Armed with a bottle of coffee, a few boiled eggs and a towel to protect his bare feet from the hot sun, 90-year-old Frans Hugo delivers newspapers in the desert every Thursday. Week in, week out, the old editor has…
Here’s this morning’s news update: An easy-to-read selection of top stories. Keep up to date with it The Warga – More news, Your Way. Daily news update: January 7 ‘Urgent of matter is self-made’ – Zuma files answering affidavit opposing…
He has been lying in my bed for three days. The first day he couldn’t walk. On the second day there were spots of blood on the two affected legs. The third day he licked one leg raw to the…
Among the more than 7,000 prisoners granted amnesty by Myanmar’s junta this week are about 300 political prisoners, the United Nations said on Friday. The military junta, which seized power nearly two years ago, announced on Wednesday it would release…
A senior Taliban official on Friday slammed Prince Harry after the royal announced he had killed 25 people on military duty in Afghanistan and said it was like removing “chess pieces” from a board. In a memoir to be released…
For months he had feared a heavy attack, but only on Thursday, 73-year-old Vladislav Victorovych first considered fleeing his home near Ukraine’s front lines. Before dawn, a Russian missile hit the apartment block next to where he lived with his…
Flexible working arrangements as introduced during the Covid-19 crisis are not only good for employees but also increase productivity and have business potential, the United Nations said on Friday. In the first report focusing on work-life balance, the UN International…
Kenyan police are investigating the murder of an LGBTQ rights activist whose body was found stuffed in a metal rod in a killing that sparked national outrage. Edwin Chiloba, a 25-year-old fashion designer and model, was found dead on the…
Cassius Mailula continued his fine goal scoring for Mamelodi Sundowns as they proved too good for Richards Bay in a 2-0 DStv Premiership win at the King Zwelithini Stadium on Friday. also read: Lakay City target Pirates upset Mailula scored…
Former president Jacob Zuma has filed his answering affidavit against President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent application to the High Court in Johannesburg barring Zuma from pursuing personal prosecutions against him. The former president said there was no urgency in the matter…