You may also like
Spotlight on South Africa's best and brightest Christmas light displays
In these dark and unprecedented times, here's where to see the light(s) this festive season.
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Sponsored by Pride Academy
Ethiopia records 552 new COVID-19 cases - The Kenya News
ADDIS ABABA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia registered 552 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 263,672 as of Tuesday evening, said the country's health ministry. A total of 14 more deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 3,911, the ministry said. The…
Read more
Source: The Kenya News
Rwanda: Executive Secretary of Southern Province Fired
Prime Minister Dr. Edourd Ngirente has appointed Bob Gakire as the Acting Executive Secretary of the Southern Province after dismissing Paul Jabo from the same
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
State Capture Commission slams Zuma for defying ConCourt order
The State Capture Commission has described former president Jacob Zuma’s refusal to appear as unacceptable and said he considers himself to be above the law
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Trading racism claims, Tennessee House stays in tense divide
“I see people that look like me unarmed and getting killed in these streets, and our budget doesn’t address it,” said Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson, an African American lawmaker from
Read more
Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
Uganda: Museveni - Why Government Shut Down Social Media in Uganda
[East African] Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday evening confirmed the shutdown of social media channels in the country ahead of Thursday's General Election.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Tunisia: Iftar Dinner At Carthage Palace in Honour of the Families of Martyred Presidential Guards
Tunis/Tunisia — President Kais Saied, on Tuesday evening, offered to families of the victims of terrorist acts among officers of the Directorate of Presidential Security and VIPs an Iftar dinner at the Carthage
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Olievenhoutbosch triple murder: Three bodies found buried in yard
A detainee in police custody alleged that he and three others killed the three victims in Olievenhoutbosch.
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Gabrielle Union To Host Black ‘Friends’ Cast Reading
Uzo Aduba, Ryan Bathe, and more will participate.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
All set for Mzuzu International Volleyball Tournament
The much-awaited Mzuzu International Volleyball Tournament is finally set to throw off this Friday at Katoto Open Courts in the city of Mzuzu. So far Nkhwazi Volleyball Team from Zambia and Mbeya Best VI Volleyball Team from Tanzania have confirmed their participation and they will be arriving in
Read more
Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi
Cape Town braces itself for cold front, emergency services on high alert | News24
The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of a cold front expected to hit Cape Town on Tuesday evening. The warning has led to emergency services being put on high alert.
Read more
Source: https://www.news24.com
Cash-strapped City of Joburg to grant qualifying ratepayers 50% debt write-off relief | News24
City of Johannesburg executive mayor, Geoff Makhubo, says despite the administration fighting to protect the metro from bleeding further financially, minimising the effects of the pandemic has become an active feature of their post-Covid-19 urban management strategy.
Read more
Source: https://www.news24.com
ANC squabbles in North West continue, 4 members turn to courts | News24
In the middle of a global pandemic, the ANC finds itself being dragged to the courts over squabbles centred around long-warring factions in the North West.
Read more
Source: https://www.news24.com
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Georgia election chaos could have been avoided
Alarm bells have been sounded in Georgia’s presidential primary and down-ballot elections as state and local officials reacted to the chaos as voters faced long lines and confusion as they attempted to cast their votes
Read more
Source: Atlanta Tribune
Kenya: Lawyer Ombeta Urges Police to Beg 'Rogue' Officer to Surrender
[Nairobi News] Lawyer Cliff Ombeta has appealed to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to give the alleged rogue officer, Corporal Caroline Kangogo, time to surrender.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Nation's streets calmest in days, protests largely peaceful
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests were largely peaceful and the nation’s streets were calmer than they have been in days since the killing of George Floyd set off sometimes violent demonstrations over police brutality and injustice against African
Read more
Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel
Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Kim Foxx wins re-election after tough battle with O’Brien | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Cook County’s first Black State’s Attorney silences critics By Erick Johnson Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx won re-election in the General Election Tuesday, November 3, defeating Republican Pat O’Brien in a heated race that eventually vindicated the county’s first Black female prosecutor
Read more
Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Sudan: Transfer of Sudan War Crimes Suspect to the Hague 'A Milestone' - ICC Prosecutor Bensouda
The Hague — The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has hailed the surrender and transfer of former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, indicted by the court for crimes against humanity, as "a milestone in the Darfur, Sudan
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Kanye Meets With Trump Adviser Jared Kushner As Black Voters Ignore Him
New poll shows the rapper is flopping with Black voters.
Read more
Source: Black America Web
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
WATCH | Doctor fighting on coronavirus frontline says it is both exhausting and rewarding
Working during the Covid-19 pandemic is both exhausting and demanding, says Dr Mumtaz Abbas - but it is through these tough times she feels she is really living her true
Read more
Source: https://www.news24.com
Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
EXPLAINER | All the rules churches, mosques have to follow when they reopen in June
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday evening announced that South African places of worship, such as mosques and churches, may reopen under strict conditions during lockdown Level 3 on
Read more
Source: https://www.news24.com
Burundi Catholic Church denounces 'irregularities' in May 20 polls
The Catholic Church in Burundi on Tuesday evening denounced “many irregularities” that affected the transparency and fairness of the May 20 general elections which saw the victory, contested by the opposition, of the candidate of the ruling party General Evariste
