Cape Town – From SA’s Limpopo health MEC trending on social media after telling a Zimbabwean patient that she should be charged for treatment at a local hospital; to Nigerian gunmen releasing four Catholic nuns abducted early this week… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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WATCH | ‘You are killing my health system,’ SA’s Limpopo health MEC tells Zimbabwean patient
Limpopo health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba is trending on social media after she was filmed telling a foreign national scheduled for surgery at a hospital in the province that she must be charged for treatment. Read more…
Kidnapped Catholic nuns freed in Nigeria, police say
Nigerian gunmen have released four Catholic nuns abducted early this week in southeast Nigeria’s Imo state, police said on Wednesday. Read more…
WATCH | Bus carrying SA school kids attacked by protesters ahead of Liverpool game in UK
South African children, who were part of a touring group on a bus to watch the Manchester United and Liverpool Premier League match, were left traumatised when the vehicle was reportedly attacked by protesters near Old Trafford in the United Kingdom. Read more…
Ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos to be buried on Sunday
Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain last month, will be buried in his native country on Sunday, which would have been his 80th birthday, Luanda has announced. Read more…
Angolans head to the polls in tightest ever race
Angolans head to the polls on Wednesday in what is expected to be the most competitive vote in its democratic history, with incumbent president Joao Lourenco squaring up against charismatic opposition leader Adalberto Costa Junior. Read more…
South African inflation hits new 13-year high, data shows
Inflation in South Africa accelerated to its highest level in 13 years in July, pushed mainly by surging prices for food, transport and electricity, official data showed on Wednesday. Read more…
Clashes at empty UN base in troubled DRC city
Deadly clashes broke out on Tuesday between the Democratic Republic of Congo troops and an armed group at an empty UN base in the country’s troubled east, officials said. Read more…
Kenyans taking UK to EU court over colonial-era abuses
Kenyans forced off their land by British settlers during colonial rule are taking their case against the UK to the European Court of Human Rights, their supporters said on Tuesday. Read more…
Chad makes masks, social-distancing obligatory as Covid cases mount
Chad reintroduced rules making it obligatory to wear face masks in public spaces and observe social-distancing as the number of coronavirus cases rises again in one of the world’s least-developed countries, the health ministry said. Read more…
‘#ItsGoodtobeback,’ says Sophie Ndaba as she returns to social media after 9 months hiatus
South African actress and businesswoman Sophie Ndaba is back on social media after taking a break for almost a year. Read more…
WATCH | Hilarious moment between Klopp and Keane
Watch this funny moment between manager Jurgen Klopp and Manchester United legend Roy Keane after Liverpool’s 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford… Watch here
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