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Sep
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Biafran separatist ask to be freed, to go to UK

Biafran separatist ask to be freed, to go to UK

NEWS
THE detained leader of a separatist group in Nigeria has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was illegally transferred from Kenya to Nigeria and demanding he is freed and allowed to go to Britain, according to media reports citing legal documents. Nnamdi Kanu, who holds British citizenship, leads the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group which campaigns for part of southeastern Nigeria to secede and has been labelled a terrorist organisation by the Nigerian authorities. Kanu spent two years in jail in Nigeria but disappeared after he was freed on bail in April 2017. He was re-arrested in June this…
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Sep
09
2021
By The African Mirror
SA municipal election to be held on Nov 1

SA municipal election to be held on Nov 1

NEWS
SOUTH Africa has set a November 1 date for municipal elections, after a court last week rejected a request to delay them until early next year to allow more time for COVID-19 vaccinations. The new date, a delay of just four days, was the latest permitted by the court. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had sought a delay of several months, saying it would be hard to organise a fair vote with the pandemic raging. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs, told a virtual briefing that the new date had been chosen in coordination with the IEC…
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Sep
09
2021
By The African Mirror
How SA rhino ranch keeps poachers away

How SA rhino ranch keeps poachers away

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's largest private rhino breeder says he has kept the protected animals safe from poachers for four and a half years but cannot continue if he is not allowed to sell their horns. Rhino horn is used in traditional Chinese medicine and prized as a status symbol in other parts of Asia, making poaching, which involves killing the protected species, a widespread problem. For that reason, international trade in rhino horn is banned. John Hume's Platinum Rhino Conservation Enterprise, in South Africa's North West Province, is home to 1,985 Southern white rhino and Hume has long pressed the government…
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Jan
24
2021
By The African Mirror
“Choose – I kill you or rape you”

“Choose – I kill you or rape you”

NEWS
MICHAEL GEORGY THE young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice. "He said: 'Choose, either I kill you or rape you'," the 25-year-old told Reuters at the Hamdayet refugee camp in Sudan where she had fled from conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region. The doctor who treated her when she arrived at the camp in December, Tewadrous Tefera Limeuh, confirmed to Reuters that he provided pills to stop pregnancy and sexually-transmitted diseases, and guided her to a psychotherapist. "The soldier ...…
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Jan
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Tropical cyclone Eloise makes landfall in Mozambique, loses strength

Tropical cyclone Eloise makes landfall in Mozambique, loses strength

NEWS
TROPICAL cyclone Eloise made landfall in Mozambique early today, hitting the coastal city of Beira with huge gusts of wind and heavy rains, but was losing strength as it progressed, a South African weather official said. “Eloise made landfall around 2:30 a.m. in the morning with wind speeds of 160 kilometres per hour (kph)(99 miles per hour),” said Mbazhi Maliage, a forecaster at South African Weather Service. Cars were submerged in water, walls of some low lying buildings collapsed and swathes of land were flooded in the city of Beira, posts on Twitter showed. Reuters could not independently verify the…
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Jan
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Legendary jazz musician Jonas Gwangwa passes away at 83

Legendary jazz musician Jonas Gwangwa passes away at 83

NEWS
MPHO RANTAO SOUTH African veteran musician Jonas Gwangwa has died. Gwangwa’s death comes two weeks after the passing of his wife, Violet Gwangwa. The internationally-acclaimed trombone player has entertained crowds across the world for forty years, using his music to tell audiences the stories of South African during apartheid - all being melodious, sombre or nostalgic.  Gwangwa was born in Orlando East in Soweto during the turbelent 1950s era of Apartheid South Africa. He gained popularity while performing in Sophiatown, and has performed alongside the likes of Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela, Herb Alpert, Johnny Gertze, Miriam Makeba and Caiphus Semenya.…
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Sep
08
2021
By The African Mirror
South African among 41 killed in jail fire

South African among 41 killed in jail fire

NEWS
YUDDY CAHYA BUDIMAN and STANLEY WIDIANTO A fire killed 41 inmates - among them a South African -  in an overcrowded prison block in Indonesia's Banten province, injuring scores more in a blaze that police said may have been caused by an electrical fault, according to a government minister. The fire, the country's most deadly since 47 perished in a firework factory disaster in 2017, broke out at 1.45 a.m. local time in a Tangerang Prison block, said Indonesian law and human rights minister Yasonna Laoly, after visiting the scene. "We're working together with relevant authorities to look into the…
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Jan
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Israeli businessman jailed for Guinea mining corruption

Israeli businessman jailed for Guinea mining corruption

NEWS
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY  IN a landmark verdict in one of the mining world's most high profile legal cases, a Swiss criminal court found Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption and forgery on Friday and sentenced him to five years in jail with a sizeable fine. The ruling is a blow for Steinmetz, a diamond trader, whose pursuit of the world's richest uptapped deposits of iron ore put him at the centre of a battle that has triggered probes and litigation around the world. Steinmetz said he would appeal the verdict, which also included a 50 million Swiss francs ($56.48 million)…
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Sep
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Guinean political prisoners freed, amid talks

Guinean political prisoners freed, amid talks

NEWS
SALIOU SAMB GUINEA'S military leaders have freed scores of political prisoners before a meeting of West African leaders to discuss their response to Sunday's coup that ousted President Alpha Conde. At least 80 political prisoners detained by Conde were released on Tuesday evening. Some had campaigned against his attempt to stay in power for a third term after altering the constitution to permit it, a move opponents said was illegal. West African countries have threatened sanctions following Conde's overthrow and a regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), was due to convene a virtual summit on Wednesday.…
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Jan
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe loses 4th cabinet minister to covid-19

Zimbabwe loses 4th cabinet minister to covid-19

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ZIMBABWE has lost a second serving cabinet minister in one week to COVID-19. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Joel “Biggie” Matiza has also become the 4th minister in President Emmerson Mnangagwa to die from COVID-19 related illness. Matiza (61) died yesterday at the St Anne Hospital in Harare, a week after he was admitted to hospital and a few days after the death of his colleague Dr Sibusiso Moyo, the Foreign Minister.  There other two cabinet ministers who succumbed to COVID-19 are Perrance Shiri, the Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Settlement and Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba, the Provincial…
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