Opposition Parties to Put Pressure on Baleka Mbete

The opposition parties have indicated that they intend to increase the pressure on Baleka Mbete to step down as speaker of parliament. This was announced by various members of parliament from the opposition parties on Monday. These statements were made in the wake of massive disturbances that occurred in the Chamber last week that resulted in the riot police being called into the House. The whole fracas started when EFF MP Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela refused to retract a stateme... Read more »
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By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, November 10th, 2014

No House Arrest for Oscar: He Has No Ankles!

Oscar Pistorius may not be eligible for release after ten months as previously stated soon after his sentencing last month because he does not have the ankles on which the tracking device can be attached. This ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, November 9th, 2014

Oscar Pistorius Trial: Appeal Date Set, Defence to Oppose Appeal

It appears that Oscar Pistorius’s woes may not be over. Judge Thokozile Masipa has set the date on which the appeal in the case will be heard at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Judge Masipa has ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

R1 Million Offered to Senzo Meyiwa’s Family by Motsepe

It is understood from sources close to the president of Mamelodi Sundowns, Patrice Motsepe, that he has been so touched by the “senseless killing” of South African national team and Orlando Pirates ... 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 Thursday, October 30th, 2014

Justice At Last for the Diepsloot Girls and Taegrin Morris?

There appears to be progress in the cases that tore the hearts of many when four children were murdered in different circumstances in 2013. While the man responsible for the murder of the three children in Diep... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, October 28th, 2014

South Africa Loses Another Sports Person: Female Boxer Phindile Mwelase Dies

While the South African sporting fraternity is still reeling from the death, first of Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, the sensational 800m runner who died in a car accident recently and then from the high profile shooting o... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, October 27th, 2014

Senzo Meyiwa’s Death: Rumours of Contract Killing Dismissed

The police have dismissed the rumours doing the rounds that the killing of Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa was a contract killing which was directly aimed at the soccer star. A top po... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, October 27th, 2014

Bafana Bafana and Pirates Goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa Shot Dead

It seems that the dust in South Africa does not have a chance to settle down. Just as the sporting fraternity was beginning to accept the death of world class athlete and former world champion in the 800m categ... 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 »