Cape Town – From Pravin Gordhan saying that there is no need to declare a state of disaster for Eskom at this stage; to Zimbabwe’s likeliness to suffer a nearly 50% decline in corn output due to poor rainfall and a prolonged dry spell… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Loadshedding could go up to stage 8, says Pravin Gordhan
Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan reportedly said that at this stage there is absolutely no requirement for the government to declare a state of disaster for Eskom. Read more…
Zimbabwe likely to suffer nearly 50% drop in grain output: government
Zimbabwe is likely to suffer a nearly 50% decline in corn output this year because of poor rainfall and a prolonged dry spell, the government said, although it ruled out a shortage of the staple. Read more…
A powerful government-backed Libyan militia on Thursday rejected accusations of killings, torture and forced labour, insisting it upholds the law and threatening to sue Amnesty International for its report. Read more…
Greenpeace urges DR Congo to probe illegal forestry concessions on 6 ex-government ministers
Greenpeace on Thursday urged a top state prosecutor in the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate allegations that six ex-government ministers granted forestry concessions in violation of a logging moratorium. Read more…
Ambushes leave 11 dead in Burkina Faso: army
Seven soldiers and four back-up troops have been killed in two ambushes in Burkina Faso’s troubled north, the army said. Read more…
Top lawyer defrauds client of R1.5 million property deal
Vishal Junkeeparsad, a lawyer in Kwazulu-Natal, is reportedly under investigation by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) for refusing to pay a client more than R1.5 million for a property transaction. Read more…
Gabon football chief detained amidst child sex abuse scandal
The head of the Gabonese Football Federation (Fegafoot) has been detained after being charged with failing to report alleged sexual abuse of hundreds of children within the sport, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. Read more…
15 – year-old boy arrested after stabbing classamate to death
A 15-year-old boy from Zastron, Free State was arrested and charged with murder after fatally stabbing his classmate on Wednesday. Read more…
DJ Zinhle reportedly defrauded R500 000 by former employee
South African DJ, Zinhle Jiyane has reportedly filed a lawsuit against her former personal assistant, Phumzile Diko, for allegedly stealing R500 000 from her business account. Read more…
Jacobs makes 100m return in stellar Nairobi sprint field
Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs runs his first 100 since his shock win at the Tokyo Games last year in Saturday’s Kip Keino Classic meet in the Kenyan capital. Read more…
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