Cape Town – From SA’s tax authority uncovering a 1.8-billion-dollar gold scam; to Guinea-Bissau launching a major investigation into a foiled coup… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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South Africa uncovers $1.8bn gold scam, report says
South Africa’s tax authority has uncovered a 1.8-billion-dollar gold scam, in which coins and jewelry were illegally smelted into gold bars for sale overseas, a watchdog said on Thursday. Read more…
Guinea-Bissau launches major probe into foiled coup
Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday launched a major investigation into a foiled attempt to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who survived a gun attack in the uprising that claimed 11 lives, according to the government of the West African nation. Read more…
South Africans react angrily to govt’s plan to donate R50 million to Cuba
South Africans have reacted angrily to reports that the SA government plans to donate R50 million to Cuba to help that country with its dwindling food security amid sanctions imposed by the United States of America. Read more…
Leaked audio: ‘You can’t suspend Mervyn Dirks… he’s doing the right thing,’ Magashule tells ANC
Suspended African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule has lashed out at the ruling party over the suspension of MP Mervyn Dirks, saying that his actions were principled and in accordance with the ANC constitution. Read more…
Ethiopia rights body cites police role in killings
Ethiopia’s human rights body on Wednesday implicated security forces in the killings of more than a dozen civilians last year in an incident that has stoked tensions in the restive Oromia region. Read more…
High-voltage cable electrocutes 26 at market in DRC capital
Twenty-six people were electrocuted on Wednesday when an overhead high-voltage cable fell into a drainage ditch at a market in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, local authorities said, giving a provisional toll. Read more…
IFP’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi discharged from hospital
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has been discharged from hospital, his family said on Wednesday. Read more…
Burkina Faso junta lifts nationwide curfew in force since coup
Burkina Faso’s junta lifted on Wednesday a nationwide curfew they imposed after seizing power in a coup last month, the military announced. Read more…
WATCH | ‘It’s a boy!’ – Ayanda Thabethe announces gender of baby
Former Top Billing presenter and model Ayanda Thabethe has given her fans and followers an insider into the much-anticipated gender reveal celebration bash – and yes, it’s a boy! Read more…
Mane and Senegal break Burkina Faso hearts to reach AFCON final
Senegal are through to a second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations final after breaking Burkina Faso hearts in their last-four tie in Yaounde on Wednesday, Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gana Gueye and Sadio Mane scoring second-half goals to secure a 3-1 victory. Read more…
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