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The funeral for a scandal-plagued health boss has sparked a messy debate about legacy. Former Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa will receive a Category Two Official Provincial Funeral in Randburg following his recent death, despite facing imminent trial for fraud and corruption charges from his...

A former deputy minister gets a state funeral this weekend. The late Dikeledi Magadzi, a veteran ANC leader and former Deputy Minister of Transport, will be honored with a Category Two Official Provincial Funeral in Polokwane following her death at age seventy-five. Limpopo Premier Phophi...

Cops killed three robbers in a shootout after a tavern heist. Two suspects escaped following the armed robbery in Newlands West, Durban, where police recovered a stolen pistol, cellphones, and alcohol from the getaway vehicle. Spokesperson Paul Magwaza confirmed the incident started when five...

Billions got spent on school tech with little to show for it. South African provinces allocated R7.1 billion from their budgets for classroom technology over three years, Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube confirmed, amid serious questions about oversight and waste. This funding, responding...

A single knife attack nearly turned a mass border arrest into a bloodbath. Soldiers at the Groblersbridge Border Post in Limpopo intercepted over eleven hundred undocumented individuals, mostly from Zimbabwe, attempting an illegal crossing during the holiday surge. Among the large group...

A soldier drowned on duty during a flooded border patrol. Minister of Defence Angie Motshekga visited the family of the deceased Corporal T.J. Motsamai after his military vehicle was swept away on Christmas Day in Mpumalanga near Mozambique. The incident, part of Operation Corona, also left a...

That sketchy cross-border bus got nabbed without its papers. Transport authorities in Limpopo impounded an undocumented bus on the N1 in Polokwane, heading from Malawi to Gauteng, highlighting major safety risks for families traveling during the holidays. Spokesperson Matome Moremi-Taueatsoala...

Watch your drink unless you want to wake up in a ditch. South African police are warning about criminal gangs using drink spiking to rob and kill people at clubs and parties in places like Gauteng and North West this holiday season. SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe highlighted a surge...

Cops launched a three-day manhunt after a family got ambushed on a rural road. Police in Mpumalanga are searching for gunmen who killed two men and critically wounded a woman near Hazyview on Nyongane Main Road, with a young child surviving the attack unharmed. Authorities say an unknown number...

A village thanked the government for roads and a tractor, but is begging for its water hole to be finished. Residents of Toroba in the North Bank Region, through their committee chairman, Ismaila Bah, praised national infrastructure work like the Kerewan–Njawara road and a donated tractor while...

A charity just dropped bags of rice on some struggling communities. The New Generation Movement, founded by Sheikh Sidia Bayo, gave out eighteen bags to people near the Pipeline Mosque, in Tanji, and around the Turn Table area. Bayo stated the group is non-political and runs a program called...

A country finally grew its own expert in blood diseases. The Gambia now has its first locally trained Consultant Hematologist, Dr. Baba Leigh, who finished his advanced training at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal. He returned home through a partnership with the University of The Gambia...

A joyful trip to finalize a marriage ended in horrific tragedy last week. A bridal party from Nyanga was hit head-on by a Mozambican truck at a notorious uphill stretch in Headlands, killing three people instantly. The groom, Ngonidzashe Gift Simango, his church deacon Taurai Kaseke, and his...

A town is drowning in its own waste due to a brutal standoff over unpaid wages. Residents in Rusape face raw sewage flooding streets and homes, a major health hazard, causing outrage. Council employees, who have not received full salaries for years, are reportedly demanding cash bribes of up to...

The national water authority is telling people to brace for possible floods. The Zimbabwe National Water Authority warned communities downstream of full dams to stay alert as heavy rains push national water levels to an average of seventy-eight percent, a sharp rise from last year. While this...

The mining sector just posted another huge quarter, fueled by a lithium boom. Zimbabwe's overall mineral production jumped over eighteen percent from last year, according to the latest official index, with lithium output exploding by nearly sixty-five percent annually. The data shows the...

A family feud over alleged witchcraft just landed in a traditional court. The wife of a cross-border truck driver was accused by her granddaughter, Gracious Chiuta, of using supernatural means to prosper, a claim that sparked a bitter dispute brought before Chief Mutasa. The complainant...

The holiday vibe in the city was split between celebration and practicality. While plenty of residents in Bulawayo hit shops and parties for New Year's Eve, many parents skipped the splurging to focus on back-to-school prep for the January thirteenth start date. Those with first-time learners...

That UN-backed force in Haiti says its tougher mandate is finally making a dent. The Gang Suppression Force pointed to gains against armed groups since a Security Council resolution last fall transformed the mission into a more robust unit authorized for direct counter-gang operations. Working...

The president is declaring a full-scale war on drugs and alcohol. President William Ruto unveiled a national strategy targeting substance abuse as a clear threat to Kenya's health and economy, citing data showing one in every six Kenyans uses at least one substance. He highlighted the crisis...