4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1408+ words) There are two ways that civilians from around the world, including from South Africa, are being deceived by Russia into participation in the war with Ukraine, research by Amnesty International shows. The first involves recruiting foreign nationals by approaching them…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (472+ words) An order for tequila shooters was requested on the morning Anele Tembe fell to her death from the 10th floor of a Cape Town hotel by Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and members of his entourage. The order for the alcohol to be…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (293+ words) Tunisian journalists protested on Tuesday to demand the release of prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, whose arrest has become a new flashpoint amid accusations that President Kais Saied is cracking down on the country’s remaining independent voices. The protesters, including activists,…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (228+ words) The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Co-ordinating Committee (ZEPCC) in SA says it has engaged with 120 matric pupils who have failed to register for their examinations because of alleged xenophobia and bullying at schools. The organisation says it has made arrangements with…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (128+ words) Two cocaine seizures in four days have been made at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. Police spokesperson Lt-Col Amanda van Wyk said an alleged drug trafficker was arrested on Monday with about 2kg of cocaine in his luggage. The drugs are…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (797+ words) Yuma Adolphe and his team are responsible for the safe and dignified burial of some of the people who die from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province, the epicentre of history’s deadliest Ebola outbreak. Nearly…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (356+ words) Hundreds of Burundians flocked to their country’s embassy in Kenya’s capital on Monday seeking travel documents to return to Burundi after Kenyan President William Ruto ordered a crackdown on small-scale traders from abroad. Clutching suitcases and assorted possessions, crowds of…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (765+ words) Every morning Mary Kavutha prepares breakfast for her two young children using an induction cooker in her Nairobi home. Two years ago, the Kenyan businesswoman relied on a charcoal stove that filled her kitchen with smoke and cost about $1.15 (R18.36) in…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (266+ words) A South African mechanic is among many civilians taken hostage by armed rebels at a hunting lodge in northern Mozambique. The culprits raided the lodge and town of Marangira, seizing supplies, burning down the lodge’s facilities and taking hostages. They…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (374+ words) Several people were injured when tempers flared in a standoff with migrants camped at Durban’s Che Guevara Road, police and March and March members on Thursday. About 400 documented refugees and asylum seekers, who fled their homes after violence, evictions and…...