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Buildings that were looted then burnt during the 2021 looting and unrest in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Riots leave ugly scars as Richmond braces itself to go the polls

With many job losses caused by the looting and arson of July, the Midlands town faces an uncertain future

The Moerane Commission is investigating the politically- fuelled killings in Kwazulu-Natal.

KZN political killings still unsolved

The Moerane inquiry heard that the assassins of three Richmond municipal officials are still at large

Mourners carry the coffins of the men who were burnt alive in broad daylight through Ibrahim Babangida Square in Benue. The men were burnt to death allegedly because they looked like Fulani herders.

Police mum on kidnap syndicate

As more businesspeople go missing, private investigators tell of a sophisticated global network.

Richmond’s poor fest beggars belief

The Boekbedonnerd festival has just finished in Richmond, Northern Cape. I return home to Johannesburg with a heavy heart.

A look back at the killing fields

Richmond’s former mayor recalls the town’s low-grade war in the early 1990s with Niren Tolsi.

New Tanzanian Cabinet faces vast challenges

A new, leaner Cabinet for Tanzania was sworn in Wednesday, its predecessor having fallen apart last week amid a corruption scandal. President Jakaya Kikwete dissolved his last…

Tanzania PM tenders resignation

Tanzania Prime Minister Edward Lowassa told Parliament Thursday he had tendered his resignation to the president after being implicated in a corruption scandal over an energy…

US football star guilty of dog fighting

United States football star Michael Vick pleaded guilty and publicly apologised on Monday for his role in a dog-fighting case that will land him in jail and already has prompted…

No takers yet for R2,2bn Indiana lottery prize

No one had come forward by Monday morning to claim the only winning ticket for a ,3-million (R2,25-billion) lottery jackpot sold near the Indiana-Ohio state line, lottery…

More storm woes for US East Coast

The United States East Coast’s recovery from Hurricane Isabel has been dealt a setback by another round of storms that caused renewed flooding, flattened trees that had withstood…