A search is underway for more than 100 crocodiles that escaped from a breeding farm in South Africa’s eastern town of Hazyview in Mpumalanga province. The reptiles are believed to be in the rivers and dams around White River and the surrounding areas, public broadcaster SABC reports. At least 50 …
Read More »South african top judge ordered to retract pro-israel comments
South Africa’s Judicial Conduct Committee has ordered the chief justice to apologise and retract his comments that showed support for Israel. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng made the remarks in June last year during a webinar which was hosted by The Jerusalem Post newspaper, according to local media. Africa 4 Palestine, …
Read More »Ghana has more caregivers abroad than at home
According to researchers Frank Nyonator and Ken Sagoe, this West African country lost 50% of its nursing workforce between 1995 and 2005 despite certain advantages (free housing and bonuses) to curb this brain drain. In 2016, there were only 3,365 doctors, or 1 per 8,500 inhabitants. Ghana is not alone …
Read More »Restrictions eased in South Africa as covid cases decline
Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African president announced that restrictions established in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic will be lowered from level three to level one. He said that restrictions put in place over the holiday period had succeeded in reducing infections levels from 90,000 a week …
Read More »Moderna plans to start testing against the new South African strain
The American company that produces the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine says it’s ready to test a booster shot to target a variant of the virus first discovered in South Africa . The company says it’s ready to do human trials with several different strategies to see what gives more protection an …
Read More »Why are there so many power cuts in South Africa?
Power cuts can be painful, right? But, for many South Africans, it’s now part of everyday life: something you would expect rather than something that would surprise you. “It’s got such a negative impact, especially in businesses”, says Tsholofelo Moeketsane, who has just started a new food business in Soweto, …
Read More »Zondo commission requests 2 years jail time for Jacob Zuma
The commission probing widespread state corruption when Jacob Zuma was president of South Africa, on Monday requested the Supreme Court to hand down a two year jail time for Zuma over his refusal to testify. Since the creation of the commission in 2018, Jacob Zuma already implicated by some forty …
Read More »Mozambique loses its opposition leader Daviz Simango
The leader of the second-largest opposition party in Mozambique, Daviz Simango has died in neighbouring South Africa where he had been evacuated on Feburary 13. A few days earlier, Mr Simango was tested negative whereas his wife was tested positive for coronavirus. His brother Lutero Simango told journalists at the …
Read More »Corruption inquiry asks for prison for ex-president Zuma
The judicial inquiry into government corruption in South Africa has asked the Constitutional Court to sentence former President Jacob Zuma to two years in prison for contempt. This followed Mr Zuma’s failure to appear before the State Capture Commission last week, despite a summons and an order from the highest …
Read More »Seif Bamporiki, Rwandan exiled politician shot dead in SA
A Rwandan opposition politician, Seif Bamporiki, living in exile in South Africa, was shot dead while delivering a bed to a client in Nyanga on Sunday afternoon. Reports say Seif Bamporiki was killed while delivering furniture to a client on Sunday afternoon in Cape Town. It is not clear whether …
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