Nelson Mandela’s daughters sue him for millions
Nelson Mandela’s daughters are suing him for the rights to his artworks and control of his millions, says a report. According to the Star newspaper on Monday, Zenani and Makaziwe Mandela...
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Mandela’s daughters driven by greed to secure companies’ c...
Nelson Mandela did not want his daughters Makaziwe and Zenani involved in the management of his money and artwork, his lawyer Bally Chuene said during proceedings in a High Court in Johannesburg. Law...
At least 20 boys killed in archaic circumcision ritual
South Africa police on Thursday said at least 20 boys were killed in a coming of age circumcision ritual gone deadly. Reuters reported that police in the Northern Mpumalanga province opened 22 murder...
Swaziland warns witches against flying too high
Witches be warned! Flying your witching broomsticks more than 150 meters above the ground will get you arrested by Swaziland‘s aviation authorities and liable to pay a whopping R500,000 fine. R...
Boko Haram was paid N500million ransom for French family, demanded N1b...
French and Cameroonian negotiators reportedly paid an equivalent of N500 million to Islamist sect Boko Haram to secure the release of the French family of seven freed this month. This was revealed in...
“We will not allow gays here” – Gambian president wa...
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has said “there will be no mercy” for gay and lesbian citizens, warning that those caught in the act will “regret” being born. During a s...
Over 500 students suffer food poisoning in Cairo
More than 500 students from Cairo’s Al-Azhar University suffered food poisoning after eating at a student hostel, Egyptian Health Ministry reported on Tuesday. Media reports put the number of a...
Family says Achebe died after “brief illness”; Brown Unive...
The family of “Things Fall Apart” authour, Chinua Achebe, confirmed in an official statement that their late patriarch died “following a brief illness”. It is not clear what i...
7-year-old raped and left for dead
A seven-year-old girl has died in a Makhado hospital after she was raped and left for dead in a street, Limpopo police said on Sunday. She died in the Elim Hospital on Saturday night, Brigadier Hangw...
How 60-year-old South African runner escaped rape four times
Ntombiyezwi Zulu, a 60-year-old runner and member of the Zulu royal family has escaped four rape attempts in the past six months, she told the Times Lives. The South African runner has been an athlet...