Cape Town – From Zimbabwe’s Tendai Biti being briefly detained while on campaign; to DA tabling a motion of no confidence against Cyril Ramaphosa’s entire cabinet … Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader briefly detained while on campaign
Zimbabwe’s former finance minister, Tendai Biti, was on Monday detained for several hours while campaigning for upcoming legislative by-elections in Harare amid fears of a fresh wave of opposition arrests. Read more…
DA’s Steenhuisen tables motion of no confidence against Cyril Ramaphosa’s entire Cabinet
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has tabled a motion of no confidence against Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet, the party’s leader John Steenhuisen said on Monday. Read more…
Gunmen storm car dealership and flee with 6 vehicles, including a BMW and Volkswagens
A group of armed men reportedly robbed a dealership in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg of six vehicles, including Volkswagens and a BMW. Read more…
South Africa’s transport minister Fikile Mbalula has slammed former finance minister Tito Mboweni for blaming one of his department’s entities, the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL), over its failure to repair potholes. Read more…
Ethiopia lifts wartime state of emergency
Ethiopia’s parliament on Tuesday lifted a state of emergency imposed last November when Tigrayan rebels threatened to advance on the capital, the foreign ministry said, easing restrictions earlier than expected. Read more…
Suspended Nigerian top cop linked to drug cartel
Nigeria’s drug agency on Monday declared a suspended senior police officer once celebrated for exposing several high-profile crimes as wanted for complicity in an international drug deal. Read more…
Two Sudanese protesters killed in crackdown on anti-coup rallies
Sudanese security forces shot dead two protesters on Monday in a crackdown on rallies against last year’s military coup and the arrest of scores of pro-democracy activists, medics said. Read more…
PICS | Officer, civilian rescue girls, 2 and 5, from 3rd floor ledge in Joburg CBD
A Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officer Tebogo Mailula saved the lives of two little girls aged 2 and 5 over the weekend after they were trapped on a ledge on the 3rd floor of a Johannesburg building situated at the corner of End and Lilian Ngoyi Streets. Read more…
Zimbabwe trial of NY Times freelancer wraps up
The trial in Zimbabwe of New York Times freelancer Jeffrey Moyo, accused of arranging fake accreditation for two colleagues, ended on Monday with his lawyers seeking to have the case dismissed. Read more…
After almost five years of saying “I do” to each other in a lavish ceremony that took place at LourensFord Wine Estate in the Western Cape, Minnie Dlamini and her husband Quinton Jones have reached a mutual agreement to part ways. Read more…
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