Cape Town – From SA health minister Phaahla recommending that masks be dropped; to Zambia arresting a Chinese man wanted for racism in Malawi…Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has nominated President of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) President Mandisa Maya, as South Africa’s Deputy next Deputy Chief Justice. Read more…
Over 130 Malian civilians ‘systematically’ killed by suspected jihadists
Suspected jihadists massacred more than 130 civilians over the weekend in neighbouring central Mali towns, the latest mass killings in the Sahel region. Read more…
LIVE | SA health minister Phaahla recommends that masks be dropped – report
South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla has reportedly recommended that masks be dropped, in sweeping changes to Covid-19 regulations. Read more…
South Africa’s latest hot export to China? Donkeys
Chinese demand for traditional medicines has sent poachers hunting for African animals from rhinos to pangolins. Now a humbler creature is threatened: donkeys. Read more…
Zambia arrests Chinese man wanted for racism in Malawi
A fugitive Chinese national wanted in Malawi for filming children singing racist chants in Chinese has been arrested in neighbouring Zambia, an immigration official said on Monday. Read more…
Armed men kill at least 20 civilians in Mali
Raiders in Mali killed at least 20 civilians in attacks on villages near the northern town of Gao over the weekend, while a landmine killed a UN peacekeeper in the troubled region. Read more…
Iraqi migrant in UK fears Rwanda deportation, despite reprieve
Nearly a week ago, Iraqi Kurd Barham Hama Ali found himself in the unimaginable position of being aboard a deportation flight set to take off for Kigali, thousands of miles from home. Read more…
41-year-old man claims he was ‘running away from hijackers’ after being caught driving at 215km/h
Traffic police reportedly arrested a 41-year-old man for driving a silver Mercedes Benz G63 at 215km/h on the N1 south highway in Gauteng over the weekend. Read more…
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