Read more
Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Angola: COVID-19 - Pandemic Reaches Cuanza Norte Province
Luanda — The novel coronavirus has travelled beyond the limits of the capital, Luanda, after three positive cases of covid-19 were reported in northern Cuanza Norte province, out of six reported in the country since the last update of
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
George Floyd's Death Stokes Calls For Minneapolis Officers To Be Charged
George Floyd's Death Stokes Calls For Minneapolis Officers To Be Charged
Read more
Source: Stories About Black History
Kenya: Kitui Family Recounts How Kin Was Killed By Gunmen Linked to Felicien Kabuga
Mr Benjamin Mbiti Kalili was a telecommunications expert who had been seconded by United Nations to the Arusha based International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda genocide which was trying the genocide suspects to help in tracking Mr
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Hundreds protest outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta | The Atlanta Voice
Hundreds of Palestinian supporters gathered outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta on Tuesday evening to call for an end to Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. Around 300 people of all ages stood peacefully along sidewalks near the Israeli consulate in the city’s Midtown
Read more
Source: The Atlanta Voice
Herman Mashaba wants to be Joburg mayor again, rules out coalition with the ANC | News24
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has ruled out working with the ANC in a possible coalition after the upcoming elections in October.
Read more
Source: https://www.news24.com
Wedding to a funeral: Somizi’s mother Mary Twala laid to rest
The last time viewers saw veteran actress Mary Twala, it was at the wedding of her son Somizi Mhlongo. Today she is being laid to rest.
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Somalia: Top Alshabaab Leader Arrested in Mogadishu Police Swoop
[Dalsan Radio] Somalia police forces have on Tuesday arrested members of Alshabab including senior official in Mogadishu police confirm.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier was a professional boxer and former World Heavyweight Champion. He was born on January 12, 1944 and was the youngest of several children. His parents were farmers and lived in Beaufort, South Carolina. They lived in relative poverty and Joe had to work as a farmhand from a very early
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Mar
8
1971
More from https://www.news24.com
Phaahla says the target is to vaccinate at least 28 million people by end December | News24
Fragmented legislation encourages emergence of illegal initiation schools, report | News24
IEC races against time to deliver local elections, angering parties with extended candidates registration | Citypress
Alleged Joburg fraudster found in possession of 349 bank cards, 15 cellphones | News24
Covid-19: SA's confirmed cases increase by 4 118 and 198 new deaths | News24
Former NHLS CEO granted R20 000 bail in R113m tender corruption case | News24
Tanzanian judge recuses self in terrorism case against opposition leader | News24
UN footage from northern Ethiopia shows humanitarian crisis | News24
Life Esidimeni inquest: Frail patients moved to NGOs instead of hospitals - state witness | News24
No decision on whether SAPS will fund trial of former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli. | News24
University medical, dental deans recommend compulsory vaccination for health sciences students | News24
Housing policy saga: Western Cape High Court rules in favour of Bromwell Street residents | News24
'Compassion fatigue': Mpumalanga doctor refuses to see unvaccinated patients | News24
DA lays criminal charges against ANC over alleged unpaid UIF contributions | News24
ANC seeks probe into claims that gunshots were fired at Kebby Maphatsoe's funeral | News24
Almost half of people killed on Gauteng roads in first quarter of the year were pedestrians | News24
More snowfall at Sani Pass | Witness
1 in 3 pregnant girls aged between 10 and 19 do not return to school, Parliament hears | News24
Off-duty police officer gunned down in Cape Town | News24
AfriForum sends lawyer's letter to Fraser, demanding information about Zuma's medical parole | News24
Five killed, four injured in accident in Western Cape | News24
Prominent KwaZulu-Natal Judge Jerome Mnguni dies | Witness
Covid-19: SA records 5 372 new confirmed cases, with 282 more deaths | News24
Proudly SA fashion competition: 'I will be judging on innovation, personal style - David Tlale | News24
Lack of clean water in Hammanskraal is a violation of rights, says SAHRC | News24
Impunity rules as juntas take over in Mali, Chad, Guinea | News24
Manhunt launched after Gqeberha 'hijackers' crash vehicle into police van, threaten cops at gunpoint | News24
Cape Town police launch search for missing youths, find two unrelated bodies in river | News24
KwaZulu-Natal man drowns while spearfishing with son | News24
National Freedom Party leader Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi dies | News24
Public servants called on to work on new service delivery model | News24
WATCH | Pupils set fire to school in Pietermaritzburg, KZN | Witness
WATCH | Alleged Pietermaritzburg mall unrest instigator remains in custody | Witness
18 students arrested after 'mobilisation' gathering in central Durban | News24
Burglars strike at 3 Joburg clinics, make off with computers containing patient information | News24
PICS | 'Best birthday present ever' - mom gives birth to quadruplets days before she turns 36 | News24
Estina dairy farm: New accused to be added in fraud and money laundering case | News24
Covid-19: Western Cape plans to expand Jabs before Jol campaign | News24
Dirco to 'significantly increase' lobbying for removal of SA from UK red list, says Naledi Pandor | News24
Election 2021: 49.3% of voters expected to vote for ANC but DA, EFF to get double-digit figures - poll | News24
Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libya leader, freed from jail | News24
At least 30 dead in weekend DR Congo attack | News24
Western Cape premier in talks with Ramaphosa to ease lockdown restrictions | News24
On last day of operations, Life Esidimeni centre had to scramble to get accommodation for patients | News24
'Miracle' nanny goat survives after being stabbed five times | News24
Investigation launched after bodies of three children found floating in river | News24
SA losing more and more farmers as agriculture faces tough challenges | Fin24
Masondo proposes R146bn in govt debt be forgiven - in exchange for climate targets | Fin24
26 suspects in the Western Cape arrested for various crimes, says Metrorail | News24
Four women murdered in Matatiele the week Nosicelo Mtebeni was found slain | News24

Education Facts

Recent Facts

Sports Facts

Education Facts