What’s the right way to grieve when the act won’t forgive a crime? In Rungano Nyoni’s entrancing, moody family drama “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” a young woman (Susan Chardy) returns home to navigate rituals of mourning for a deceased uncle — formalities that clash with the reality of the monster he was. Nyoni’s sophomore
Federal marshals on Thursday escorted officials from the Department of Government Efficiency into the U.S. African Development Foundation, a day after its employees refused entry to the Trump administration’s budget-slashing unit and Pete Marocco, the State Department official in charge of foreign aid. Once inside, security officials were directed to change the federal agency’s locks,
The mother of a six-year-old girl who disappeared more than a year ago in South Africa has gone on trial accused of organising her kidnapping. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were arrested after Smith’s daughter, Joshlin, went missing from outside her home in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town,
Ayra Starr has become the first woman to win best African music act at the Mobo Awards in 16 years. The singer also won best international music act, at the ceremony held in Newcastle. The awards show was founded in 1996 and celebrates black culture and music in the UK.
A South African imam who devoted his life to promoting gay rights and tolerance for L.G.B.T.Q. Muslims was shot and killed in the coastal city of Gqeberha on Saturday, the police said. Muhsin Hendricks was credited by some as being the world’s first openly gay imam. In 2018, he founded the Al-Ghurbaah Foundation, a nonprofit
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has launched a meme-coin in a bid to raise the profile of the country, which is one of the world’s poorest. Meme-coins are used to build popularity for a viral internet trend or movement and fans are inspired to collect and give them value, but they are extremely volatile
Last Updated:February 09, 2025, 22:20 IST Shabnim Ismail, Chloe Tryon, and Nadine de Klerk joined Mumbai Indians for WPL 2025. The season starts on February 14 with Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The final is on March 15. Mumbai Indians’ South African trio. (mumbaiindians/Instagram) The South African trio of Shabnim Ismail, Chloe Tryon and
By JAMES COONEY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and ED CARRUTHERS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 18:02 EST, 8 February 2025 | Updated: 21:09 EST, 8 February 2025 Follow Mail Sport’s live blog of UFC 312’s main event between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis as the American star looks to enact revenge against his South African opponent.
Last Updated:February 08, 2025, 21:14 IST The statement comes after Trump issued an executive order on Friday to freeze US aid to South Africa US President Donald Trump, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. (AFP photo) The United States is ready to resettle “persecuted South African farmers,” a State Department spokesperson said Saturday, after Washington
Sammy Awami BBC News Reporting fromDar es Salaam EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Rwandan President Paul Kagame (second from the left) attended the summit in Dar es Salaam Leaders from east and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end the deadly fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At a crisis summit in Tanzania,