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South African Police Discovers 20 unidentified bodies outside Klerksdorp.

The South African police has found twenty unidentified male bodies, wrapped in white plastic bags, and with severe body burns on Monday, 14 and Wednesday, 16 June 2021.

These bodies were found at separate locations in Orkney outside Klerksdorp.

The police recovered six of the bodies outside an old and unused mine shaft ventilation in Lawrence Park, Orkney. The remaining bodies was discovered along Ariston Road near the railway line in Orkney.

All the deceased are suspected to be illegal miners commonly known as “zama zamas” operating in obsolete shafts in Orkney and Stilfontein.

Post-mortems will be conducted to determine a cause of death for these men.

In Tunisia, protests against police brutality and killing, is met with more police brutality.

The release of a video this week, of police stripping and beating a young man, triggered widespread anger in the country.

Photo credit: Yassine Gaidi

Zimbabwe Re-imposes Lockdown too curb Covid-19 Surge.

Zimbabwean government on Monday will reintroduce a lockdown as a way to curb rising coronavirus cases in the country.

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga Announced this 12-hour curfew Saturday night on national television.

The vice president who doubles as Zimbabwe’s health minister, said all gatherings except for funerals would be banned starting Monday.

Only 30 people would be allowed at funerals as he blamed complacency for the recent spike in cases of covid-19.

He said, “Our vaccination against in COVID-19 is going on very well.., "The country is however experiencing a surge in cases.

The last seven days has seen 596 new cases and 26 deaths, as compared to the same period in May last year where we had 132 cases and six deaths.”

He said this may look a bit draconian, but the measures are necessary to save lives, It is important that the people of Zimbabwe should embrace these measures.

He stressed that, citizens eligible for vaccination to come forward and willingly get vaccinated if the country is to move towards achieving herd immunity, and the vaccination target of at least 60% of the population which translates to about 10 million Zimbabweans.

South Africa Plans to Regulate Crypto in Phases

Digital currencies have moved from the back of the finance world to the mainstream, and crypto-assets service providers have come under increased scrutiny worldwide.

As retail interest surge, South Africa seeks to, by tightening rules, curb growing cases of fraud and market abuse, and improve the management of cross-border flow of assets.

Crypto assets will be brought into the South African regulatory purview in a phased and structured manner. however, reiterated that with or without regulation, crypto assets remain inherently risky and volatile.

The South African Reserve Bank is considering electronic legal tender for general-purpose retail use.

GHANA: President Nana Akufo leads nation to plant 5 million trees.

The occasion was used to commemorate 'Green Ghana Day'.
A drive to help preserve and protect the country’s forest cover and the environment at large.

Millions of different types of seedlings were distributed in Ghana’s 16 regions.

“As part of the programme, we are seeking to work out a formula where the trees to be planted will be economic trees. We are talking about the Timber, Wawa, Neem, Rosewood, Shea trees. The rationale for this intervention is so that in planting the trees, we are also investing for the future,”- Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, Ghana’s Lands Minister.

The government aims to plant the trees mostly on degraded land.

Nigeria: Armed gunmen kill 1, abduct 10 from a Polytechnic.

At least 10 people have been kidnapped, and one person killed in Kaduna state, north-west Nigeria, after an armed gang attacked a college on Thursday night, as reported by local media and confirmed by the police.

In a memo on Friday ,signed by the Acting Registrar, Mahmud Aliyu Kwarba, students were asked to vacate the school premises.

” This is to inform all students and the entire Polytechnic Community that following the sad incidence of attack by Kidnappers that occurred last night which created serious tension amongst students, the management of the Polytechnic has suspended all academic activities indefinitely... Students are to vacate the school premises immediately".

Nigeria:

President Buhari tells Nigerian youths to "behave", if they want jobs.

This, he said while speaking on Arise TV on Thursday.

“Nobody is going to invest in an insecure environment. So I told them, I said they should tell the youth that if they want jobs, they will behave themselves,”... “Make sure that the area is secure. So that people can come in and invest.”- Buhari

Nigeria:
The United States on Thursday condemned the Nigerian government for suspending Twitter, and called on the African nation to reverse its decision.

