Southern Africa

Zimbabweans will be going to the polls in the next four to five months times, an election that would be the first since the exit of former President Robert Mugabe.

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that state funds stolen by some public officials before his inauguration are being returned.

Health officials in the southern African country said the children died after suffering acute food poisoning believed to have been caused from turtle meat.

The government of Zimbabwe has revealed that it will in the coming days set up special courts to deal with corruption cases. This follows assurances from President Emmerson Mnangagwa to tackle corruption during his inauguration last year.

Zambian officials have said that they are making progress in the fight against Cholera outbreak as the number of cases being recorded reduces.

Zambians living in the country’s slum communities in the capital, Lusaka have been agitating and rioting following a government decision to place a ban on some public activities.

The government of Zimbabwe has withdrawn state security officers detailed to former first lady of the country, Grace Mugabe. Most aides assigned to the wife of the former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe have also been "recalled and reassigned".

Six college students in Polokwane in South Africa on Thursday sustained injuries in a stampede as they undergo registration to enroll in the Capricorn TVT College.

Vusi Dlakude, who is husband to the ANC deputy chief whip Doris Dlakude, appeared in court on Tuesday on a charge of perjury,

The Namibian government has said that importation of all perishable food, fish, fruits, unprocessed food and water from its neighbouring country Zambia would be halted for now due to the cholera outbreak.