POLOKWANE – Four men are sentenced to life imprisonment by the Mahwelereng Regional court on Thursday, 03 November 2022 for the murder of a 22-year-old man, Peter Keetsi in Mahwelereng. The trial court found that the accused, Khulekani Dube (24), Saviors Mbedzi…
GENEVA — World health officials are linking a significant rise in African Ebola outbreaks in this century to climate change. Uganda’s September 20 Ebola outbreak is just the latest in a growing number of eruptions of this deadly hemorrhagic disease in Africa….
NELSPRUIT – A prominent political figure and PR Councilor at the Mkondo Municipality in the Gert Sibande, Mr Muzi Manyathi (41) was sadly shot and killed at a fuel station in Mkondo (Piet Retief) during the evening of Friday, 04 November 2022 around…
LUSIKISIKI – SAPS Lusikisiki are investigating a case of murder following the death of a 20-year-old female student whose body was been found dumped in the Lwalweni river banks. The incident occurred between 29 and 30 October between 21:00 and 07:00 at…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, at a summit on gender-based violence in the country, said murders of women jumped by 50% this year and called for action to stop the trend. Experts say his government’s efforts are falling short. “It is a…
ADDIS ABABA— Some 13 African countries have reported 6,883 monkeypox cases since the start of 2022, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. According to data released by the Africa CDC, 173 deaths and a case-fatality ratio of…
Amid the worst drought in 40 years, Horn of Africa countries have been hit by outbreaks of cholera and acute watery diarrhea, while fighting in northern Ethiopia continues, a UN spokesman said. The start of the October-December rains has been poor, and…
DURBAN – On 27 October 2022, the Pietermaritzburg High Court convicted and sentenced two men to life imprisonment for murder, housebreaking, robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm as well as kidnapping. On 23 April 2021, armed men entered a farm in Howick…
