Zuma portrait

Cape Town - The African National Congress (ANC) has expressed outrage at an artist's depiction of President Jacob Zuma, saying the representation of its leader is distasteful and indecent, News24 reported on Thursday.Artist Brett Murray's controversial painting showing Zuma with his fly open and penis exposed, sold for R136 000 at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg.ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu said the "disgusting and unfortunate display of the president" is insulting, and the party is taking the matter to court."We have this morning [on ...Read more

In Kenya, a community radio brings succour to dwellers

2012 May 17 | 77 Views
Korogocho, a slum in northeastern Nairobi with 100,000 inhabitants, had many of the ingredients for a political explosion similar to those that rocked other parts of Kenya in early 2008. It is crowded...

by Ernest Harsch

Woman (34) arrested for killing baby after giving birth

2012 May 17 | 645 Views
ONE day she was pregnant, the next day she wasn't, but there was no baby! She was then forced to lead the police to a shallow grave where the baby had been buried. Residents and her family said this ...

by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean re-arrested after escaping from police cells in Botswana

2012 May 17 | 664 Views
Botswana Police reportedly arrested one of the two Zimbabwean suspects who escaped from Mogoditshane Police Station last week, the NewsDay reported.Police said the re-arrested suspect, Tawanda Pangane...

by Staff reporter

Son of Kenya's Finance minister kills himself

2012 May 17 | 1151 Views
The son of Kenya's Finance minister has committed suicide at their family home in the posh Runda estate of Nairobi, the Daily Nation reported on Thursday.Kenyan police said they had launched investig...

by AR

Teenager (13) raped by man (45) she met on Twitter

2012 May 17 | 1309 Views
Johannesburg - A 13-year-old Pretoria teenager was raped, allegedly by a 45-year-old man she met on social networking site Twitter, according to a report on Thursday.Police spokesperson Captain Mariss...

by Sapa

Cop fined R1,000 for stealing chewing gum worth R10 at supermarket

2012 May 16 | 1105 Views
A South African reserve constable from Mpumalanga has been sentenced to 60 days imprisonment, with the option of paying a R1,000 fine, for stealing a packet of chewing gum worth R10 at a supermarket i...

by Sapa

Bongani Moyo's robbery trial moved to high court

2012 May 16 | 902 Views
Pretoria - The robbery trial of serial escapee Bongani Moyo and three others has been transferred to the North Gauteng High Court.On Wednesday, Moyo appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court along w...

by Sapa

Mozambique threatens power cuts to Zimbabwe over 'huge debt'

2012 May 16 | 702 Views
HARARE - Mozambique's Cabora Bassa Hydro Electricity Company is threatening to further reduce or suspend power exports to Zimbabwe over ZESA Holdings' huge debt, a senior government official said yes...

by New Ziana

Man dies while having sex with a prostitute

2012 May 15 | 5469 Views
A highly sex-hungry man who collapsed and died while having sex with a prostitute was killed by "sexual sweetness" in Malawi, a police spokesperson said.Reports from Malawi alleged that Fletcher Jere...

by Staff reporter

'Dying' wife gives birth

2012 May 15 | 2802 Views
A HUSBAND abstained from having sex with his wife for two years under the impression that his wife was suffering from cancer - and then got the shock of his life when she later gave birth.Thabo Mokgot...

by Staff reporter

Africa's vanishing Lake Chad puts 30 million lives at risk

2012 May 14 | 676 Views
As you approach the Lake Chad basin from Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria, the evidence of despair is telling. The air is dusty, the wind is fierce and unrelenting, the plants are wilting and the ea...

by Ahmad Salkida

For girls, 'it is possible to dream big'

2012 May 14 | 806 Views
Interview with Juliana Rotich, a leading African voice on tech Growing up in her native Kenya, Juliana Rotich was the lonely, young "geek" with oversized glasses at school. Today she is a highly ...

by Jocelyne Sambira

I will never start my own political party say Malema

2012 May 14 | 807 Views
Johannesburg - Julius Malema will never start his own political party despite being kicked out of the ANC, the expelled ANC Youth League president said in Johannesburg on Monday."It has never crossed...

by Sapa

Dead man wakes up moments before his burial

2012 May 14 | 2123 Views
Mourners at the funeral of a 'dead' Egyptian waiter were stunned when he woke up moments before the burial.Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, 28, from Naga al-Simmanm, near Luxor was declared dead after suffering a...

by Staff reporter

ANC will lose power - Mbeki

2012 May 13 | 1332 Views
Stellenbosch - The African National Congress will not rule South Africa two or three decades from now, entrepreneur and analyst Moeletsi Mbeki said on Friday."South Africa, politically, is actually qu...

