Zimbabwean ambassadors pay tribute at Chimoio shrine in Mozambique

Ramaphosa posts explicit videos on X

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa's official X account (@CyrilRamaphosa) briefly published explicit videos on Friday during his oversight visit to the North West province, sparking a social media uproar and fresh questions about gover…

Member of Executive Council Botha Warns: Climate Education Fails Without Economic Relevance

Gauteng's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Environment, Ewan Botha, has drawn on his childhood experiences to highlight gaps in climate change education and emphasised the need for a new pathway that balances environmental and eco…

WATCH: Naledi Pandor blames Ramaphosa

Former International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said that the African National Congress (ANC) has lost its glory and South Africans now look on the former liberation movement with "disdain".Pandor said that the party …

Criminals trying to rubbish Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's claims

Contrary to KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's claim that dockets from the political killings task team were "gathering dust" in the office of the Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sib…

'ANC of Ramaphosaon the verge of collapse'

Embattled ANC NEC member Senzo Mchunu has warned that the ANC is on the verge of collapse, saying a serious intervention is needed to save it.Speaking at Machobeni in Ngwavuma in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday during the tombstone unve…

MK Party seeks to extend land restitution cut-off date to April 6, 1652

Member of Parliament Mzwanele Manyi has announced his intention to introduce a Private Member's Bill aimed at overhauling South Africa's land ownership framework to address historical injustices and structural inequalities. The proposed Co…

International Hunting for Harmony - How a Tanzanian Village Balances Life and Wildlife

The midday sun hung low over Kimokoa Village, turning the dust into gold and the air into a shimmering haze.In the distance, the flat, dry landscape of the Longido Game Control Area stretched endlessly, its acacia trees standing like senti…

South Africa ripe for a coup

Recent developments within South Africa's military and government circles, combined with warnings from national intelligence, suggest the country may be facing a precarious period of political instability.Minister in the Presidency, Khumbu…

Gwanda court complex nears completion

Chief Justice Luke Malaba has confirmed that the construction of the new Gwanda Court Complex, one of the judiciary's largest infrastructure projects, is in its final stages, with completion expected by the end of 2025.During a site visit,…

DA/ ANC govt reprimands SANDF General

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) General Rudzani Maphwanya has been officially reprimanded for reported comments he made against Israel and in support of Palestine during a recent visit to Iran.International Relations has issue…

DA/ANC-led Ethics Committee refuses to probe kaffir tweets

PARLIAMENT'S Ethics Committee will not investigate a racism complaint against Sport Minister Gayton McKenzie. His offensive tweets containing the use of the Kaffir word predate his time as a Member of Parliament.The African Transforma…

Ndiraya voted coach of the month

Scottland secured their spot in the next stage of the Chibuku Super Cup after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over GreenFuel in a largely uninspiring match played yesterday at Sakubva Stadium in Mutare.Despite featuring several highly rated play…

Chief ordered to retract Zanu-PF slogans

The High Court has found Chief Seke, Stanley Chimanikire, guilty of breaching the Constitution by chanting Zanu-PF political slogans while addressing a gathering, and ordered him to publish a public retraction within seven days.Justice Sam…

Lab-grown diamonds causing havoc

South Africa's cabinet has approved participation in an international effort to boost the marketing of real diamonds, responding to the increasing appeal of lab-grown gems and funded by a 1 percent levy on the annual revenues of diamond co…

Failed state warning for South Africa

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) chief executive Busi Mavuso says that businesses cannot function properly in a failed state, but partnering with the government to fix its failures comes at a steep cost.The key signals of a failed s…

ZRP cracks down on illegal use of blue lights, sirens

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a stern warning to motorists illegally using blue lights, sirens, and bar lights on their vehicles, with Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba vowing to clamp down on offenders.Speaking on Frida…

Mnangagwa delivers cyclone relief to Mozambique

President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in the central Mozambican city of Chimoio on Saturday to hand over a consignment of humanitarian aid to communities affected by Cyclone Chido, which struck the region in December last year.The devastati…

