[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's attorney general has apologized for police detaining a journalist and trying to force him to reveal his sources on a government corruption story. The rare public apology came after the government faced criticism fro...

[Daily Maverick] The South African Reserve Bank, in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group, this week released a second report looking at the use of distributed ledger technology for interbank payments settlement, taking it on...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A spate of up to seven murders over the past weekend has driven tension in the Gauteng township of Diepsloot, over the past several days, Times Live reports. Residents threatened to shut down the area and called for greater ...

[New Era] President Hage Geingob has castigated some descendants of the victims of the 1904-08 Nama-Ovaherero genocide for demanding that government steps aside as far as negotiations with Germany are concerned.

[New Zimbabwe] ZAPU has condemned the murder of a Zimbabwean man in Diepsloot, North of Johannesburg by a xenophobic South African mob hunting foreigners residing in the area.

[New Zimbabwe] A MUREHWA man, Elliot Rewu (38) has been caged 30 years for murdering his father in cold blood over witchcraft allegations.

[ANGOP] Malanje -- The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, António de Assis, highlighted today, Thursday, the resilience that the sector has been showing in face of the limitations imposed by Covid-19 in the last three years, providing food to th...

[The Conversation Africa] This year marks the centenary of the publication in 1922 of Abantu Abamnyama Lapa Bavela Ngakona (The Black People and Whence They Came), the first book-length history of black people written in isiZulu. Part of the Nguni la...

[GroundUp] Covid mandatory protocols and regulations will still be adhered to during visits

[New Era] The battle of who to succeed the late paramount chief Vekuii Rukoro and take over the reins as the next leader of the Ovaherero traditional authority has led to more fights that have spilled over to the High Court.

[New Era] The education ministry, in collaboration with the ministries of information and health, recently launched the schools Covid-19 vaccination advocacy campaign at the Mureti Senior Secondary School in Opuwo.

[New Era] The Windhoek High Court is set to hear what transpired when a local resident allegedly abducted, kidnapped and raped a five-year-old minor girl.

[New Era] Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa says the constitutionality challenge against sections of the Combating of Rape Act by a Cuban doctor accused of raping a female colleague has no merit.

[Nyasa Times] Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Board of Malawi and Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA) have said the NGO Act Amendment Bill of 2022--which Parliament passed late last month--will result into improved reg...

[Nyasa Times] The Association of Vendors in Blantyre has applauded one of the the country's leading banks, National Bank of Malawi (NBM) Plc for introducing new digital financial customer services which is helping its clients to make transactions in ...

[Nyasa Times] Standard Bank Malawi has returned to football after unveiling a K46 million annual sponsorship for three years for Malawi's three regional leagues which will receive K15 million each.

[Namibian] PETER Shalulile underlined his status as one of the most prolific players on the continent with a perfect hat-trick for Mamelodi Sundowns in Wednesday night's 4-2 victory over Swallows.

[The Herald] Long -- DISTANCE runner Munyaradzi Jari has expressed satisfaction with the progress he has made in preparation for the South Africa Marathon Championships next month.

[New Zimbabwe] THE Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) has initiated plans to conduct a forensic audit on First Mutual Life (FML), accusing the company of submitting an unsatisfactory report during an assets separation exercise.

[Namibian] THE Namibian Electronic Sports Association (Nesa) will be holding its annual general meeting online on Saturday and it is open to the public.

[The Herald] CAPS UNITED coach Lloyd Chitembwe has challenged his charges to stay focused as they seek to redeem themselves against Yadah in a Castle Lager Premiership football match at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday.

[Namibian] FORMER Ramblers and national hockey star Shayne Cormack was one of the best attacking players in the senior women's league in her heyday.

[Namibian] NAMIBIAN gymnastics coaches Albertina Talonhene Mbalili and Geen-Lee Faul were recently certified at the prestigious and internationally recognised Level 2 Coaching Academy hosted by Gymnastics South Africa.

[GroundUp] "We cannot have children not go to school because they cannot cross the river when it is full," says Sakhile Masikane, of Emakhabeleni, outside Kranskop in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

[GroundUp] Hout Bay fishers have taken issue with the fishing rights allocation process for this year.

[Daily Maverick] If South Africa's nuclear deal with Russia had not been capsized by a court challenge, it would have been the biggest procurement deal signed in the democratic era. A new book by journalist Karyn Maughan and researcher Kirsten Pearso...

[Daily Maverick] On Thursday, Ilse van Rhyn was recommended by the Judicial Service Commission for appointment to the Free State Division of the High Court.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, on Thursday congratulated young Angolans, students, sportsmen, artists and workers from all walks of life, for the fast construction of the Cafu Canal - Cunene River Water Transfer Sys...

[Daily Maverick] Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi fell victim to the mob. His widow, Nomsa's life was spared after she showed them her passport, but Nyathi was allegedly dragged out of his house, beaten, stoned and set alight in the next street.