The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals… Read More »South Sudan’s Water is Killing its Future Generation
Back in 2004, a powerful cabal of film studios and distributors controlled Nigeria’s film industry, which was laser-focused on DVDs and videos rather than the… Read More »A History Lesson of Africa’s Biggest Film Industry
Promising to give away all her wealth – estimated at $3 million – to charity when she dies, Namibia’s Monica Geingos wants to tackle sexism… Read More »A Mission to Change the Image of Africa’s First Ladies
Sudan will pay a $30 million settlement to the families of 17 US Navy sailors killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in… Read More »Khartoum’s Path to Redemption
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to deliver his much-anticipated state of the nation address (Sona) in parliament in Cape Town on Thursday. His speech comes… Read More »Gearing for South Africa’s State of the Nation Speech
Prof Massimo Del Bene aids African migrants whose captors inflicted horrific injuries to extort ransom payments. The first patient was a young Ghanaian man who… Read More »Italian Doctor Helps Tortured African Migrants
Tragedy has again struck Gauteng’s education fraternity as a pupil has died and another raped. An 11-year-old pupil from Raikana Primary in Soshanguvhe, Pretoria, died… Read More »Gauteng Primary School Learner Dies, Girl (15) Raped At Special Needs School
Metrorail services between Johannesburg and Randfontein, in the West Rand, on Thursday morning were suspended after a fatal train crash. One person was killed on Wednesday… Read More »1 Dead, 4 Injured When Trains Collide At Roodepoort Station
Eskom said on Wednesday it hoped to keep the electricity on for the second day in a row. However, the power utility said while the system… Read More »Eskom Hoping To Avoid Power Cuts For Second Day In A Row
Sentencing proceedings in the case against Adam Catzavelos are expected to resume in the Randburg Magistrates Court on Thursday morning. Catzavelos was convicted of crimen injuria after… Read More »Adam Catzavelos Back In Court For Sentencing Over Racist Utterances