Dr Mncwango appointed as new secretary general

Jacob Zuma led uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has appointed Dr Bongani Mncwango, a former executive at insurance giant Sanlam, as its new secretary-general, replacing Floyd Shivambu.The party also named Nomsa Dlamini as the new deputy secreta…

Operation Dudula members arrested

Three women associated with Operation Dudula have been arrested in Diepkloof, Soweto, after allegedly storming a medical facility and demanding patients produce identity documents to verify their nationalities.Police confirmed that the arr…

Hichilema can have Lungu's corpse, rules SA court

A South African court has ruled that Zambia's government can repatriate the body of former President Edgar Lungu and give him a state funeral, despite his family's opposition.The Pretoria high court ruled in favour of the Zambian state, wh…

Mashaba calls for deportation of Rutendo Matinyarare

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has called for the deportation of Zimbabwean-born commentator Rutendo Matinyarare, following Matinyarare's recent public criticism of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.Matinyarare a…

MRP call for self-determination as Africa celebrates Africa day

Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has reminded heads of African states that as they celebrate Africa day they must remember that there is unfinished business of some of the states like Mthwakazi which are yet to attain self det…

Zim female gold panner arrested twice in four months in Botswana

A Zimbabwean female gold panner has been arrested twice in the neighbouring Botswana in four months.Reports state that, apparently unable to resist the lure of gold, four months after she was released from prison for illegal mining, she we…

International hunting brightens Namibian villages

When you enter Southern African hunting communities involved with international hunting and talk to the local residents, you soon discover their win-win co-existence with wildlife.This has been the experience of this writer for many years …

Walter Mzembi Steps in to Mediate Mozambique's Post-Election Crisis

The President of the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) Africa, Walter Mzembi, has been called upon to mediate the escalating political crisis in Mozambique, following disputed elections that have plunged the nation into chaos.In a form…

Sanef linked Press ombudsman sides with DA 'racist' who wanted to 'kill the k*ffirs'

Renaldo Gouws is not to everyone's liking. Like Marmite. So when IOL published a video clip in which he is seen and heard spewing racist hate speech, supporters and detractors of the controversial politician both lined up to have their say…

Miss South Africa Contestant Faces Identity Theft Allegations and Online Abuse

A major scandal has erupted in South Africa after Miss South Africa contestant Chidimma Adetshina withdrew from the competition amid allegations of identity theft involving her mother. The controversy began when questions arose about Adets…

Angry South Africans burn 4 Zimbabweans to death in Alexandra

Four Zimbabwean men accused of terrorising the community met their untimely demise in Setjwetla, Alexandra township South Africa when they were doused with gasoline and burnt to death on Tuesday night. The men were taken from their shacks …

South Africa's Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng found guilty

Former South Africa Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng  has been found guilty for defying Judge Mojapelo's Judicial Conduct Committee decision ordering him to unconditionally apologise and retract his pro-Israel views made in June 2020.Jus…

'Discontinue trophy hunting imports ban bill to save African wildlife'

A leading SADC Safari hunting company that has so far spent over US$367 000.00 to support wildlife conservation and socio-economic development in Tanzania has appealed to the British Government to discontinue the trophy hunting imports ban…

Chaos as Swaziland citizens besiege US Embassy

Pro-democracy protesters in the Kingdom of Eswatini besieged the United States of America Embassy on Friday calling for an end to the Western country's support of the dictatorial monarchy led by King Mswati III. Thousands of protestors who…

Violent scenes unmasked the facade of South Africa's rainbow nation

With the country mopping up following violent protests in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the country finds itself divided not only by class but also among racial lines as tensions ran high in some communities afflicted by the marauding violenc…

Calls mount against 'Zulu' security cluster ministers over lapses

THE startling admission by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the government was caught napping during the violent protests and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng was a sign that he was let down by his ministers in the security cluster.This …

