South Africans Fume Over Government’s R1 Billion Sponsorship For Tottenham Hotspur

South Africans are up in arms in fury over the government’s proposed plan of a R1 Billion sponsorship for English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. This comes after explosive revelations made by the publication, the Daily Maverick.   The Daily Maverick revealed that the South African government, through its marketing agency SA Tourism, is preparing to ink a…

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Mbuya Stella Chiweshe dies

ZIMBABWEAN Mbira music legend Mbuya Stella Chiweshe has died. Chiweshe passed on early Friday morning at her place of residence in Harare’s Kuwadzana suburb at the age of  77. Her passing on was confirmed by a close relative Rector Kandemiviri  who told state media that the musician has not been feeling well lately. “She wasn’t…

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Julius Malema Pressures ANC To Pay Full Cost Of Airforce Jet ‘Lift’ For Zimbabwe Trip

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said it will pay the government for the costs incurred when its delegation flew to Zimbabwe to meet with ZANU PF leaders last week on a SA airforce jet. ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule, who led the delegation to Harare, apologised for “hitchhiking” on the plane and pledged to…

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African state to castrate rapists as it passes new radical law on GBV

Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to become law in the north-western state. He has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from re-offending. Nigeria’s federal law provides…

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