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Sep
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Meet S.A’s first black free dive instructor

Meet S.A’s first black free dive instructor

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WENDELL ROELF FIVE youths from Cape Town's Langa township squeeze into wetsuits for a snorkelling lesson with South Africa's first Black diving coach -- turning the tide on decades of apartheid history in which water sports were reserved for wealthy whites. Zandile Ndlovu's Black Mermaid Foundation aims to introduce the ocean to the country's black youth, millions of whom live in impoverished shanty townships, where beach trips are a luxury and swimming skills in short supply. Zandile Ndlovu Sitting around Ndlovu, 33, South Africa's first Black -- and Black female -- free dive instructor, the children learn how to bite…
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Sep
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Guinea junta freezes govt accounts

Guinea junta freezes govt accounts

NEWS
SALIOU SAMB GUINEA'S military junta, which seized power over the weekend, has ordered the central bank and other banks to freeze all government accounts. On Sunday a group of special forces soldiers said they ousted President Alpha Conde over concerns about poverty and endemic corruption. The banking freeze was aimed at "securing state assets", a junta spokesman announced on the national broadcaster. "This includes public administrative and commercial establishments in all ministries and the presidency, presidential programmes and projects, members of the outgoing government as well as senior officials and administrators of state financial institutions," the spokesman said. A mining…
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Sep
10
2021
By The African Mirror
War of words over Tigrayan forces in Afar

War of words over Tigrayan forces in Afar

NEWS
ETHIOPIA has claimed that rebellious forces from the Tigray region had been defeated in the adjacent Afar region and had withdrawn, but the Tigrayan forces said they had merely shifted troops to neighbouring Amhara for an offensive there. "The TPLF force has left Afar (region)," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti told reporters at a news conference in Addis Ababa. "According to military information, they were defeated and they left," he said. Tigrayan spokesperson Getachew Reda, speaking to Reuters by satellite phone from an undisclosed location, said the Ethiopian authorities had only now realised Tigrayan forces had withdrawn. "We were not…
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Sep
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia on edge as president, PM clash

Somalia on edge as president, PM clash

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA’S two most powerful leaders were locked in a standoff after they named different men to head the intelligence service of the politically unstable nation in the Horn of Africa. The row between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble, nominally over a murder investigation, marks an escalation of months of tension between them in a country riven by militant attacks and clan rivalries. On Monday, Roble suspended Fahad Yasin, director of the National Intelligence Service Agency, saying he had failed to deliver a report on the case of an agent who disappeared in June.…
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Sep
10
2021
By The African Mirror
School term delayed in Nigerian capital zone amid kidnapping crisis

School term delayed in Nigerian capital zone amid kidnapping crisis

NEWS
THE start of the school term has been pushed back to an unusually late date in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory (FCT) without explanation, after schools in nearby states were targeted by kidnappers seeking ransoms. More than 1,100 pupils have been abducted from their schools across northwest Nigeria since December, including in the states of Kaduna and Niger, which border the FCT to the north and west. Several parents in the FCT told Reuters their children had turned up at their schools this week expecting lessons to start only to be told the new term would not commence until Sept. 19.…
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Sep
10
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Boko Haram’s bomb material seized’

‘Boko Haram’s bomb material seized’

NEWS
Islamist group Boko HaramNIGERIAN troops have seized 14 tonnes of fertiliser that the insurgent Islamist group Boko Haram had planned to turn into roadside bombs, the army has announced. Boko Haram has killed hundreds of people in bombings during its 12-year war against the armed forces in northeast Nigeria, a conflict that has spilled over into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon and caused an estimated 350,000 deaths. The army said it had broken up a urea fertiliser syndicate that supplied the insurgents with materials to make IEDs or improvised explosive devices. Troops seized 281 bags of urea, each weighing 50kg,…
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Jan
23
2021
By The African Mirror
“Mthembu was a champion for social justice”

“Mthembu was a champion for social justice”

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER JACKSON Mthembu, the South African cabinet minister who died of COVID-19 complications was a champion for social justice for the marginalised and destitute, Deputy President David Mabuza has said. In a tribute to Mthembu at a memorial service held today, Mabuza said the minister, who was buried yesterday, was committed to freedom, human rights and democratic governance, beyond reproach. “ For him, the public service leadership role meant that in everything we do, we must never stray from our relentless pursuit of changing the lives of poor and vulnerable communities for the better. Minister Mthembu’s commitment to…
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Jan
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kill six Malian soldiers in coordinated attacks

Gunmen kill six Malian soldiers in coordinated attacks

NEWS
GUNMEN in Mali killed at least six soldiers and wounded 18 others in two coordinated attacks in the centre of the African nation yesterday morning, an army spokesman said. The attacks occurred at around 0300 (0300 GMT) in the villages of Boulkessi and Mondoro in the Mopti region, sparking a gunfight between the armed group and the army, said Colonel Souleymane Dembelé. About 30 assailants were killed, he said. It is not yet clear who carried out the attack. Mali's central and northern regions have for years been home to jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State.…
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Jan
25
2021
By The African Mirror
South African politician in trouble for not wearing a mask

South African politician in trouble for not wearing a mask

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER REFILWE Mtsweni-Tsipane, the Premier of South Africa’s Mpumalanga Province, has landed herself in hot water after she was spotted not wearing a mask in public, an act in violation of the law. Her actions led to a stern rebuke from SA Police Minister Bheki Cele, who ordered an investigation into a violation of the by the Premier. Minister Cele says the wearing of masks in public, is a non negotiable. “If South Africa wants to beat this invisible enemy which is COVID-19, we simply can’t let down our guard. This is why I have spoken to the…
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Jan
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Storm Eloise kills at least 12

Storm Eloise kills at least 12

NEWS
THE death toll from storm Eloise has risen to at least 12, according to figures from authorities across south-eastern Africa, where heavy winds, rain and flooding have also destroyed buildings and crops. A tropical cyclone when it made landfall at Mozambique's central province of Sofala on Saturday, Eloise subsequently weakened to a tropical storm as it moved inland to dump rain on Zimbabwe, eSwatini - formerly known as Swaziland - South Africa and Botswana. Six people were killed in Mozambique, the country's National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) reported, while the number of displaced people rose to…
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