Popular SABC analyst and ex-Kaizer Chiefs and SuperSport United defender Siphiwe 'Dr Mnandi' Mkhonza (44) has died. Mkhonza reportedly passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Nigeria's Aliko Dangote has been listed as the richest man in Africa for the 13th year in a row despite the economic turmoil in his country. The rankings by Forbes Magazine show almost 20 billionaires on the African continent with a combined worth of $82.4bn (£64.8bn).
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired prominent economist, Thabi Leoka, from his Presidential Economic Advisory Council after she allegedly lied about having a PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE).
LAGOS - The autopsy of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa "Mohbad" Aloba, will not be released immediately, his management company has announced in a statement.
Former Liverpool striker Sadio Mane married his '18-year-old long term girlfriend' Aisha Tamba during a private ceremony in his home country of Senegal on Sunday. Questions have obviously been raised about when Mane started dating Aisha given the legal age of consent in Senegal is 16 years.
After over two weeks battling liver complications, South African singer Zahara (35) (real name Bulelwa Mkutukana) has reportedly died at a private hospital in Johannesburg this Monday night just before 9pm.
American rapper DaBaby’s debut concert in Zimbabwe has been cancelled due to what the promoter says are "certain challenges that would have compromised the overall success of the event".
South African opposition leader Julius Malema and his co-accused Adriaan Snyman have failed in their bid to have charges related to the violation of the Firearms Act withdrawn against them.