Sunday World News Updates

Yemen’s Houthi Movement aims to replicate Iran’s Hormuz Strait strategy in the Red Sea by disrupting shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb and has been emboldened by an insufficient international response, Yemen’s top diplomat said on Monday. “The Houthis want to copy the Iranian model and this will shut down two… Read more »

Thousands of people rallied in the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu on Tuesday to protest against proposed constitutional changes that could pave the way for President Felix Tshisekedi to run for a third term. Goma and Bukavu have been under the control of AFC/M23 rebels since the group’s… Read more »

Uganda’s health minister declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday following the East African nation’s latest outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease that infected 20 people and killed two of them. Uganda has suffered multiple outbreaks of Ebola since 2000, when it recorded its first epidemic, and officials say over the… Read more »

Actress and media personality Lungelo Pretty Mpangase has lodged a formal complaint with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and Sunset Dentistry, alleging that members of the Johannesburg-based practice interfered in her private life and breached professional ethics. Mpangase publicly shared the complaint on Instagram, where she alleges… Read more »

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Global media and entertainment company CANAL+ has delivered a strong first half boosted by the acquisition of Africa’s leading video entertainment and pay-TV platform MultiChoice. Group revenue increased 40% to €4.29-million (approximately R82-million) in the six months to June, largely reflecting the consolidation of MultiChoice into CANAL+’s results. Adjusted earnings… Read more »

South Africa has raised concerns with the Nigerian government over the controversial installation of an unrecognised ‘Igbo King’ in the Eastern Cape, the involvement of some Nigerian nationals in organised crime, and attacks on law enforcement officers during a high-level diplomatic mission to Abuja. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation… Read more »

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has approached the Constitutional Court in a bid to overturn a Western Cape High Court ruling that halted Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala farm burglary. The party has filed an urgent application for direct leave to appeal… Read more »

Award-winning author and publisher Zukiswa Wanner believes South Africans are habituated to waiting until their icons have died before celebrating them, and she is determined to change that. As the country prepares to mark 70 years since the historic 1956 Women’s March and 50 years since the Soweto Uprising, Wanner… Read more »

The defence in the trial-within-a-trial involving murder accused Musa Kekana challenged the evidence of Tactical Response Team (TRT) officer Cpt Alfred Sekgobela on Tuesday, probing the information that led to Kekana’s arrest, the search conducted at the scene and whether the suspects were properly informed of their constitutional rights. Sekgobela,… Read more »