52+ min ago   (338+ words) Taxi boss Joe "Ferrari" Sibanyoni is expected to testify at the Madlanga Commission on Friday about Kwaggafontein and alleged criminal syndicates. Sibanyoni runs a fleet of around 400 minibus taxis and was previously the target of an alleged 2022 assassination attempt linked…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (859+ words) Government has rejected claims that Blue Ribbon Industries and 23 other millers have shut down operations in Bulawayo because of a maize shortage, accusing elitist interests of exploiting the company's name to manufacture a national grain crisis and push for increased…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago   (272+ words) President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter-in-law Kelsea Tafirenyika will spend the weekend in custody and only know her fate on September 1, after her lawyers completed submissions for bail. Tafirenyika's lawyers raised a fresh twist in the case, arguing that the identity document…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago   (380+ words) ZANU PF says Zimbabwe could have been "ambushed" by forces opposed to the ruling party during the 2028 elections had it not pushed through Constitutional Amendment Act Number 3, which extended President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure to 2030. ZANU PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa made…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (519+ words) Judge orders Home Affairs to process asylum seekers at Lindela after deportation cases swamp court The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg's motion roll is being swamped by urgent matters involving undocumented foreign nationals fighting their deportations following their arrests - an…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (473+ words) Zambia's national broadcaster reports that Brian Mundubile, who wanted to challenge this month's presidential election results, and his running mate have surrendered to police and are being interviewed. Zambia's opposition leader and presidential election runner-up Brian Mundubile was in police…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago   (794+ words) Malawi's agriculture sector is facing a mounting crisis, with damning new figures revealing the country's export base has collapsed by 31 percent in less than a decade, as Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Roza Mbilizi issued a stark call…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago   (998+ words) Gianni Infantino might have backed down from his proposal to sell a minority stake of Fifa to corporate investors and he may be facing a backlash from all sides, but the steady commercialisation of the game continues. Gerard A. Akindes studies…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (220+ words) [Daily Maverick] An investigator probing Steve Biko's death was sent from pillar to post by missing records and incomplete dockets, but uncovered a key witness account before the long-awaited inquest reopened. South Africa: Biko Inquest Investigator Tells of Missing Records,…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (756+ words) Over the past few weeks, there have been ongoing discussions about a potential new TB vaccine coming to South Africa. As all this happens, preparations for possible future manufacturing of the jab are already underway. In July, the Serum Institute…...