by Sapa

Mandela had been a 'cruel and unfair' political opponent - FW de Klerk

2012 May 11 | 1510 Views
Johannesburg – Former South African president Nelson Mandela is not a "holy man" unlike some people's idea of him and he had been a "cruel and unfair" political opponent, said former president FW d...

by Staff reporter

Church confession, man arrested for raping cousin (15)

2012 May 11 | 1761 Views
AN EVENTS organiser confessed in church to the alleged rape of his 15-year-old cousin. He was released on R300 bail by the East London Magistrate's Court yesterday. His bail conditions set out by the...

by Staff reporter

Groom dumps bride on their wedding day

2012 May 11 | 2503 Views
NEIGHBOURS had cooked the meat and brewed the traditional beer. The wedding gifts were on display and the bride looked radiant. It had all the makings of a fairytale wedding. Except for one thing - t...

by Staff reporter

Bushmen in fear of Botswana security forces in Kalahari

2012 May 10 | 1137 Views
Botswana's security forces are arresting and intimidating Bushmen, despite the tribe's legal right to live and hunt in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).Survival International has received seve...

by Staff reporter

Man fathered up to 3 of his daughter's children

2012 May 09 | 2358 Views
Johannesburg - South African police are investigating a case of incest after a Soweto man allegedly fathered up to three of his daughter's children, The Star reported on Wednesday.The daughter, 33, an...

by Sapa

South Africa ordered to investigate human rights abuse in Zim

2012 May 08 | 933 Views
PRETORIA, South Africa - South Africa should investigate whether officials in neighboring Zimbabwe are responsible for human rights abuses there, a judge said Tuesday in an order that has grave politi...

by AFP

Prophet TB Joshua has already watched the UEFA finals

2012 May 08 | 8670 Views
Prophet TB Joshua, the world acclaimed Man of God, believes Chelsea Football Club need more prayers if they are to break through in the final of the European Champions League."From what I have seen ...

by Staff reporter

South Africa court to rule on Zimbabwe torture case

2012 May 08 | 510 Views
A South African court Tuesday began hearing a case seeking to force prosecutors to investigate Zimbabwean officials accused of torturing opposition supporters in Harare in 2007.South African prosecuto...

by AFP

7-year-old girl dies trying to save brother from oncoming traffic

2012 May 08 | 1434 Views
A 7-year-old girl in South Africa died when she was hit by a taxi in Alexandra, SA police said on Monday.Candice Coeries was walking with her younger brother, when he broke away from her and ran into ...

by Staff reporter

China's media footprint in Africa

2012 May 08 | 297 Views
Will China's quickly expanding media presence in Africa result in a fresh, alternative, and balanced perspective on the continent--much as Al-Jazeera altered the broadcast landscape with the launch o...

by CJP

Reinstate Malema, ANC told

2012 May 07 | 1302 Views
Johannesburg - The ANC Youth League has vowed to stop at nothing to have expelled leader Julius Malema, suspended secretary general Sindiso Magaqa and spokesperson Floyd Shivambu reinstated."The leade...

by Sapa

Malawi devalues Kwacha by 48 percent

2012 May 07 | 666 Views
LILONGWE - Malawi's central bank devalued the country's currency by about 48% on Monday, in line with a demand by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).As per the new exchange rate, 250 kwacha would b...

by Sapa

Mswati's wife flees the King's palace

2012 May 07 | 2203 Views
The sixth wife of Swazi King Mswati III has left the royal compound, is has been reported."She left the royal household last night, citing many years of emotional and physical abuse by her husband as ...

by Staff reporter

SA Traditional Leaders want gay rights removed from the Constitution

2012 May 06 | 1279 Views
The National House of Traditional Leaders in South Africa wants to remove a clause from the Constitution which protects people on the grounds of sexual orientation, City Press reported on Sunday.The ...

by Staff reporter

Protestors clash with military police in Egypt

2012 May 05 | 371 Views
Thousands of protestors clashed with military police on Friday before the Ministry of Defense in Abbasiya district in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, wounding 59 people from both sides, state-run Nile ...

by Moyo Roy

ANC used me like a condom before throwing me away - Malema

2012 May 04 | 1324 Views
Johannesburg - Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has claimed the ANC used him for its own purposes before throwing him away, it was reported on Thursday.eNews reported that Malema told...

by Sapa

Prophet deported from Botswana over 'odd' prophesies

2012 May 02 | 2282 Views
A flamboyant prophet Francis Sakufiwa has been deported from Botswana because of his politically inclined prophesies. President Ian Khama's government became increasingly nervous about Sakufiwa'...

by Staff reporter

Expelled Malema removed from ANC website

2012 May 02 | 1214 Views
Johannesburg - Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema's name has been removed from the organisation's website, according to a report on Wednesday.But African National Congress Youth League spo...

