President Zuma Decides to Take Post-Election Break


Police Clash With Protesters in Malawi
Emotions seemed to be drawn to breaking point in Malawi as the country nervously awaits the high court ruling on the recount of the 20 May election results. This was evident in the clashes between the police an... Read more »
Boko Haram Powerful; Nigerian Government Claims to Know Whereabouts of Girls
Boko Haram added another 40 lives to their list of casualties today after attacking a village in the Nigerian state of Borno. The group raided the village, setting most of the homes alight and killing at least ... Read more »
Springs’ Own House of Horror: Father Appears in Court
The Springs resident who allegedly held his wife and five children captive and submitted them to years of abuse appeared in the Springs Magistrate’s court today. The man, aged 36, faces charges of child a... Read more »
Newly Appointed SA Mining Minister to Mediate in Platinum Strike
The newly appointed Mining Minister, Ngoako Ramatlhodi, has committed himself to mediating between the striking workers and the platinum producers. The wage strike, which is now the longest in South African his... Read more »
R2bn “Zumaville” Project to be Scrutinized by Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela
The two billion Rand project, the proposed building of South Africa’s first post-democracy, completely black-built town, formally known as the, “Umlalazi-Nkandla, Smart Growth Centre,” will be... Read more »
Boko Haram Claims More Lives In Northeastern Nigeria
Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram, claimed another thirty lives today when they attacked two villages in the Northeast of Nigeria. The attacks took place near the town of Chibok, where the organisation kidna... Read more »
Zimbabwe’s MDC-T Leader Morgan Tsvangirai Suspended
It all started after the country’s July 2013 elections in which the main opposition party, MDC-T, was completely whitewashed by the ruling ZANU-PF. Then the blame game started. Many in the party blamed th... Read more »
Diplomatic blows between Rwanda and South Africa after attempted assassination
In an apparent culmination of a long standing diplomatic furore between South Africa and Rwanda, the two countries have expelled each other’s diplomats. This came to a head on Friday when Kigali asked six... Read more »