South Africa Is Being Molested: Artist Behind Naked President Jacob Zuma Painting
President Jacob Zuma is the subject of another painting in which his genitals are depicted in an artist’s view of South African society this time Ayanda Mabulu’s The Pornography of Power. “It’s about the situation that we are in in the country,” said the 33-year-old Mabulu. “There is no more time to decide to try […]
App Created By Joburg Student Causes Uproar At School In South Africa: App Insults, Degrades And Defame Teachers
An anonymous social media app developed by two people, including a matriculant at Saheti School, has led to drastic action from the Johannesburg private school, and a possible lawsuit after it caused an uproar last week. The school says the app was used to insult, degrade and defame pupils and teachers at the school, and […]
11 People Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes in Shire River In Malayi
Eleven people, including children, are missing in Nsanje after a boat they were sailing in hit the river bank at Port-Shire and capsized Monday morning, according to a report by Malawi News Agency (Mana). Nsanje Police Officer in Charge Kirby Kaunga , who confirmed the incident, said out of 15 people on the boat, four […]
Arrest Parents Of Child Brides: David Parirenyatwa
Parents of children forced into early marriages should be arrested to help curb the scourge, Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa has said. Speaking at Mahusekwa near Marondera last week, Dr Parirenyatwa challenged chiefs and other traditional leaders to fight against early child marriages in rural areas. Stiff penalties should also be imposed on […]
South Africa’s Sick Miners Take Gold Mines To Court
South Africa has always been known for its lucrative gold mines. In the process Johannesburg even became known as the City of Gold. But not all that glitters is gold, as miners have found out at a cost. The case of South African current and ex-mineworkers who contracted tuberculosis (TB) and silicosis-a degenerative lung disease […]
Zimasa Mabela, South Africa’s First Black Female Navy Commander
As a girl in the village of Lady Frere, Zimasa Mabela’s life revolved around school, and fetching firewood and water from the river. The country’s first black female navy commander says she only saw the sea for the first time when she was 18. “I guess, having read books and watched movies, it was not […]
Zambia’s President Lungu Launches Electronic Voucher System To Enable Farmers To Easily Buy Inputs
Government has released funds to support farmers to buy inputs of their choice from registered agro-dealers under the newly launched Electronic vulture voucher system. President Edgar Lungu announced in Mbabala in Choma district during the launch of the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) Electronic Voucher system that the treasury has released funds required to enable […]
Zambia Missed An Opportunity To Launch National Airline – Francis Simenda
FRANCIS Simenda says Zambia missed an opportunity to launch its national airline in 2013 when almost all the formalities for the initiative were done. There have been numerous attempts by the government to put up a national airline, the country’s official flag bearer. During the official opening of the fifth session of Parliament on September […]
President Lungu Says He Wants To be Remembered As An Ordinary Person
PRESIDENT Lungu says he wants to be remembered as an ordinary person who brought humane characteristics to the presidency. President Lungu said he would like to leave a legacy where the fathom on presidency is reduced to a human being occupying a leadership role on behalf of the people who have trusted him to be […]
Woman Dies As Car Rips Open In Cape Town Crash In South Africa
A car travelling along the R300 highway in Cape Town ripped open on Saturday morning after apparently driving into a bridge, killing a passenger. Western Cape police confirmed a man was arrested on an alcohol consumption charge. According to paramedics, the woman was found lying a few metres away from the wreckage shortly before 07:00. […]