by Staff reporter

Botswana stops supply of cattle to Zimbabwe

2012 May 01 | 1379 Views
Botswana has stopped supplying the Cold Storage Company (CSC) with cattle for slaughter because the Zimbabwean company has been failing to pay its debts, reports said on Friday.The two countries last...

by Staff reporter

Man stabbed to death while protecting girlfriend

2012 May 01 | 1355 Views
Johannesburg - A man has been stabbed to death in Zola, Soweto, allegedly by someone harassing his girlfriend, Gauteng police said on Monday."Last night [Sunday] a man was walking with his girlfriend ...

by Moyo Roy

Man stabbed to death trying to protect his girlfriend

2012 April 30 | 1905 Views
Johannesburg - A South African man has been stabbed to death in Zola, Soweto in South Africa, allegedly by someone harassing his girlfriend, Gauteng police said on Monday."Last night [Sunday] a man wa...

by Sapa

President Ernest Bai Korom's speech on Sierra Leone's 51st Independence Anniversary

2012 April 29 | 797 Views
"Today we are celebrating the 51st anniversary of our independence. This is also the very first year of our journey into a future in which we have collectively vowed to become an advanced economy and ...

by Staff reporter

Tanzania's ruling party agrees corrupt ministers should be sacked

2012 April 28 | 1083 Views
Dar Es Salaam - Tanzania's ruling party has agreed that several government ministers should be sacked for corruption, as demanded by President Jakaya Kikwete, a party official said on Saturday."The ce...

by AFP

SA man gunned down while on a govt mission in Somalia

2012 April 28 | 1480 Views
Mogadishu - A South African security trainer was killed by his bodyguard in Somalia's semiautonomous region of Puntland, officials said on Saturday.Puntland's government said in a statement on Saturda...

by AP

ANC warned it may lose power by 2019

2012 April 28 | 1572 Views
Johannesburg - Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema's former lawyer has warned the ANC that it may lose power by 2019 it if continues to distance itself from the people, SABC radio reported ...

by Ndou Paul

Helping the 'collateral victims' of AIDS

2012 April 27 | 970 Views
Sitting on an old mattress in front of a small house in Kimukunda village in the Rakai District of southern Uganda, Teddy Nakawoeisi, 60, is waiting for her grandchildren to bring home something for ...

by Andualem Sisay, Rakai, Uganda

Malian women create beauty and profit through local fabrics

2012 April 27 | 868 Views
Hand-dyed polished cotton - called bazin - is the mainstay of Malian fashion. The blind singers Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia extolled the fabric in a song released in 2005, "Beaux dimanches" ("B...

by Africa Renewal

Controversial new law to allow men to have sex with their dead wives in Egypt

2012 April 27 | 3878 Views
Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) has appealed to the Islamist-dominated parliament against a new law that could see husbands being allowed to have sex with their dead wives for up to six hour...

by Moyo Roy

Confusion reigns in Zapu-SA

2012 April 27 | 1802 Views
JOHANNESBURG - Confusion still reigns in Zapu SA province. Some members of the opposition party are mobilising for district elections in the once-powerful Yeoville district, but others say that is a n...

by Mkhululi Chimoio

Zimbabweans fall prey to permit fraud in SA

2012 April 27 | 4422 Views
JOHANNESBURG- With the last batch of permits supposed to be issued out on the 31st of May, Zimbabweans have fallen prey to conmen here as they battle to beat the supposed deadline date.Scores of Zimba...

by Mkhululi Chimoio

South Africa to introduce new ID cards soon

2012 April 26 | 2797 Views
Cape Town - The South African Home Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Wednesday that a pilot project to replace South Africa's fraud prone identity documents with smartcards will start ...

by Sapa

Jealous hubby kills son (1), burns wife

2012 April 25 | 3173 Views
Blood they say is thicker than water, but this saying meant nothing to 37-year-old Henry Nnadi, who in a rage, powered by suspicion and jealousy reportedly murdered his one-year-old son, Ebuka, ...

by Staff reporter

King Mswati III gets jet for his 44th birthday

2012 April 25 | 2149 Views
Mbabane - Swazi King Mswati III has received a jet for his 44th birthday, despite the tiny country's crippling financial crisis, the prime minister said on state radio on Wednesday.Prime Minister Bar...

by Sapa

Never surrender, says expelled Malema

2012 April 25 | 1708 Views
Johannesburg - Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has left a voicemail message on his cellphone, saying he would never surrender."At the end of everything else, we will not remember the w...

by Sapa

ANC upholds Malema's expulsion

2012 April 25 | 1478 Views
Johannesburg - The ANC 's national disciplinary committee of appeals on Tuesday evening confirmed Julius Malema's expulsion from the party."In respect of the present disciplinary hearing, the [ANC Na...