[Nyasa Times] The Malawi team won gold and silver medals at the African Schools Championship in Kenya.

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's president has announced a plan to help the country's struggling economy recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan, which includes government-wide spending cuts, follows nationwide protests against t...

[VOA] Geneva -- An operation is underway to repatriate thousands of Congolese refugees from Zambia to the homes they fled four years ago in fear of their lives.

[The Herald] THE construction of 121 cluster houses on the Monavale wetland has suffered a still birth after the Supreme Court confirmed the decision stopping the development on the country's biggest wetland.

[VOA] Johannesburg -- In the December holiday season of giving, undocumented immigrants in South Africa are getting the gift of COVID-19 vaccinations.

[VOA] Johannesburg -- South African medical experts say a drop in coronavirus cases indicates the country has passed the peak of a fourth wave of infections driven by the omicron variant. Health officials say the omicron variant spreads faster than p...

[The Herald] Pre-planting producer prices for grains and oil seeds have been set, with an 83 percent rise for maize, 85 percent rise for traditional grains and even higher rises for oil seeds.

[SAnews.gov.za] While the Omicron variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in South Africa, findings are showing that it is less severe, with fewer hospitalisations compared to the previous waves.

[Daily Maverick] For a long while, it was assumed that only humans have personalities or can exercise self-control. Now, biologists are beginning to discover that birds and other wild animals share these traits with humans.

[Namibian] THE Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) believes that Namibia's vaccination age should start at 10, in order to reach 70% coverage. This comes as the country reported almost 10 000 new infections in two weeks.

[Nyasa Times] The world football governing body Fifa has approved 15 Malawian referees for the 2022 season following physical fitness test held in September.

[Nyasa Times] Newly appointed Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jacob Hara, clarified the reasons behind the ministry's defiance of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)'s order to reconstitute an Evaluation Committee.

[Nyasa Times] The High Court has dismissed a bail application by convicted business mogul, Thomson Mpinganjira, who has a pending appeal against his conviction in the Supreme Court.

[The Herald] While the daily death toll dropped slightly to 14 yesterday and the number of new Covid-19 infections rose moderately to 2 689, the general trends expressed by the seven-day rolling averages continue to show infection rates falling and d...

[SAPS] All communities serviced by Maokeng SAPS are advised that the station has been temporarily closed due to a Covid 19 virus related case.

[SAPS] All communities serviced by the Port Shepstone police station are advised that the station has been temporarily closed due to the members who tested positive for the Covid-19 virus today, 22 December 2021.

[SAPS] Duduza police made a serious breakthrough in a bid to clamp on the hijacking syndicate operating between Gauteng and Mpumalanga.

[SAPS] The Police in Sekhukhune have launched a search operation for a missing man, Maphopha Manamane David aged 59 from Makgane Mirika village following his disappearance on 07 December 2021.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that it has lost a soldier deployed in Mozambique as part of Operation Vikela.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has made great strides in making payments for the special COVID-19 SRD Grant, with close to five million approved applicants having been paid for December 2021.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Members of the Kru tribe of Liberia are mentioned in some of the World's History books on West Africans who migrated to other African Countries through commercial Ships owned by business entities or being operated by Wes...

[The Herald] WETLANDS play a critical role as the primary sources of water as they act as sponges that filter clean water to the main sources and enhance biodiversity.

[The Herald] Police crack and traffic teams have been deployed countrywide to deal with any criminal activities and traffic offenders during this festive season.

[The Herald] PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has gifted urban dwellers Christmas and New Year gifts in the form of title deeds that will benefit residents who built houses on undesignated land under the watch of the incompetent and corruption-riddled MDC municip...

[The Herald] President Mnangagwa has issued a stern warning against perpetrators of gun-related crimes saying those who dabble in arms will soon fall by the sword.

[The Herald] ZANU PF will on December 28 hold elections for the Provincial Coordinating Committees (PCC), which will be presided by Politburo members with President Mnangagwa warning against any wayward behaviour.

[The Herald] Covid -- 19 will not retard the positive economic growth trajectory Zimbabwe has achieved so far and the momentum is set to be maintained into 2022, Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has said.

[Daily Maverick] Spaza shop informal businesses are crucial cogs in the township economy.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Westminster Magistrate's Court in London has postponed the extradition trial of former Eskom contractor and corruption accused Michael Lomas to May next year due to medical reasons.

[Govt of SA] Today, I make a concerted appeal to all citizens of the Western Cape, to ensure that no land invasions attempts are allowed to occur across this Province.