By Rédaction Africanews EGYPT Eight people including seven members of one family were killed in Cairo on Monday when a residential building in Egypt’s capital collapsed, the public prosecution and state media said. A statement from the public prosecution said the building in the city’s Hadayek al-Qubba district “completely collapsed”, killing eight people. “Civil defence…
Risha Maduray | @SABCNews The Department of Health in the Eastern Cape has conceded paying staff at the Orsmond Tuberculosis Hospital in Kariega, despite the facility being closed. This after the Democratic Alliance (DA) raised concerns in a Parliamentary question on the department paying 45 medical employees at the facility, which was closed two years ago. The…
Ntebo Mokobo | @SABCNews The African National Congress (ANC) has conceded that it was wrong about the former public protector Thuli Madonsela who stood her ground on the principle of law in most of her cases. Some ANC members vilified Madonsela and called her a spy after her finding against the former President Jacob Zuma on the…
Nyasha ChingonoReuters GWERU, Zimbabwe, July 16 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa promised economic prosperity and an end to corruption as he launched his party’s campaign on Sunday for national elections set for Aug. 23. Chamisa, who leads the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is running against 80-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has led…
By Nduka Orjinmo BBC News, Abuja Hired as a so-called tax collector by several influential families, Captain Nwokuha has a fearsome look as he walks around with a piece of wood to enforce his authority at a busy and chaotic road junction in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt. The 34-year-old’s job is to…
By Rédaction Africanews CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Several thousand people gathered Sunday alongside President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, to launch the referendum campaign on a new draft constitution that could allow the Head of State to stand for a third term. Touadéra, delivered the new constitution draft to the…
Ian DeMartino Scientists already believe the Earth was completely or mostly covered in ice 650 million years ago. Now, they have found evidence there may have been a much earlier ice age, roughly 2.9 billion years ago. Scientists have discovered evidence that glaciers may have been present in South Africa 2.9 billion years ago, indicating…
South African prison authorities have failed in their appeal, with the top court also declaring the release of former President Jacob Zuma unlawful. Zuma had been jailed for contempt of court amid a corruption case. Former South African President Jacob Zuma is likely to return to prison after a Thursday court ruling. South Africa’s Constitutional Court…
Tshepo Phagane | @SABCNews Water has started coming out of the taps in some of the areas affected by Rand Water’s 58 hour water shutdown. The water cuts started on Tuesday night and ends on Friday. This was part of Rand Water’s maintenance and upgrades of its water infrastructure. On Thursday, some residents in Soweto complained about…
The U.N. says the bodies of at least 87 ethnic Masalit and others was discovered near the region’s capital Sherwin Bryce-Pease | @SABCNews The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has condemned, in the strongest terms, the killing of civilians and combat individuals in Sudan’s Western Darfur region. This comes after his office pointed…