Zim lawyer accused of attempted extortion in South Africa

A Zimbabwean advocate lawyer suing his seniors at the Cape Bar has been accused of attempted extortion.Simba Chitando is taking on his own seniors at the Cape Bar - Michael Fitzgerald, Russel ...Read more

Zim lawyer accused of attempted extortion in South Africa

2013 May 22 | 2467 Views
A Zimbabwean advocate lawyer suing his seniors at the Cape Bar has been accused of attempted extortion.Simba Chitando is taking on his own seniors at the Cape Bar - Michael Fitzgerald, Russel ...

by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's finance assistance request should be directed to Sadc

2013 May 21 | 1321 Views
South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday that any request for assistance on financing the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe would have to be directed to the Southern African Dev...

by Staff reporter

Pistorius acquitted of all charge

2013 May 21 | 5195 Views
JOHANNESBURG - Carl Pistorius was acquitted of all charges, including culpable homicide and negligent driving, in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates Court on Tuesday.Pistorius was involved in an a...

by Staff Reporter

Commencing Five-country Africa tour, UN Secretary-general salutes Mozambique

2013 May 21 | 1413 Views
NEW YORK - Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at the Round Table Event on the Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda, as prepared for delivery, in Mapu...

by APO

Sangoma stoned to death, three arrested

2013 May 21 | 3299 Views
Durban - The mother of the sangoma who was stoned to death in Welbedacht by a mob which wrongly believed she had abducted a child, has welcomed the 10-year sentences handed to the men who murdered her...

by Daily News

Africa's women of power

2013 May 20 | 2475 Views
Across the world, women make up about half the population yet they never come close to holding 50 percent of the positions of power in any government. In the US, only six out of 50 states hav...

by Aljazeera

Zimbabwean gardener 'shot dead' by SA employer

2013 May 20 | 3439 Views
THE murder of a Zimbabwean man in South Africa's Muldersdrift area - allegedly by his boss - has sparked an outcry, with local activists calling on the police to act against the gardener's employer....

by Sunday World

SA considers tit-for-tat UK visa rules

2013 May 19 | 3430 Views
Johannesburg - Frustrated by Britain's apparent reluctance to lift its visa requirements for South Africans, government is considering playing tit-for-tat and demanding the same from UK visitors....

by Gaye Davis, City Press

SABC Morning Live anchor Vuyo Mbuli dies

2013 May 19 | 5989 Views
JOHANNESBURG - Renowned SABC television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli died in the early hours of Sunday morning in a Bloemfontein hospital. Mbuli was the SABC Morning Live presenter....

by Eyewitness News

Man kills mother, dries and stores her remains for 10 years

2013 May 18 | 4733 Views
A 64-year-old Nigerian man, Dr. Chimezie Osigwe from Imo State allegedly killed his mother, dried her remains and stored them in a cupboard for 10 years.The 78-year old mother, Mrs. Lucy ...

by Staff reporter

22 boys die in botched circumcision rituals

2013 May 18 | 3526 Views
South Africa police from the Mpumalanga province reported on Thursday that at least 20 South African boys lost their lives in the last week during traditional initiation rituals. The deaths a...

by Staff reporter

Mozambique rejects all demands by Renamo

2013 May 18 | 2513 Views
MAPUTO - The government of Mozambique has rejected all the demands made by the main opposition Renamo party as pre-conditions for resuming the on-going dialogue amid rising security concerns. ...

by Staff reporter

48-year-old man claims to be Jesus

2013 May 16 | 5778 Views
The 48-year-old Phetole Selepe, from Dan Village outside Tzaneen in Limpopo, South Africa claims he is Jesus Christ and was sent by the ancestors to save the world.He has been living on the ba...

by Staff Reporter

Communique of the 375th PSC meeting on the situation in Somalia

2013 May 16 | 1264 Views
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 375th meeting held on 10 May 2013, adopted the following decision on the situation in Somalia:...

by APO

South African hotels target sex tourism

2013 May 16 | 3267 Views
Durban - South African hotels have committed to help protect children from sex tourism by being on the lookout for suspicious guests who try to check in with underage companions.IOL reports th...

by Staff Reporter

Moyo 'Axe man' gets three life sentences in SA jail

2013 May 15 | 2976 Views
JOHANNESBURG - Shepherd Moyo has been convicted on one count of attempted murder, three counts of rape and 11 of robbery.On Wednesday, the so-called 'axe man' was sentenced to three life sen...

