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Apr

2024

O.J. Simpson, football star turned celebrity murder defendant, dead at 76

O.J. Simpson, the American football star and actor who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and was later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping, has died at the age of 76. Simpson, cleared by a Los Angeles jury in what the U.S. media called "the trial of the century," had died on Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his family posted on social media on Thursday. Simpson avoided prison when he was found not guilty in the 1994 stabbing deaths of former wife…

Feb

2024

By NYASHA NYAUNGWA

Namibia’s late president Geingob buried

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NAMIBIA'S late president Hage Geingob, who died in hospital on February 4, weeks after being diagnosed with cancer, was buried at the Heroes Acre with thousands of mourners, including 25 heads of state and former presidents in attendance. The burial was on the outskirts of Windhoek following 20 days of mourning. Soldiers gave Geingob a 21-gun salute while K-8 fighter jets flew past. Geingob, 82, Namibia's two-time prime minister and third president since its independence from minority-ruled South Africa in 1990, has been in charge of the sparsely populated and mostly arid southern African nation since 2015. He was serving his…

Feb

2024

By MICHAEL HOLDEN and SARAH YOUNG

King Charles’ cancer ‘caught early’, as Harry flies in to see him

WORLD

KING Charles' cancer was caught early and the whole country is hoping he can make a full recovery, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, as messages of support for the 75-year-old monarch poured in from world leaders. Buckingham Palace revealed on Monday that Charles, on the throne for less than 18 months since the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, was suffering from a "form of cancer" and would postpone his public engagements to undergo treatment. The king was remaining "wholly positive" and looking forward to returning to public work as soon as possible, the palace said. Charles' younger son…

Feb

2024

By MICHAEL HOLDEN and MUVIJA M

King Charles diagnosed with cancer, will postpone duties and undergo treatment

WORLD

BRITAIN'S King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and the 75-year-old will postpone his public duties while he undergoes treatment, Buckingham Palace said. Charles, who became king in September 2022 following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, is "wholly positive" about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible, the palace said. Charles spent three nights in the hospital last month where he underwent a corrective procedure for a benign enlarged prostate. The palace said a separate issue of concern had been spotted during the hospital visit but did not give…

Nov

2023

By MIKE SPECTOR, RICHA NAIDU and KRISTINA COOKE

Thousands of Black women claim hair relaxers gave them cancer

WORLD

SHEILA Bush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St. Louis-area home last winter when an advertisement from a law firm flashed up on her television screen, urging viewers to call a toll-free number if they or a loved one had used hair relaxers and been diagnosed with uterine cancer. After seeing the ad three times, Bush, who said she had used hair relaxers every six weeks for most of her life and was diagnosed with uterine cancer about a decade ago, decided to pick up the phone. The ads Bush saw, on television as well as on…

Jul

2023

By The African Mirror

South Africa’s once exiled anti-apartheid veteran Essop Pahad dies at 84

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ESSOP Pahad, a veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule who spent decades in exile abroad, died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 84 after battling cancer, his family said. Pahad was among many activists forced to leave the country by the apartheid regime. Authorities arrested him for organising an illegal strike in 1962 and he was officially banned from South Africa for five years in 1964. He became the minister in the presidency under Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as the country's second post-apartheid leader following the 1994 African National Congress (ANC) election victory…

Jan

2023

By The African Mirror

Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters dead at 74

WORLD

DANIEL TROTTA ANITA Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, country and R&B hits in the 1970s and '80s included "I'm So Excited," "Jump (For My Love)" and "Fire," died of cancer on Saturday at age 74, her publicist said. Pointer was surrounded by family at her Beverly Hills home when she died, publicist Roger Neal said. Anita was the second oldest of four sisters who started performing as the duo of June and Bonnie in 1969 and soon became a trio when Anita quit her job as a secretary to join the group, according to…

Dec

2022

By The African Mirror

World soccer to fall silent in memory of Brazilian legend Pele

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THE sporting world expressed its sorrow at the death of one of its greatest heroes, bidding farewell to Brazilian soccer legend Pele with a flood of heartfelt tributes. Brazil's Pele, a prolific goalscorer who won the World Cup an unprecedented three times as a player in 1958, 1962 and 1970, died on Thursday aged 82 after a long battle with cancer. "Flags at the home of FIFA in Zurich are flying at half-mast today, as we remember the eternal king: Pele," world soccer's governing body FIFA said on Twitter. FIFA has also written to its over 200 member associations asking competition organisers…

Jul

2022

By The African Mirror

The real meaning of Jessie Duarte

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

MATHATHA TSEDU: 2022.07.19THE mental turmoil started on Saturday morning at about 9.45 when my son Mpho, forwarded a message that read in part: “Just got a call that Jessie is now back home – having been diagnosed with cancer there is nothing more they can do, she is now in the “end of life” stage…..”Since she took leave from her duties as Deputy Secretary General who was effectively the Secretary-General in the absence of the incumbent, I had tried to reach her to just say hang in there friend, for that is what we called each otherIn between some moron…

Jul

2021

By The African Mirror

Zim army commander dies from cancer

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A ZIMBABWEAN army commander has succumbed to cancer, the presidential spokesman has said. The army holds an outsized influence in Zimbabwean politics. In November 2017, the army stepped in to oust the late Robert Mugabe and pave way for incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Lieutenant General Edzayi Chimonyo, who was appointed to the position after the coup, had been battling cancer, George Charamba, the presidential spokesman wrote on Twitter. Chimonyo, like all the current crop of military generals in Zimbabwe, is a former fighter in the country's 1970s war of independence. The opposition often accuses the army of openly siding with…