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A historic judgment condemning a discriminatory civil marriage law, passed in the 1980s that potentially marginalised 400 000 black women, was handed down in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban on Friday. Sections of the Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 were declared unconstitutional and...

Enoch Mpianzi’s parents had to borrow the R800 it cost to send him to the Parktown Boys’ High School orientation camp where he lost his life, but could not afford a life jacket, Sunday Times reported. But his mother Antho Mpianzi and his father Guy Intamba were not … Read more via News24...

Dikoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation. He went to some of the finest schools in his West African homeland but says that like the majority of his classmates he "didn’t know about Biafra until I was 14". .... Read more via News24...

A 34-year-old Boksburg man has been arrested for the rape of a 2-year-old child, Gauteng police have confirmed.... Read more via News24 – https://ift.tt/2Ms9p2M Get more World News

Desperate Nigerians living in South Africa, including some who were forced to close their businesses following attacks on foreign nationals in Gauteng, are preparing to leave the country, lock, stock and barrel. On Wednesday, scores of Nigerians and their children, armed with documents and...

The 27-year-old teacher who was arrested for allegedly orchestrating the kidnapping of 6-year-old Amy'Leigh de Jager at Laerskool Kollegepark in Vanderbijlpark is a close friend of the child's mother, Angeline de Jager.... Read more via News24 – https://ift.tt/2MXu0gP Get more World News

South Africans have been horrified by the murder of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana. Initial reports suggest a post office worker has confessed to raping and killing the 19-year-old. There have been calls for a “national shutdown” to protest femicide in South Africa. Women...

Similarities in the cases of two missing South Africans living and working in Vietnam have revealed a pattern that indicates a possibility that organ harvesting was involved, according to Gift of the.... Read more via News24 News – https://ift.tt/2P2kXNt Get more World News

The City of Cape Town has confirmed it is investigating an alleged assault on what appeared to be a homeless man, which according to a witness saw the person beaten, pepper-sprayed, shoved and thrown to the ground. Executive director for the safety and security directorate Richard Bosman …...

A frantic search by the East London K9 search and rescue unit together with the Berlin police led to the successful discovery of 104-year-old Nqisa Nqokola who went missing on Friday.... Read more via News24 – https://ift.tt/2XyuOK4 Get more World News

In remembering ANC stalwart Walter Sisulu, the party’s current Secretary General Ace Magashule has told supports the struggle cannot be betrayed for the crumbs that come from the well laden table of White Monopoly Capital. Magashule was delivering the keynote address for the Sisulu memorial...

“I’m alive… again!” This was Renthia van Rensburg’s response after a nearly two-year battle to be declared “alive” after Home Affairs had her on record as being dead. For the 49-year old from Onderstepoort near Pretoria, the nightmare began in December 2017 when she discovered that she was …...

Farm tractors, pick-up trucks and combine harvesters from former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe’s dairy farm will go under the hammer to pay off debts, auctioneers announced on Thursday. Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, owned several farms despite laws limiting individuals to one...

ANC chair Gwede Mantashe has rubbished claims that a National General Council (NGC) could remove party president Cyril Ramaphosa. Speaking to News24 at the IEC results centre in Pretoria on Thursday evening, Mantashe said Ramaphosa would remain at the helm until the ANC’s next elective...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has warned of grave consequences for those who steal ballot boxes or attempt to disrupt rescheduled Nigeria elections. Buhari spoke during an emergency meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the nation’s capital, Abuja, on Monday. "Anybody...

It is time for South Africans to take climate change seriously, said President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday in his response to the debate on his State of the Nation Address. He said if South Africa is a country that prioritises the interests of the poor and the … Read more via News24 Top...

Elon Musk will give up the role of Tesla chairperson and pay a $20m penalty to settle fraud charges … Read more via News24 News – https://ift.tt/2Qjmv1l Get more: Nigeria Business News

Former world number one Andy Murray has brought his season to a premature end, pulling ... read more via News24 Top Stories – https://ift.tt/2xZxDsT Get More Nigeria Sports News

With the janitorial programme for informal settlements in the City of Cape Town frozen because of lack of inoculations for janitors, communities have been struggling for more than a year with filthy toilets, GroundUp reports... Read more via News24 – https://ift.tt/2Q0DlCe Get More Nigeria...