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New vocalist Mbali Makhoba hits the Freshlyground running

Friday at 05:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Mbali Makhoba, 20, is new lead vocalist for Freshlyground, taking over where Zolani Mahola— left off. After a seven-year hiatus, the group is working on new music. Makhoba and drummer Peter Cohen speak to Sowetan.

Freshlyground introduces their new lead vocalist Mbali Makhoba

Friday at 05:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Mbali Makhoba, 20, is new lead vocalist for Freshlyground, taking over where Zolani Mahola— left off. After a seven-year hiatus, the group is working on new music. Makhoba and drummer Peter Cohen speak to Sowetan.

Hegseth compares ‘Trump-hating’ reporters to enemies of Jesus

Friday at 04:47 AM, via Daily Maverick

WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) – US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited biblical scripture on Thursday to attack the media, comparing reporters to Jewish adversaries of Jesus Christ plotting “how to destroy him.”

Musician D4vd arrested on suspicion of murder of 14-year-old girl

Friday at 04:45 AM, via Daily Maverick

April 16 (Reuters) – Los Angeles police said on Thursday they have arrested David Burke, a 21‑year‑old musician known professionally as D4vd, on suspicion of murdering 14‑year‑old Celeste Rivas, whose remains were found last year in the front trunk of a car registered to him.

Acting US ICE head Todd Lyons to leave agency at end of May

Friday at 04:41 AM, via Daily Maverick

WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) – The acting head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which has been at the heart of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, will leave the federal government at the end of May, the Trump administration said on Thursday.

News24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | Is Cape Town too expensive for South Africans?

Friday at 04:15 AM, via News24

Cape Town’s emergence as Africa’s most expensive property market, driven by international demand and digital nomad influx, is reshaping the city’s landscape while raising critical questions about housing affordability and inclusivity for all residents.

Becoming umwana – a son: Part 2

Friday at 00:35 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The family who sheltered me was, by any measure, participating in genocide: they were killing Tutsi every day. They were also, in their own logic, maintaining a family, going to work, returning home, sitting down to eat. These things coexisted

Africa’s unfinished reckoning

Friday at 00:20 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The question is not whether the world recognises the genocide against the Tutsi. It does. The question is whether the continent has claimed it — intellectually, historically and in its understanding of itself

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