From a teacher getting suspended for allegedly forcing pupils to ‘masturbate and hand over their semen’; to the leader of the African Union urging the overhaul of global governance…Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Teacher suspended after allegedly forcing pupils to ‘masturbate and hand over their semen’
The Eastern Cape Education Department has reportedly suspended a teacher for allegedly forcing pupils to masturbate. Read more…
African Union leader urges overhaul of global governance
Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who heads the African Union, on Monday deplored the “lack of coherence” from the world’s governing bodies and called for a reform of the system. Read more…
SA on the brink of ‘fuel shedding’, warns liquified fuels association
Liquified Fuels Wholesalers Association (LWFA) has reportedly warned that South Africa could be hit with “fuel shedding” in future if the recommended “90 days’ strategic stock” plan was not implemented. Read more…
Divorce service sparks row in Tunisia
Tunisia’s bar association claimed on Monday a company offering a three-step pathway to divorce undermines family values, and launched legal proceedings against the firm. Read more…
Cape Town Mayor requests Russian billionare’s superyacht be denied entry to Cape Town port
Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis has confirmed in a statement that he has requested Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, to deny Russian billionaire, Alexey Mordashov and his megayacht entry into the country. Read more…
Residents on edge as Uganda reports Ebola cases in Kampala
Uganda has reported 14 confirmed cases of Ebola in the greater Kampala region, the country’s health minister said on Monday, but sought to assure anxious residents that the situation in the capital was under control. Read more…
Black South Africans break into once white-only wine industry
Winemaking was a profession most South African parents could never have envisioned for their children. Read more…
Four Kenyan police charged over disappearance of trio
Four Kenyan police officers from a notorious unit linked to extrajudicial killings and other crimes were charged on Monday over the disappearance of three men whose bodies have never been found. Read more…
‘I don’t clear nonsense’ – Sithelo Shozi slams claims she is neglecting her ‘struggling mom’
Media personality Sithelo Shozi has responded to claims she is neglecting her mother. Read more…
Zimbabwe coach slams play in ‘ridiculous’ World Cup conditions
Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton has slammed the umpires’ decision to carry on with their Super 12 match against South Africa at the Twenty20 World Cup even in “ridiculous” amounts of rain. Read more…
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