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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
SA’s Eskom cleared CEO of racism

SA’s Eskom cleared CEO of racism

NEWS
A senior lawyer appointed by the board of South Africa's Eskom to look into allegations of racism levelled against the CEO of the state-owned power utility found no evidence to support the claims, the board has said. Senior advocate Ishmael Semenya found "no substantiation for the allegation that the Group Chief Executive has conducted himself in any manner that would amount to racist practice," the board said in a statement posted on Twitter. The allegation against CEO Andre de Ruyter was made by the company's former Chief Procurement Officer Solly Tshitangano. Following the allegations, Eskom's board of directors in March…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Gigaba accuses estranged wife of “extensive lies”

Gigaba accuses estranged wife of “extensive lies”

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FORMER finance minister Malusi Gigaba has described his estranged wife Nomachule as an “extensive and accomplished liar”. Malusi appeared at the Zondo judicial commission into state capture to respond to allegations made by Nomachule, who among others alleged that her estranged husband received gifts of cash, a luxury vehicle from the influential Gupta family, whom he regarded as “advisors”. Malusi, who is also a former minister of home affairs and public enterprises, told commission chair, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that Nomachule had taken it for a ride. Malusi said the commission was being used by his…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Russian naval base in Sudan is up for review

Russian naval base in Sudan is up for review

NEWS
SUDAN is reviewing an agreement to host a Russian naval base on its Red Sea coast, which was reached under former President Omar al-Bashir who was toppled in 2019, the Sudanese military chief of staff said yesterday. Chief of Staff Mohamed Othman al-Hussein told Sudan's Blue Nile TV that the transitional authorities now have "the freedom to review the agreement to meet the interests of the country." "If the agreement achieves gains for us and meets Russia's interests, there's no problem." Sudan has been improving its ties with the United States since Bashir was toppled by the military after 30…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Germany to atone for Namibian colonial horrors

Germany to atone for Namibian colonial horrors

NEWS
NYASHA NYAUNGWA GERMANY has agreed to fund projects in Namibia worth more than a billion euros over 30 years to atone for its role in genocide and property seizures in its-then colony more than a century ago, a Namibian government spokesman has announced. Thousands of Herero and Nama people were killed by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908, after the tribes rebelled against German rule in the colony, then named German South West Africa. Survivors were driven into the desert, where many ended up in concentration camps to be used as slave labour and many died from cold, malnutrition…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Western Sahara independence leader lands in Algiers amid diplomatic row

Western Sahara independence leader lands in Algiers amid diplomatic row

NEWS
THE leader of the Western Sahara independence movement, Brahim Ghali, landed in Algiers early yesterday after his hospitalization in Spain for more than a month triggered a diplomatic row between Spain and Morocco. Brahim Ghali speaking in 2019. PIcture: Fotos Presidencia El Salvador "He arrived safe and sound," said Jalil Mohamed, the Polisario Front's spokesman in Spain. Ghali flew to Algeria from Pamplona in northern Spain at 1:40 a.m. local time on Wednesday on an officially chartered private plane, the spokesman said. Ghali, who was suffering a serious bout of COVID-19, had been admitted to a Spanish hospital in April…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwanda genocide

Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwanda genocide

NEWS
CLEMENT UWIRIGIYIMANA FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron said he recognised his country's role in the Rwandan genocide and hoped for forgiveness at a memorial in Kigali today, seeking to reset relations after years of Rwandan accusations that France was complicit in the 1994 atrocities. "Only those who went through that night can perhaps forgive, and in doing so give the gift of forgiveness," Macron said at the Gisozi genocide memorial, where more than 250,000 victims are buried. Rows of skulls lie there in a mass tomb and the names of the victims are inscribed on a black wall. "I hereby humbly…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad, C.A.R call for UN probe into border incident

Chad, C.A.R call for UN probe into border incident

NEWS
CHAD and the Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the United Nations and African Union to investigate an incident at a border post in which at least six Chadian soldiers were killed by Central African troops, a joint statement said Tuesday. The incident threatens to escalate tensions between the two countries since Chad participated in African efforts to stabilise CAR in 2013, which has been wracked by rebel insurgencies ever since. "The two parties have recognised the gravity of the situation and stress the urgency of clarifying the circumstances in which this attack was carried out," the countries' foreign…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Thousands flee Goma after DRC warns of possible new eruption

Thousands flee Goma after DRC warns of possible new eruption

NEWS
DJAFFAR Al KATANTY THOUSANDS of people scrambled to flee the Congolese city of Goma yesterday, some picking their way across landscapes scarred with lava after officials said a second volcanic eruption could happen any time. Magma, the molten rock that normally stays beneath the earth's crust, had been detected beneath the city and the adjoining Lake Kivu, Constant Ndima Kongba, the military governor of North Kivu province, said, citing seismic and ground deformation data. "Given these scientific observations, an eruption on land or under the lake cannot be ruled out at present, and it could occur with very little or…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt aims to vaccinate 40% of population

Egypt aims to vaccinate 40% of population

COVID-19
EGYPT aims to vaccinate 40% of its population against coronavirus by the end of 2021, the prime minister said in a televised address yesterday. By the end of Wednesday, 2.5 million people will have been vaccinated from a total of 6 million people who signed up on the government's registration platform, Mostafa Madbouly said. The first batch of locally-made vaccines will be ready in July, he added.
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Serial rapist handed 5 life times plus 988 years

Serial rapist handed 5 life times plus 988 years

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER A  serial rapist whose reign of terror around Pretoria, South Africa, lasted five years and whose victims included a 14-year-old girl was yesterday sentenced to five life terms plus 988 years in prison. Sello Abraham Maponya was convicted of 72 counts of rape, robbery with aggravating circumstances, housebreaking and assault, offences he committee between 2014 ad 2019. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said in some instances he broke into the victim's house, robbed them and then proceeded to rape them, either alone or with accomplices.  Maponya was arrested on March 20, 2019 in Mamelodi, outside Pretoria for…
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