Cape Town – From a 30-year-old woman being rushed to hospital after she collapsed shortly before the funeral of the 21 Enyobeni tavern victims in East London; to gunmen raiding a prison near Abuja… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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‘Somebody, somewhere must answer’ – SA honours 21 youngsters killed in tavern tragedy
South Africa bade an emotional farewell on Wednesday to 21 people, mostly teens, who died in unclear circumstances at a township tavern last month, in an incident that deeply shook the nation. Read more…
‘We heard shooting on my street’ – Gunmen raid prison near Nigeria capital, free hundreds
Gunmen used explosives to blast into a prison near Nigeria’s capital late on Tuesday, freeing hundreds of inmates but prison authorities said they had recaptured most of those who escaped. Read more…
Tarven tragedy: ‘Mr President, SA is tired, the black nation is perishing’ – mourner tells Ramaphosa
A 30-year-old woman was reportedly rushed to hospital on Wednesday after she collapsed shortly before the funeral of the 21 Enyobeni tavern victims in East London. Read more…
SA’s Eskom agrees pay rise for striking power workers
South Africa’s electricity provider Eskom on Tuesday agreed to a pay rise for its workers, it said, after a strike sparked the toughest power rationing in the country in over two years. Read more…
Lesotho due to hold elections despite lack of progress on key political reforms
Lesotho is due to hold national elections in mid-October. The polls were expected to be held under a new constitutional regime resulting from a reform process that started in 2012. But, the process has not yielded much fruit. Read more…
WATCH | ‘Shut up’ or ‘get out’ – Police Minister Bheki Cele tells lobby group leader
Police Minister Bheki Cele got into a heated argument with the leader of a civil rights lobby group Action Society director during a community meeting held in Gugulethu on Tuesday. Read more…
DRC president lands in Angola for talks with Rwanda
Democratic Republic of Congo leader Felix Tshisekedi arrived in Angola Tuesday on the eve of talks with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame amid tensions between the two neighbours, his office said. Read more…
Burkina ex-president Compaore due home in days, his entourage says
Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaore, in exile since his ouster in 2014, will return home to meet military authorities this week, a source close to the government and his entourage told AFP on Tuesday. Read more…
WATCH | Twitter reacts as Kelly Khumalo claims ‘nobody knew who Senzo Meyiwa was’
Controversial singer Kelly Khumalo had Mzansi split after she claimed that former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa was a nobody before she dated him. Read more…
WATCH | Wallaby Swain banned from last two England Tests after red card
Australia forward Darcy Swain will miss the rest of the series against England after being suspended for two weeks by a judicial committee on Wednesday for a headbutt in the first Test. Read more…
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