From a Cape Town businessman being nonchalant about damages to his Ferrari after a crash with Audi R8; to Children among 11 killed in a fire at a blind school in Uganda… Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Entrepreneur, JP Van Der Spuy, said he will probably have to “fork out a couple of million” to repair his Ferrari, but was unphased by it saying that he’s “not a material kinda guy” after his car, driven by a friend, knocked into an Audi R8. Read more…
Children among 11 killed in fire at Uganda blind school
Eleven people, mostly children, have perished in a blaze that tore through a dormitory at a school for the blind in Uganda in the early hours of Tuesday as pupils were sleeping. Read more…
SEE | Puppy terrified by firework during Diwali rescued from drainpipe after 4-hour rescue mission
After a four-hour rescue mission, the Kloof and Highway SPCA team managed to rescue a puppy that had crawled into a 23m drain pipe to escape the Diwali fireworks noise. Read more…
Will Africa’s metals boom suffer the same curse as oil?
Mechanical diggers are hard at work in the bleak landscape of the Moanda open-cast mine in Gabon, using giant jaws to rip out manganese and then dump the ore into trucks with a crash. Read more…
PICS | SA Army College building damaged by fire, no fatalities or injuries reported
The South African National Defence Force has confirmed that the fire incident at the SA Army College has caused damage to the building. Read more…
Hunger forces hard choices in Nigeria’s conflict-hit northeast
Ten years ago the threat of jihadist violence forced Falmata Mustapha to abandon the fertile land that her family had cultivated for generations outside the village of Gonglugong, in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state. Read more…
WATCH | ‘Angry employee’ allegedly splashes cars and building with fire truck at Durban airport
Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) said Police are investigating the incident in which a fire truck splashed cars and buildings at Durban’s King Shaka International Airport. Read more…
‘I didn’t know it was the whole jackpot’ – Businessman wins R28,2 million Lotto jackpot
A Witbank businessman has been identified as the latest lotto plus 1 jackpot winner, bagging R28 219 392.25 million from the October 19 draw. Read more…
LOOK: Siya and Rachel Kolisi’s vacay in the city of love
One of South Africa’s most adored couples, Rachel and Siya Kolisi recently took a trip to the City of love, Paris. Read more…
South Africa fear bad luck ‘following us’ at World Cup
South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi fears “bad luck is following us” at the Twenty20 World Cup with more rain forecast for their clash against Bangladesh on Thursday in Sydney. Read more…
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