This was made known by U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

he said, “Unduly restricting the ability of Nigerians to report, gather, and disseminate opinions and information has no place in a democracy. Freedom of expression and access to information both online and offline are foundational to prosperous and secure democratic societies,”- Ned Price

Central African Republic:
CAR prime minister resigns.
He tendered his governments resignation on twitter.

https://twitter.com/FirminNgrebada/status/1402961202179883010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1402961202179883010%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fafrica

Firmin Ngrebada on Twitter “Je viens de remettre à son Excellence Monsieur le Président de la République son Excellence Pr Faustin Archange TOUADERA ma démission et celle du gouvernement.”

South Africa expels Lesotho diplomats over sale of prohibited alcohol. The illegality has been described as an abuse of diplomatic privilege.

The foreign affairs ministry said South Africa has given the diplomats and their families 72 hours to leave the country.

South African media have reported that cash-strapped Lesotho diplomats have been bringing alcohol into the country without paying duty and then re-selling it in bars and restaurants.

South Africa:

Gosiame Thamara Sithole, a 37 year old woman, gives birth to her 10 babies.
Two more than doctors had earlier detected during her medical scans.

COVID-19:

90% of African countries will miss the September target to vaccinate at least 10% of their populations against COVID-19.

Africa requires an extra 225 million doses to be able to vaccinate a tenth of its population as a third wave of the pandemic looms on the continent.

Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, at a weekly news briefing said,

"With vaccine stocks and shipments drying up, the continent's vaccination coverage for the first dose remains stuck at 2% and at about 1% in sub-saharan Africa".

"Vaccines have been proven to prevent cases and deaths, so countries that can, must urgently share COVID-19 vaccines. It's do or die on dose sharing for Africa."

South Africa: The EFF threatened to shut down schools themselves if the Department of Basic Education does not stop its plan to reopen schools.

It gave the government a seven days ultimatum to reverse its decision

Malema claims, this decision is as a result of the alarming third wave of Covid-19 ravaging the country.

Nigeria: Twitter seeks high-level talks with top government officials to end ban.
The Nigerian government insists twitter must register locally to lift ban- Lai Mohammed.

News across Africa

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Woman from Karonga commits su***de at the house of her fiancé after discovering that he was on ARVs (Anti retro-viral) treatment.

She found them under his bed, where he hid them quickly when she arrived.

DR :
Double attacks in Irumu in Ituri Province by Suspected ADF rebels leaves 58 people dead in Eastern Congo.
17 others missing/ presumed abducted.

president and prime minister arrested mutiny leader says.

ECOWAS, US, France condemns apparent Mali Coup.

has asked and to pay $43 billion in for the damages and brutality they unleashed during .

Burundi was one of the very last African countries to be overtaken by European rule during Europe's expansion in the late 19th century. In 1916, Belgian troops took over and occupied the region known as Ruanda-Urundi.

rejects German reparations for colonial mass killings.
troops killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people between 1904 to 1908.
More than 80% of the Herero population and 50% of the Nama population were wiped out by German soldiers.

DR Congo: Latest Ebola figures from the outbreak in Équateur Province for June- August 6, 2020

Number of cases: 78 (74 confirmed, 4 probable)

Deaths: 33

Recoveries: 31

Nigeria’s First Lady Aisha Buhari, flown to Dubai to treat neck pain

https://punchng.com/aisha-buhari-flown-to-dubai-to-treat-neck-pain/

Aisha Buhari flown to Dubai to treat neck pain Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has been flown to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates for treatment of severe neck pain. A top Presidency official confirmed this ...

: Ruling party nominates 82 year-old President, Alpha Conde to run for a third term.

Guinea's ruling party nominates 82 year-old President Alpha Conde to run for a third term. - AEagle Media Guinea’s ruling party has nominated President Alpha Conde to run for a third term. This nomination takes advantage of a new provision in constitution, added to circumvent a two-term limit on presidential mandates. Conde, 82, acknowledged this in a speech on Thursday, “Today you have all spoken, ...

Coast: President Alassane Ouattara to run for third term

Ivory Coast: President Alassane Ouattara, Runs For Third Term as Opposition kicks - AEagle Media Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara says he has accepted the ruling party’s nomination and will run for a third term in October. Ouattara announced the decision Thursday night, the eve of Ivory Coast’s 60th anniversary of independence from France. After weeks of speculation, during his indep...