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Mango employees left without salaries… struggle to make ends meet
Employees at South Africa’s low-cost airline, Mango, have shed light on their living conditions after they last received their wages in May. Read more…
South African socialite Shauwn Mkhize buys top club after on-pitch, court failures
After failing to win promotion on the pitch or in the courtroom, South African socialite Shauwn Mkhize has fulfilled her dream of owning a top-flight football club by buying one. Read more…
Verdict in ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s terror trial delayed
Rwanda announced on Wednesday that a verdict due this week in a terrorism trial against Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda” hero turned government critic, has been delayed. Read more…
‘He’s going to die no matter what!’ Families of Egypt death row Islamists face agonising wait
After surviving the bloodshed when Egyptian security forces killed some 800 people in a sprawling Islamist protest camp in 2013, 12 Muslim Brotherhood members are on death row waiting to be hanged. Read more…
Libya govt says political adviser kidnapped this month freed
A chief of staff to a senior politician in Libya’s capital who was abducted earlier this month by armed men has been freed, according to images broadcast by the interim government. Read more…
‘Please respect me,’ says SA actress Thuli P, as she shuts down dating rumours
South African DJ and actress, Thulisile Phongolo, best known as “Thuli P”, has shut down rumours that she is dating the Jerusalem hitmaker, Master KG. Read more…
Ex-South Africa prop Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira joins Sharks board
Retired 2019 Rugby World Cup-winning South Africa prop Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira has been appointed to the board of South African franchise the Sharks, it was announced on Tuesday. Read more…
Concerns about side effects! Study shows white South Africans most vaccine-hesitant
White adults in South Africa are more hesitant towards coronavirus vaccination than their black compatriots, a new study has revealed. Read more…
French firm paid CAR rebels to protect sugar operations, says US watchdog
A subsidiary of French wine group Castel paid rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) to protect its sugar operations in the country, a US graft watchdog said on Wednesday. Read more…
At least 7 killed in attack at Shell facility in Nigeria
Seven people have been killed in an attack on a convoy transporting workers to a Shell oil and gas project in Nigeria’s southeast, police said on Wednesday. Read more…
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