by Staff Reporter

Redi Tlhabi interviews Banda, Ramphele on South 2 North

2013 May 15 | 1745 Views
This Friday on Al Jazeera's new global talk show South 2 North, Redi Tlhabi interviews two remarkable African leaders: Joyce Banda, Malawi's first female president, and Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, founder...

by Kevin Kriedemann

Zim woman brutally killed for suspected ritual purposes in SA

2013 May 15 | 3776 Views
A 34-year-old Zimbabwean woman was brutally killed for suspected ritual purposes allegedly by her South African boyfriend at a village outside Makhado in Limpopo Province.The woman identified ...

by Staff reporter

Renewed xenophobic threats in SA

2013 May 15 | 2647 Views
THE community of Tshiombo in Thohoyandou in Limpopo Province, South Africa, has launched renewed threats of attacks on Zimbabweans living in the village.The latest development follows the murd...

by Mashudu Netsianda

Witches flying broomsticks above 150 metres to be arrested and fined R500k

2013 May 14 | 5734 Views
WITCHES flying broomsticks in Swaziland above 150 metres will be subject to arrest and a hefty fine of R500,000, civil aviation authorities said, according to a report.Witches' broomsticks are...

by timeslive

Cops say millions stolen after the Justin Bieber concert

2013 May 13 | 3123 Views
Johannesburg - Police said on Monday that millions of rands were stolen during the robbery at the FNB Stadium not long after the Justin Bieber concert, Sapa reported.The suspects made off with...

by Staff reporter

Baby girl found in a fridge

2013 May 13 | 3623 Views
Johannesburg - A baby girl recently found in a fridge in Benoni, South Africa is alive and well, police said on Monday."The baby is in hospital, doing well, alive and kicking," said Captain Al...

by Staff Reporter

'Africa has every reason to be optimistic,' says Strive Masiyiwa

2013 May 13 | 2311 Views
A new report by the Africa Progress Panel calls for greater transparency in business dealings with the continent. The report presented by former UN chief Kofi Annan focused on Africa's extractive indu...

by Staff reporter

SADC countries urged to use SADC-approved roads signs

2013 May 11 | 2200 Views
The Association of Southern African National Roads Authorities (ASANRA) has called on countries in the region to use road signs that are approved by the SADC to reduce road carnages that have caused d...

by Staff reporter

SA Cop caught on camera having sex, suspended

2013 May 11 | 11357 Views
Johannesburg - A policeman filmed taking a bribe and a policewoman caught on camera performing a sexual act will be suspended, Gauteng police said on Friday."The content of the video is very...

by Staff Reporter

Prophet TB Joshua's body guards face arrest

2013 May 10 | 3891 Views
Four Ghana journalists belonging to Accra-based media organisations were on May 7, 2013, detained for several hours by macho men believed to be bodyguards of Prophet T.B Joshua, Founder and Overseer o...

by Staff reporter

SA minister okays spares for Zimbabwe's helicopters

2013 May 10 | 1765 Views
South Africa's Justice Minister Jeff Radebe, as chairman of the arms control committee, has in effect approved the donation of helicopter airframes and spare parts to Zimbabwe, finding that bey are no...

by VYNDHAM HARTLEY I BusinessDay

Zimbabwe, Zambia to launch joint UNWTO promotional video

2013 May 09 | 1291 Views
Zimbabwe and Zambia will be launching a joint promotional video and a joint website ahead of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) General Assembly to be held in Victoria Falls and Liv...

by Staff reporter

Malema's house to be auctioned on Thursday

2013 May 08 | 3406 Views
Expelled ANCYL president Julius Malema's half-built Sandown mansion will go under the hammer on Thursday."At the moment, in excess of 30 people have shown interest," Geldenhuys was quoted as s...

by Sapa

Gay sangoma

2013 May 07 | 2794 Views
HE is a sangoma in every way. But he is different from most sangomas. He is gay.Sphamandla Ndebele (22) from section 3 in Madadeni, near Newcastle, in northern KZN, said he heard the calling w...

by Daily Sun

Masowe eChishanu press release

2013 May 07 | 3314 Views
EVERYONE IS WELCOMEMasowe eChishanu (UK), a charitable organisation founded on Christian principles where equality is at the centre of its operation...

by Moyo Roy

Zuma's wife loses uninsured jewellery

2013 May 07 | 3373 Views
Johannesburg - Thobeka Madiba-Zuma, the fifth wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, is claiming compensation of half a million rand from SA Airlink after uninsured jewellery apparently disappea...

by Staff Reporter

Small house hires hitman to kill lover's wife

2013 May 07 | 4063 Views
Durban - It could be the plot of a torrid crime story. A mistress allegedly hires a hit man to kill her lover's wife, only for him to shoot the wrong woman.But it gets even more complicated. T...

