on-screen on Sunday. Read more…
De Klerk, Marx to start for Springboks against All Blacks
Experienced duo Faf de Klerk and Malcolm Marx have been elevated to the starting line-up by South Africa for a Rugby Championship first round clash against New Zealand in Mbombela on Saturday. Read more…
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