Southern Africa

The executive committee of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has announced it is banning former president Jacob Zuma from the party. The former president was suspended from his long-time party in January after announcing he would support the new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in the general election. …

UNESCO on Saturday (July 27) added to its World Heritage list a village where Nelson Mandela grew up and the site of an apartheid-era massacre among the sites in South Africa that are milestones in the struggle to end white minority rule. The massacre was the 1960 massacre in Sharpeville, …

A 23-year-old man has been brought before a magistrates’ court for murder during a fight over an apple in Chegutu, Zimbabwe. “The altercation began over an apple the suspect forcibly took from the victim, which had been given to him by a relative,” according to reports. The victim wanted the …

The Namibian government has refused a request to extend the visa for a Ugandan king who has been getting medical treatment in the country since April. King Mutebi II of the Buganda has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed condition. The centre where he has been staying requested his visa …

A man resorted to an unusual and elaborate disguise in an extreme attempt to catch his wife in the act of infidelity in Chegutu, Zimbabwe. The man dressed in his wife’s clothes, including her dress, bra, and headscarf, to sneak into the house where he suspected she was with her …

A Spanish tourist was trampled to death by elephants after getting out of his car to take photos in a South African park near Johannesburg, authorities announced on Tuesday. The 43-year-old man was attacked on Sunday morning in the Pilanesberg National Park, which is very busy because its approximately 50,000 …

Re-elected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the appointment of a new cabinet including former opposition leader John Steenhuisen. Mr. John Steenhuisen is now in charge of agriculture. It comes as Ramaphosa’s African National Congress was forced to join forces with rival parties to stay in power after losing …

An American tourist was killed by an elephant, after it attacked her vehicle while parked during a safari drive in Zambia, local media reported. The animal pulled Juliana Gle Tourneau, 64, out of the vehicle and trampled her, officials said. “Ms Tourneau, who comes from New Mexico, was with a …

Zimbabwe security forces have on Sunday arrested opposition leader Jameson Timba and 80 youths, for holding a political gathering which authorities said was unauthorized, Reuters agency reported, citing their lawyer. Timba took over as interim leader of Citizens Coalition for Change after former leader Nelson Chamisa quit the party in …

Four peopledied, twelve others were injured after a vehicle in the convoy carrying the body of the late Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima hit mourners, police say. It followed clashes between local people, the police and soldiers escorting the late vice-president’s funeral convoy from the capital, Lilongwe, to his home village …