Top South African official accuses police minister of colluding with crime syndicates (Image: AP) JOHANNESBURG: A South African top security official accused the police minister and a deputy national commissioner of colluding with crime syndicates, sparking public uproar. In an unprecedented move, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, head of the police in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, called […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) An alarming number of people across Africa may be taking cancer drugs that don’t contain the vital ingredients needed to contain or reduce their disease.It’s a concerning finding with roots in a complex problem: how to regulate a range of therapeutics across the continent.A US and pan-African research group published the findings […]
Vehicles sit in the river after being swept away by floodwaters in San Antonio (Image credit: AFP) At least 90 people have died in last week’s heavy floods that devastated South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, the local government said Monday, as rescue teams continued searching for more victims.Thousands of people were left destitute after heavy […]
New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research (AP) NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century. On Saturday, a multifaith memorial service including […]
Gen. Michael Langley, USMC, Commander, US Africa Command, center, and Major General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector General of Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, attend the 21st edition of the African Lion military exercise, in Tantan, south of Agadir, Morocco. (Pic credit: AP) A senior US military leader issued a grave warning on Thursday about the growing threat […]
Representative image (AI) SALDANHA: A South African court on Thursday sentenced a woman to life in prison for kidnapping and selling her six-year-old daughter, in a case that horrified the country. Joshlin Smith went missing in February last year from her home in Saldanha Bay, a fishing town 135 kilometres (85 miles) north of Cape […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (File) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clapped back at an NBC reporter who raised doubts over the credibility of a video played by US President Donald Trump allegedly depicting burial sites of white farmers in South Africa.Also Read: Donald Trump shows Cyril Ramaphosa evidence of ‘white genocide’ in […]
WASHINGTON: “Turn the lights down,” President Donald Trump said. It was showtime in the Oval Office. Sitting next to him on Wednesday was South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was visiting in hopes of reaching new agreements on trade. But Trump wanted to talk about baseless allegations that white farmers in his country were being […]
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa with US counterpart Donald Trump (AP Photo) The atmosphere in South Africa was tense ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s meeting with US counterpart Donald Trump, worrying that its leader might face public humiliation similar to what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy experienced. Even a local newspaper captured the mood with the […]
African Parks, a non-profit organisation that manages protected areas in Africa, has admitted to human rights abuses under its watch in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of the Congo, reported New York Post. The charity, which had Prince Harry as its president until 2023 and still counts him as a board member, acknowledged […]
