CNN β Four people in South Africaβs East London town remain in critical condition after attending a party that turned tragic. The Eastern Cape Premierβs office tells CNN that the four remain under observation in hospital and authorities are waiting to question them. Five bodies...
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Children as young as 13 among 22 killed in South African tavern incident π₯π₯π₯
National police minister Bheki Cele told reporters when visiting the scene that he could not yet say what happened at the venue, but said some of the victims were just 13 years old. Samples from the bodies will be taken to toxicology labs in Cape...
Prince Charles says ‘time has come’ to confront legacy of slavery π₯π₯π₯
The prince will succeed his mother as head of the organization — an association of independent states that emerged out of the ashes of the British Empire. That empire will forever be associated with slavery, and Prince Charles made it clear in his opening remarks...
Nigerian senator and wife charged with plotting to get child to UK to harvest organs π₯π₯π₯
Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, were both charged with conspiracy to arrange travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting, police said. Ekweremadu is an opposition senator in the southern state of Enugu, and also a former deputy...
‘Day Zero’: This city is counting down the days until its water taps run dry π₯π₯π₯
It’s the bumpy road β which runs between tightly packed shanty dwellings and beige public-funded houses β that makes balancing containers filled with 70 liters of water on his return a pain. “Home feels far when you are pushing 70 kilograms of water in a...
Africa has been “taken hostage” by Russiaβs war against Ukraine, Zelensky says π₯π₯π₯
Anton Alikhanov, governor of the Kaliningrad region, at the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 17. (Gleb Schelkunov/Kommersant/Sipa USA/AP) Lithuania’s decision to ban the transit of sanctioned materials to Russia through the Kaliningrad region — Russiaβs exclave in the European Union — is “unprecedented” and Russia considers...
Funeral mass held for victims of church gun massacre in Nigeria π₯π₯π₯
Among those paying respects to the 40 people who died was Laide Ajanaku whose parents John Adesina Ajanaku, 67, and mother Olabimpe Susanah, 64, were killed when a group of armed men stormed the congregation during a Pentecost mass the St Francis Catholic Church in...
Boxer Simiso Buthelezi dies after collapsing at end of fight in South Africa π₯π₯π₯
Boxing South Africa (BSA) confirmed that Buthelezi, 24, collapsed towards the end of the fight on June 5 before being rushed to hospital. It was discovered the boxer suffered internal bleeding from a brain injury and subsequently died in βthe hospital on Tuesday, a Boxing...
Gupta brothers await extradition to South Africa after years of refuge in the UAE π₯π₯π₯
The Guptas are deeply implicated in corruption allegations during the tenure of former South African president Jacob Zuma. The brothers and their families left South Africa for the UAE when Zuma resigned in 2018. Dubai police confirmed on Tuesday that they arrested the pair on...
Abused and abandoned, three women share their stories of pregnancy with schizophrenia π₯π₯π₯
Just beyond the entrance, people rest on raffia mats while others chat with friends or family who have come to visit. To the left of the entrance is a courtyard where dozens of residents are waiting to be attended to; in the open space ahead, women chat as they...