SA bid farewell to acting giant
BBC South Africans have bid farewell to celebrity actor, producer, and director Aaron, Arthur “Shona” Ferguson, who has been laid to rest in a private...
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Tanzania’s president John Magufuli dies
BBC Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in...
South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
BBC South Africa has put its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold after a study showed “disappointing” results against its new Covid variant. Scientists...
Rioting returnees arrested
Security authorities have confirmed the arrest of several Malawian returnees from South Africa following yesterday’s riots at Mapanga in Blantyre. The incident involved 518 returnees...
Covid-19 in South Africa: Scientists seek to understand new variant
Scientists in South Africa say there is a “reasonable concern” that the new variant of Covid-19 sweeping across the country might prove to be more...
SA leader Ramaphosa holds phone talks with Biden
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramapahosa held phone talks with US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday evening and discussed strengthening of US-Africa relations. The two leaders...
Minister, police mum on the Bushiris
Malawi’s Homeland Security Minister Richard Chimwendo Banda and the Malawi Police Service Spokesperson James Kadadzera are yet to comment on matters surrounding leader of the...
South Africans question their police on Bushiri’s escape
South African citizens are having a field day bashing their police service for letting self-acclaimed Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri skip bail under their watch. Scores...