Blacks being murdered by Indians in South Africa, SA media on mute - graphic videos

Reports from South Africa are that 15 black people murdered by Indians in Phoenix in the KwaZulu Natala province.Wednesday was the bloodiest in the days of violence and unrest that broke out in the Durban North suburb. Police have yet to p…

40 million South Africans to receive COVID-19 vaccine in 2021

Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday that the government was committed to rolling out vaccines with urgency to establish herd immunity against Covid-19.Speaking during a virtual public briefing, outlining the Department of Health's …

Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi makes a fool of himself in ConCourt

The state capture inquiry contends that former president Jacob Zuma should pay the legal costs of its urgent Constitutional Court bid to compel him to give evidence - even though he chose not to participate in the case."We are using state …

Malema shuts down Clicks' stores

SOUTH AFRICA - One of the country's leading pharmaceutical retail giant, Clicks, is currently embroiled in a racial storm following an online advertisement it aired last Friday.The ad described African women's hair as "damaged, dry and fri…

Botswana President survives near-chopper crash

Reports from Botswana indicate that the country's President Masisi survived a potential helicopter crash in the country's second-largest city Francistown on Saturday.In a statement issued by the Botswana Defence Force and the Office of the…

Jacob Zuma survives assasination attempt

Former South African President Jacob Zuma says there was a detailed plot to kill him in Durban during the recently held Fill up Moses Mabhida stadium show by Masikandi artist Khuzani Mpungose.Khuzani became the second artist in the space o…

Buyanga, guns for the lawyer in a child custody case

Johannesburg - ZIMBABWEAN  businessman Frank Buyanga says he has been unfairly maligned by news coverage of an infamous child custody case and he's now fighting to get the lawyer representing his ex-girlfriend, mother of his young son…

Maimane suspends Helen Zille from DA

DA leader Mmusi Maimane has announced that former party leader and Western Cape premier Helen Zille has been suspended from the DA following her controversial tweets about colonialism.According to News24, Maimane made the announcement at a…

Hit and run driver nabbed

A MAN who hit a pedestrian and fled from the scene was arrested two weeks after the accident when the deceased's friends led a spirited manhunt.When Muchinyenya Mazorodze (28) was finally arrested he was in the process of changing the car'…

4 Sadc countries including Zimbabwe plan power project

FOUR Sadc countries - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia are planning a $223 million power project expected to produce 600 megawatts to feed into the region.The project is code-named ZIZABONA, an abbreviation derived from the first two…

Botswana stops importing power from Zimbabwe

BOTSWANA Power Company has put on hold talks for power imports from Zimbabwe following the closure of two major smelters in the western neighbouring country. BPC wrote to Zesa Holdings yesterday advising that poor global commodity prices h…

Doctor 'gives' child expired drugs

FRIDAH Malatji (45) is accusing a local clinic of having given her daughter expired medicine."Now my daughter is worse off than before," said Fridah, from Block PP in Soshanguve, Tshwane.Daily Sun reported that she said her daughter, Lebog…

Pastor claims he nearly arrested Satan

Pastor Bonakele Mancoba of Angel Ministries appeared before the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities. But the pastor left the commission with more questions than answer…

Office romance lands cop in jail

An undisciplined Police Sargent was this week arraigned in court for threatening to kill his special constable girlfriend.The Voice reported that Sargent Samuel Keamogile (44) of Gaborone West police station stood stoically in the dock on …

Lorry driver jailed for transporting dope

A lorry driver was last Friday sentenced to two years in prison by the Khomas Regional Court for transporting cannabis worth close to N$1 million.The New Era reported that last Tuesday Ulrich Herman, 40, pleaded guilty to a charge of deali…

'No virginity, no scholarship for girls'

Kwazulu Natal female students who got bursaries awards were stunned when authorities told them that anyone who will be found to have lost her viginity will not get the bursary.Daily Sun reported that authorities said if one loses virginity…