Year: 2023

  Zimbabwe ( BBC News ) Zimbabwe has awarded civil servants a 100% salary increment as part of efforts to improve their welfare, the government-owned daily The Herald reports. However, the increase just about keeps pace with Zimbabwe’s high inflation, which stands at 92.3% according to latest figures. This means the prices in shops are […]

  Durban ( ENCA ) Five people, inluding a nine-year-old girl, were killed in two shooting incidents in Durban on Tuesday afternoon. In the first incident, two people were shot dead at Carters Avenue in the Berea area. Emer-G-Med and ALS paramedics responded to the scene and found two men with multiple gunshot wounds. Emer-G-Med […]

Namibia ( Africa News ) A Namibian court onMonday overturned a decision granting citizenship to the son of a gay couple, the latest step in a legal battle over the children of gay surrogate parents. In Namibia, homosexuality is still illegal, although the 1927 sodomy law is rarely enforced today. Yona, now four years old, […]

  South Africa ( Times Live ) After hours of marching, singing and scores of EFF members arriving in buses at Pretoria’s Church Square on Monday, EFF leader Julius Malema made an appearance. Surrounded by a sea of red, he told supporters the national shutdown was a success despite the heavy police presence. “You must […]

(ENCA ) Arsenal surged eight points clear at the top of the Premier League as Bukayo Saka’s brace inspired a 4-1 rout of Crystal Palace on Sunday. Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring in the first half at the Emirates Stadium to put the leaders on course for a sixth successive league victory.     It […]

  (CNN) Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Russian-occupied Mariupol, his first visit to territory captured by his forces in the year-long conflict. The visit was an apparent act of defiance, coming just days after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him. It also prompted outrage from Ukraine – the defense […]

(SABC News )Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali on Thursday, promising record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more football to be played around the world. Infantino stood unopposed, making his re-election as head of football’s governing body a formality, even […]

South Africa ( Times Live ) Hired killers’ target was high-profile person, says MEC Sipho Hlomuka Five heavily armed men who were allegedly on their way to kill a high-profile person were intercepted by police at Cato Manor, Durban, on Thursday. KwaZulu-Natal community safety MEC Sipho Hlomuka said the five were suspected of being hitmen […]

South Africa ( SABC News ) President Cyril Ramaphosa says that he has discussed getting electricity from Tanzania.   He was meeting with the President of the East African country Samia Suluhu Hassan at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday as part of both a State Visit and the second Bi-National Commission of the […]

Mbabane – Former Minister of Public Works and Transport , Ntuthuko Dlamini has been sentenced to a total of 65 years at The High Court of Eswatini. WATCH THE FULL REPORT BY CHANNEL YEMASWATI NEWS :