JOHANNESBURG – Firebrand EFF leader Julius Malema has lashed out at the way Africans are perceived when talking about white or Indian racism, calling some black reporters who are critical of his party “house n****rs”. Addressing a crowd after a brief appearance in the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Malema defended his comments that the…
PRETORIA – EFF leader Julius Malema has warned of an “unled revolution” in South Africa, as black people “are worse off in democracy than they were under apartheid”. “If things are going the way they are, there will be a revolution in this country. There will be an unled revolution, and an unled revolution is…
International scientists have discovered that most of the oldest and largest African baobab trees have died over the past 12 years. They suspect the demise may be linked to climate change, although they have no direct evidence of this. The tree can grow to an enormous size, and may live hundreds if not thousands of…
LAGOS – Ahead of the completion of the Dangote Oil Refinery, petroleum importing African nations and Bulk Oil Distributors based in Ghana have expressed eagerness to patronize the Nigerian Refinery when production starts. The oil buyers said arrangements have been put in place to import petroleum products from the world’s largest single-train refinery, situated, Lekki,…
JOHANNESBURG – A fraud, racketeering and money laundering case against South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been adjourned until next month. The 76-year-old appeared on Friday at the Durban High Court for the second time over charges relating to a $2.5bn arms deal in the late 1990s, when he was deputy president. He faces…
NAIROBI – A Kenyan official says the search for a small plane that went missing on Tuesday with 10 people on board has been suspended until the morning. Nyandarua County Commissioner Boaz Cherotich says the search is called off overnight due to poor visibility. Authorities on Wednesday focused the search efforts on the Aberdare mountain…
KINSHASA – Two more people have died of Ebola in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the toll to 27 in nearly a month, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Of the two deaths, one occurred in the remote area of Bikoro, where the first cases were declared on May 8, and was confirmed by…
ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar’s Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly resigned on Monday to comply with a court ruling that ordered the formation of a new consensus government to end the country’s political crisis. “I unconditionally accept this decision because I do not want to block a solution. I hand in my resignation without constraint or regret,” Mahafaly…
ADDIS – Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that his government was investigating foreign bank accounts held by government officials, state-owned Fana Broadcasting Corporation news site reports. The report did not give details of whether they were former or current government officials or what their rank was. It just said that foreign countries…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption relating to a multi-billion-dollar arms deal. The case centres on a 30bn rand ($2.5bn; £1.7bn) deal to modernise the country’s defence in the late 1990s. The charges – which Mr Zuma denies – include counts of fraud, racketeering…
