Police South Africa have confirmed that a device discovered in a mosque at the port city of Durban after armed men attacked worshippers last week was an explosive.
The President of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi has joined thousands of mourners at the public square in the country's port city of Beira to mourn the late opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama.
A mining company in Zimbabwe riddled with rising debt and unable to pay its workers' salaries dating back to five years is now considering selling the mining town it operates to settle its debts.
Zimbabwe's parliament has said that the planned questioning of the country's former President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday over some diamond mining operations has now been delayed.
A top Zambian University has warned female students against what it calls dressing provocatively especially to libraries within the institution's campus.