LUSAKA – Trial has commenced in the Mongu Subordinate Court in the matter in which a medical doctor at Luampa Mission Hospital in Western Province has been charged with defaming Republican President Edgar Lungu in first the count. Dr. Kwalela Kafunya has in the second count been charged with issuing written threats to murder and…
LAGOS – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is “recuperating fast” from his illness, his wife Aisha Buhari has said. She made the comments after a trip to London, where her husband is being treated for an unspecified illness. Buhari, 74, left for London nearly a month ago – his second trip to the UK for treatment…
PRETORIA – The High Court in Johannesburg will on Friday morning hear an appeal by President Jacob Zuma against a ruling that he must hand over records explaining his controversial Cabinet reshuffle. The infamous late night reshuffle saw Pravin Gordhan axed as finance minister, along with his deputy Mcebisi Jonas, among others. At the time,…
KIGALI – There will be no spur of the moment Twitter rants by Rwanda’s presidential candidates, as the election commission has ruled that it must pre-approve all of their social media updates. “We are asking (candidates) to present us their messages, their drafts” to verify that they are not against the law,” electoral commission head…
PRETORIA – The Democratic Alliance (DA) has laid complaints with the police against President Jacob Zuma, his son Duduzane, three Gupta brothers, and various cabinet ministers whom they accuse of treason, corruption and racketeering in charges related to state capture. Those mentioned in the complaint include, Atul Gupta, Ajay Gupta, Rajesh “Tony” Gupta, Ashu Chawla,…
PRETORIA – South Africa’s embattled president Jacob Zuma has been planning to set up home in Dubai, according to emails published in South African media. The reports suggest deepening ties between President Zuma and the controversial Gupta business family. But the president’s spokesman has dismissed them as an utter fabrication. Pressure on Mr Zuma has…
LUSAKA – South Africa’s opposition leader has been expelled from Zambia, blocking him from attending the treason case of his detained counterpart, his party says. Police boarded Mmusi Maimane’s flight, and “forcefully prevented” him from entering Zambia, his party said. Mr Maimane had planned to show solidarity with Zambia’s main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema when…
GABORONE – Botswana’s Court of Appeal (CoA) Judge president Ian Kirby is furious that President Ian Khama appears to be wrongly advised in his refusal to appoint veteran attorney Omphemetse Motumise as a judge. According to sources close to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Kirby expressed his opinion during a heated meeting on May 11,…
KINSHASA – Members of a religious political sect have stormed a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, freeing their leader and about 50 other inmates, a government spokesman says. Gunfire was heard near the prison in Kinshasa, as Ne Muanda Nsemi and other inmates escaped, witnesses said. Police are suspected to have shot…
JOHANNESBURG – A storm has erupted on social media on an account allegedly belonging to Buhle Mkhize against Norma Gigaba, wife of Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba. Mkhize had an affair with Malusi Gigaba in the past, and a previous social media spat between the two carried on for months in 2015 and 2016. On Twitter,…
