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Category: Southern Africa

Southern Africa, southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambian woman ‘sues partner for not marrying her’

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– – A Zambian woman who sued her partner for reconciliation on the grounds that she’d been waiting eight years for them to marry has now been advised to try a different legal route, reports the state-owned Sunday Times. It says Getrude Ngoma, 26, who lives in Ndola town located in the country’s Copperbelt region, complained to a local court… Read More
Africa Business Featured Namibia Southern Africa World 

Namibia auctions 170 elephants due to drought

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– – The Namibian government has announced the auctioning of elephants due to drought and human-widelife conflict. An advertisement in the state owned Era newspaper said about 170 high value elephants will be auctioned off. “Due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, coupled with human-elephant conflict incidents, a need has been identified to reduce these populations,” according to the… Read More
Africa Business South Africa Southern Africa World 

South Africa probes lottery draw of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

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– – South Africa’s Tuesday night national lottery drew the consecutive numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and a “PowerBall” number of 10, drawing immediate accusations of fraud. The lucky 20 luckers who came forward each won 5.7 million rand ($369,000) with another 79 receiving around 6,283 rand ($407) each for guessing the right sequence but missing the critical PowerBall. “Congratulations… Read More
Africa Sports World Zimbabwe 

Several miners trapped underground in Zimbabwe

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– – At least 40 miners in Zimbabwe are trapped underground after a shaft in a disused gold mine collapsed, the country’s miners’ federation said Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday in the town of Bindura, around 70 kilometres north of the capital Harare, said Wellington Takavarasha, head of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation. Takavarasha told AFP the miners were working… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

How Covid-19 funds were misappropriated in Zambia

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– – A damning report about the misappropriation of COVID 19 funds by Zambian government officials has been released by the Auditor- General’s office. Unexplained transactions About $71 million is reported to have been mismanaged on a number of unexplained transactions between 1 February and 31 July, 2020, which include dubious transfers from the Zambian government’s accounts, in cash withdrawals.… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World 

Trevor Noah will host 2021 Grammy awards

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– – South African comedian Trevor Noah will host next year’s Grammy awards, the organisers have announced. Harvey Mason Jr, the chair and interim president of the Recording Academy, said Noah was the “best choice” as host. Noah said after the announcement that “Despite the fact that I am extremely disappointed that the Grammys have refused to have me sing… Read More
Africa Featured South Africa Southern Africa World 

South African woman shortlisted for global teacher prize

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– – A South African woman has been shortlisted for this year’s world’s best teacher prize. Mokhudu Cynthia Machaba is among the ten shortlisted for the top prize. She teaches at a primary school in Limpopo in northern South Africa and told the BBC that she wants to raise aspirations among her pupils. “I introduced project-based teaching knowing that we… Read More
Malawi Opinions 

Talking Blues: Isn’t Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera proving to be all talk and no trouser?

Global Author
Written by Mapwiya Muulupale Facts being to the mind what food is to the body (Edmund Burke), I will start with facts. Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale’s extraordinary leadership in managing the 23 June 2020 Fresh Presidential Election raised our flag high. To evidence this, the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Electoral Commission Forum… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zimbabwe 

Zimbabwe: Fans social media star Ginimbi mourn his death

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– – Fans of popular Zimbabwean socialite Ginimbi Kadungure have been mourning his death this week. Ginimbi died on Sunday following a fatal car accident. Doctors say he died from internal bleeding. The celebrity died while driving his Rolls Royce Wraith from a night club. According to eye witnesses Ginimbi was speeding before the crash and moments after he was… Read More
Africa Mozambique Southern Africa World 

More than 50 people decapitated in Mozambique

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– – The Mozambican government is calling for international support to deal with the latest wave of insurgency attacks. It follows the reported killing of more than 50 people by Islamist militants in Northern Mozambique. Reports say the militants turned a football pitch into an “execution ground”, where they decapitated and chopped bodies. The state media is also reporting that… Read More