Cape Town – From Dirco launching a probe following an alleged scuffle between Cuban police and South African students living in that country; to a Zimbabwean judge dismissing a case against a couple who shared a photoshopped nude of the country’s president… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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WATCH | Dirco probes alleged scuffle between SA students and cops in Cuba
The Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco) has confirmed that it is probing allegations of a scuffle between Cuban police and South African students living in that country. Read more…
Zimbabwe judge tosses out president ‘nude’ pic case
A Zimbabwean judge has thrown out a case against a couple who shared a photoshopped nude of the country’s president on a WhatsApp group, their lawyer said on Wednesday. Read more…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly taken a swipe at opposition parties for publicly “boasting” that they will not enter into coalition government with his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party. Read more…
‘I saved him’: Niger teacher relives school fire tragedy
Aisha Ibrahim bursts into tears as she recounts how a fire ripped through the southern Niger school where she teaches, burning up classrooms made of straw and killing 26 children. Read more…
Police investigation under way after drugs worth R200m stolen from Hawks offices in KZN
A case of business burglary has been registered for investigation after drugs estimated to the street value of R200 million were stolen from the Hawks office in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend. Read more…
UN says Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers
The United Nations said on Wednesday that Ethiopia had detained 72 drivers working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in a northern city along the only functional road leading into the famine-threatened Tigray region. Read more…
In Lagos’ construction industry, ‘money counts more than life’
On the site of a luxury shopping centre under construction in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, a young builder steps gingerly along the top of bamboo scaffolding. Read more…
Morocco airline to launch direct Israel flights
Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) said on Tuesday it would start regular direct flights to Israel, taking off a year after the kingdom normalised ties with the Jewish state. Read more…
WATCH | 7de Laan’s Rickus has his fans concerned over his bodybuilding journey
South African actor André Lottering better known as Rickus on the Afrikaans soapie 7de Laan, has had his fans concerned about his bodybuilding journey. Read more…
South Africa make three changes for Scotland Test
South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber has made three changes to the Springboks’ starting line-up for Saturday’s Test against Scotland following their victory against Wales. Read more…
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