by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans whipped at a Botswana customary court

2013 May 06 | 3398 Views
Two Zimbabwean men who were recently arrested in Gaborone West sobbed like babies as they were being caned at the Old Naledi customary court after being convicted of "intention to commit crime"....

by Staff reporter

Car bomb claims seven in Mogadishu

2013 May 06 | 1209 Views
Mogadishu - Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation.General ...

by Staff Reporter

Cop guns down drunk driver

2013 May 05 | 3799 Views
Police in South Africa are investigating after a traffic officer shot and killed a suspected drunk driver, the EWN reported.Kyle Weideman was pulled over on the N1 Highway near Brackenfell on ...

by Staff Reporter

Malawi dismiss Zimbabwe style land grabs

2013 May 05 | 1714 Views
Malawi's Foreign Affairs ministry has said that President Joyce Banda did not declare that she would replicate Zimbabwe's land reform in the country as widely reported by the media. After...

by Staff reporter

White SA workers take employer to court over racism

2013 May 04 | 3694 Views
Cape Town - Ten correctional service employees have taken the department to the Labour Court, claiming that they have been overlooked for promotions because they are not black.Pieter David...

by Staff Reporter

Woman strikes 5-year-old step-daughter with a stone on the head

2013 May 04 | 3018 Views
A Malawian couple was arrested in Dedza district on suspicion that they abused their 5-year-old daughter. The wife, 22, allegedly struck her step daughter on the head with a stone and then her...

by Staff Reporter

SA demands explanation from Zambia over 'backward' comment

2013 May 03 | 3178 Views
South Africa has demanded an explanation from Zambia on remarks its vice-president Guy Scott reportedly made about President Jacob Zuma and others."We shall be summoning the high commissioner...

by Sapa

SA soccer star granted leave to appeal conviction for killing a Zim woman

2013 May 03 | 2986 Views
Johannesburg - The Randburg Magistrate's Court has granted soccer player Bryce Moon leave to appeal his culpable homicide conviction, it was reported on Friday.The appeal would be heard by the...

by Sapa

Zimbabwean woman appear in court for mbanje dealing in Botswana

2013 May 03 | 2072 Views
FRANCISTOWN - A Zimbabwean woman Khesiwe Sibanda appeared in a Botswana court on Thursday to face a single count of dealing in dagga.Sibanda is jointly charged with Dorcas Lekgetho, Sydney Seb...

by Mmegi

Nigerian to fight terrorism, crime with fresh requirement

2013 May 02 | 1479 Views
The Corporate Affairs Commission in Nigeria has said it is putting a new regulation in place to ensure that unfit and improper people do not register firms or use such for fraudulent and terrorism pur...

by Staff Reporter

Zimbabweans in court for robbing Barclays Botswana

2013 May 02 | 2946 Views
A branch manager at a bank in Botswana has told the court how three Zimbabweans stormed her bank, demanding cash. Ketshabile Motswasele, branch manager of Selebi-Phikwe Barclays Bank Prestige ...

by Staff reporter

'South Africans are backward'

2013 May 02 | 3344 Views
One of the most colourful men in African politics happens to be white. Guy Scott is the vice-president of Zambia but his race is probably the least exceptional thing about him.On a recent aft...

by David Smith I guardian

Malian newspaper editor freed

2013 April 30 | 1517 Views
Bamako - A Malian newspaper editor detained for nearly a month after publishing an open letter from disgruntled soldiers was freed on Tuesday after the case was declared "null and void".Boukar...

by Staff Reporter

Man arrested for pleasurising himself in front of kids

2013 April 30 | 4277 Views
A man accused of attempting to coerce school girls to perform oral sex on him and masturbating in front of primary school pupils was denied bail in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court.The 30-yea...

by Staff reporter

Ian Khama clawed by a cheetah, receives two stitches in his face

2013 April 29 | 4069 Views
Botswana President Ian Khama has received two stitches in his face after being clawed by a cheetah, local media reported on Monday.The incident occurred at a Botswana Defence Force barracks l...

by AFP

Zimbabweans in South African gay murder storm

2013 April 29 | 4352 Views
A group of young Zimbabweans have been sucked into a raging and disturbing gay men murder saga in South Africa (SA), it has emerged.While the identity of the trio under South African Police ...

by Staff reporter

Few countries compare to South Africa in the effort to fight corruption says Zuma

2013 April 28 | 1461 Views
Pretoria - The fight against crime was more intense in South Africa than it was in many other countries, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday."Fellow South Africans, I must underline here th...