From gunmen robbing stockvel members of R60 000 and leaving them locked in a room; to Zambian police finding bodies of 27 suspected Ethiopian migrants…Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Gunmen rob stockvel members of R60 000, leave them locked in a room
Members of a local stokvel under Mankweng policing area were on Saturday, accosted by two armed suspects and robbed of R60 000-00 cash on Saturday. Read more…
Zambia police find bodies of 27 suspected Ethiopian migrants
Zambian police on Sunday said the bodies of 27 suspected Ethiopian migrants were found in an area north of the capital Lusaka, believed to have died of “hunger and exhaustion”. Read more…
WATCH | ‘Love this! Good work SAPS’ – Mzansi reacts to police officer shooting and wounding hijacker
Mzansi has commended a police officer who shot and injured a suspected hijacker on the Buccleach Interchange in Gauteng on Sunday. Read more…
Body of Zambian student killed in Ukraine repatriated
The body of a Zambian student who died while fighting in Ukraine after he was recruited in a Russian jail arrived home in a makeshift coffin on Sunday. Read more…
Swindler poses as doctor, robbing woman of laptop and cellphone in scam
A primary school educator found herself in the unfortunate position of being scammed after a chiseller who identified himself as a medical doctor robbed her of her laptop and cell phone. Read more…
WATCH | ZanuPF says Robert Mugabe is to blame as Zimbabwe battles crippling power cuts
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party has blamed former president Robert Mugabe for the country’s critical electricity shortage, claiming that he failed to invest in power generation, a report said on Sunday. Read more…
WATCH | Eskom worker shows how power is switched off for load shedding
An Eskom employee took to social media to share with the South African public how the power is switched off or load shedding, giving the public an inside glimpse of a part of the process. Read more…
DRC Tutsis face threats, prejudice amid rebel crisis
Sitting in a small courtyard in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a 55-year-old Tutsi woman joked darkly that she would be killed if she spoke under her real name. Read more…
WATCH | ‘It can only be in South Africa’ – Teens have a fashion show in the cemetery
The dead were momentarily disturbed recently by a group of teenagers who chose a peculiar place to host their fashion show – a local cemetery. Read more…
Samoa triumph in the rain in Cape Town Sevens
Samoa defeated New Zealand 12-7 in teeming rain to win the men’s final of the Cape Town leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday. Read more…
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