Seven Year Old Girl Survives as Family Dies in Plane Crash

A seven year old girl from Kentucky survived a plane crash that occurred in the early hours of Friday evening in which the rest of her family members were killed. She managed to walk a distance of more than two kilometres to go and find help, it has been reported. Sailor Gutzler, from rural Kentucky, was travelling with her family in a small aircraft when it developed engine trouble. It contacted air traffic control about that and it appears that it crashed immediately afterw... Read more »
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By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, January 2nd, 2015

AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Update – Bad Weather Stalls Search Operations

As the search for the wreckage of the disappeared Malaysian plane entered its fifth day, bad weather has come up as a challenge for those trying to recover bodies of those that were in the plane as well as the ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, December 31st, 2014

AirAsia Flight QZ8501 may have Climbed too Steeply Before it Crashed

There has been some progress in the case of the AirAsia plane that disappeared on its way from Indonesia to Singapore. The plane was carrying 155 passengers and seven crew members. While they are yet to find th... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, December 29th, 2014

Another Malaysia-linked Plane Disappears

Another plane which is based in Malaysia has disappeared. This time it is the AirAsia Indonesia, which is reported to have disappeared in the early hours of Sunday only two hours after take off on its journey f... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, December 13th, 2014

Mugabe Announces New Cabinet, Replaces Fired Ministers

In a move that was widely expected of him, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has announced the new cabinet ministers of his government who replace those that he fired together with the former Vice Presid... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, December 9th, 2014

Shrien Dewani Acquitted of Charges Relating to the Murder of his Wife Anni

Shrien Dewani, the British businessman who was on trial in The Western Cape High Court in Cape Town for arranging hit men to kill his newly wedded wife in November, 2010 was acquitted of the charges by the pres... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, December 7th, 2014

Mugabe Emerges Stronger From Congress, Grace In!

President Robert Mugabe emerged a stronger and more sure leader of his party and government from the party’s week long congress which was held in Zimbabwe. The party’s first vice president, Joice Mu... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, November 22nd, 2014

11 Die In Church Stampede in Zimbabwe

About eleven people are reported to have died in a stampede in Zimbabwe after a church service by Prophet Magaya in a stadium as they fought to exit. Several others were injured in the same stampede which is re... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, October 30th, 2014

Zambian President Michael Sata Dies in London Hospital

The President of Zambia, Michael Chilufya Sata has died in a London hospital on Tuesday, it has been reported in the media. The ‘ King Cobra’ as he was affectionately known in Zambia, had gone to th... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, October 26th, 2014

Ruling Party Leading In Botswana Elections

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) appears set to return to government if the preliminary results of Friday’s election are anything to go by. According to the public broadcasting of the results, of the 5... Read more »