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MK Party chief whip arrested over alleged salary scam

Today at 11:45 AM, via SowetanLIVE

uMkhonto weSizwe Party chief whip Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi has been arrested after allegedly forcing party employees to hand over chunks of their salaries under the guise of paying the party president’s legal fees.

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WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial

Today at 11:41 AM, via SowetanLIVE

The five men accused of killing soccer star Senzo Meyiwa are back in the dock at the Pretoria high court on Thursday.

South Africa

Meta Rolls Out Global Consumer Subscriptions and Begins Testing Paid AI Plans Under New ‘Meta One’ Brand

Today at 11:52 AM, via iAfrica

Meta is expanding its subscription offerings, announcing the global rollout of consumer subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, while beginning to test new paid tiers for businesses, creators and Meta AI users — including AI plans that charge for additional compute. For a few dollars per month, consumers subscribing to Instagram Plus ($3.99), Facebook […]

Africa

Eswatini’s oil reserve gamble

Yesterday at 03:25 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening poverty, soaring unemployment and allegations of elite enrichment

Africa

PSG’s Hakimi in Morocco squad despite injury

Tuesday at 22:29 PM, via BBC News

Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi is named in the Atlas Lions’ World Cup squad despite the injury he sustained in the Champions League semi-finals against Bayern Munich.

Politics

ANC NWC resolve to show Tolashe the door

Yesterday at 12:03 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The decisions follows the working committee’s meeting on monday where it resolved that Tolashe should resign as an MP and the president of the ANC’s woman league

Education

Nigeria: 81 Schoolchildren Still in Terrorists’ Den, Falz, CSOs Slam Govt

Today at 11:58 AM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] Civil society organisations and activists have condemned the Federal Government over the continued captivity of 81 Nigerian schoolchildren abducted by terrorists, declaring that any government unable to protect children has failed in its primary responsibility.

Health

Why the gut is known as the second brain

Today at 11:33 AM, via BBC News

Your gut doesn’t just respond to your brain – it helps shape your emotions. Professor of Biomolecular Medicine Jon Swann explains why.

Health

KFF’s Chief Executive to Retire

Yesterday at 21:01 PM, via New York Times

Drew Altman, who transformed KFF from a little-known family foundation to a major source of U.S. health policy research, will step down at the end of the year.