A male and female officer from the South African Police Service (SAPS), along with a taxi driver transporting 24 passengers, were arrested on Saturday night for drunk driving during weekend by-law enforcement operations in…
Category: Africa update
South Africa: Suspected Umlazi taxi hitman detained for ruthless Montclair murder in KZN
Detectives from the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Taxi Violence Unit have arrested a suspected hitman believed to be linked to a brutal taxi-related killing in Montclair last month. The suspect, 32-year-old Qaphelani Nyawose, was…
South Africa: ‘I underestimated Zuma’: ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba admits shock over MK Party impact in 2025 elections
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has publicly admitted underestimating former president Jacob Zuma and his newly established uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party following the 2025 South African elections. The MK Party, associated with Zuma,…
Nigeria deports Chinese scammers in crackdown on ‘foreign-led’ cyber crime
Nigeria has deported dozens of foreigners, including 50 Chinese nationals, in a major crackdown over the last week on one of the “largest foreign-led cybercrime syndicates”, the country’s anti-graft agency has said….