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MDC leader’s convoy attacked; Democracy protests in eSwatini: Here are your top news headlines

Cape Town – From a convoy carrying Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader being attacked by suspected ruling party supporters; to... Read more

13 Oct, 2021

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Botswana top court hears homosexuality appeal

Gaborone – Botswana’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday started hearing a government attempt to overturn a landmark ruling that decriminalised... Read more

12 Oct, 2021

Business

‘It’s business as usual despite protest,’ says SAA

Johannesburg – The South African Airways (SAA) has assured customers that business will continue unhindered despite its workers embarking... Read more

12 Oct, 2021

Coronavirus

Africa sets sights on innovative mRNA jab to help meet vaccine gap

Cape Town – South African biotech consortium is working on a messenger RNA jab based on the Moderna formula in... Read more

12 Oct, 2021

Countries

Man who killed girlfriend and hid her body underneath his bed gets 23 years

Johannesburg – A man from Vlakfontein in Gauteng has been sentenced to 20 years for killing a woman he... Read more

12 Oct, 2021

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Two soldiers killed by homemade bomb in Burkina Faso’s southeast

Ouagadougou – Two soldiers were killed when their motorcycles ran over a homemade bomb in southeast Burkina Faso on Monday,... Read more

12 Oct, 2021

Countries

UN recalls Ethiopia migration head over Tigray war remarks

Addis Ababa – The United Nation’s migration agency has put its Ethiopia chief on administrative leave, citing “unauthorised interviews”... Read more

12 Oct, 2021

Business

SAA staff on strike over unfair working conditions, three weeks after flights resume

Johannesburg – Union members picketed South Africa’s recently resuscitated national airline on Tuesday, complaining about working conditions less than... Read more

12 Oct, 2021

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