The Eastern Cape health department has asked families of five of the 21 victims who died at Enyobeni Tavern in East London to come forward and identify their bodies.
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has raised questions over whether the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality had approved the initial structural plans for the Enyobeni Tavern.
The process of identifying the bodies of the 21 people who died in the Enyobeni tavern tragedy in East London is underway. The tavern remains closed while the investigation continues.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order to freeze a luxury property owned by Vhuthanda Investment, whose sole director is former National Lotteries Commission board chairperson, Prof Alfred Nevhutanda.
As the United States loses a five-decade-old right to abortion, Chile – long one of Latin America’s most conservative countries – is gearing up to enshrine the same right in its constitution.
The shade associated with the reproductive rights movement can be traced to Argentina, where a growing number of activists were pushing for the government to legalize abortion.
There are concerns that separatist leaders in English-speaking areas of Cameroon might be losing control of their forces, as grave human rights violations are on the rise, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report.
A well at a site operated by local Nigerian firm Eroton Exploration and Production Limited has been spilling oil and gas into the Niger Delta for more than a week, the company and an agency responsible for detecting oil spills said.
A trial began Sunday for an Egyptian man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a public street after she rejected his advances — a case that has sparked widespread outrage.
South Africa’s power utility said most of its workforce is in place, despite some ongoing demonstrations that started last week after a breakdown in wage negotiations, though generation capacity has yet to improve.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised the heroism of South Africans following the lifting of the last COVID-19 restrictions and the release of the State Capture Report last week.
During his address in Kliptown, Soweto on Saturday, where the party observed the 67th commemoration of the adoption of the Freedom Charter in the area, EFF leader, Julius Malema rejected the findings of the State Capture report.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — Liberia’s education Minister Dr. Ansu Sonii has underscored the need for leaders across Africa, especially in Liberia, to prioritize education, good governance and guarantee for food security if the high rate of poverty, ignorance and instability must be curtailed or eradicated from the continent.
[Premium Times] A statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Olajide Oshundun, said the president will, after the briefing, make decisions on issues in contention.
[New Zimbabwe] FRANCIS Aphiri Primary School in Masvingo is reportedly asking parents to contribute US$15 per child to buy a new vehicle at a time parents are struggling to pay tuition fees and students do not have basic learning materials.
[Premium Times] The publication of the personal particulars of candidates for the 2023 elections has been followed by animated discussions among Nigerians on social media
Today I learned Turkey’s Scientific and Technological Research Council has a subsidiary developing a GNU/Linux distro called Pardus, “redesigned to be used in accordance with the practices and habits of users in Turkey.” And this week the Free Software Foundation published a post from the proud project leader of Pardus, explaining exactly why open source was chosen in the district of...
In light of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, advocates from all sides of the issue have called for men to be part of the conversation. The Times heard from hundreds who wanted to share their stories.