Kenya coach Benni McCarthy has named his final squad for the opening TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers against Eritrea and Guinea, with captain Michael Olunga leading the Harambee Stars attack. McCarthy has selected 24 players for the two matches, combining established internationals with a number of emerging players based both in Kenya…
The BBC’s Caitríona Perry spoke to Kerry Kennedy, the niece of late president John F Kennedy, about demolition threats to the performance centre named after him. A US federal judge ruled the Trump administration must give 30 days’ notice before any “demolition” occurs to the Kennedy Center, as President Donald Trump warned the Washington DC…
New Gabon coach Sébastien Migné has named his first squad since taking charge of the Panthers, beginning a new era without former captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as they prepare to face Morocco and Niger in the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers. The French coach has selected 24 players for the September international window,…
Dashcam footage is bringing renewed attention to e-hailing crime, amid calls for stronger identity checks and coordinated policing. (Image created via Gemini) The growing circulation of dashcam footage showing criminal incidents involving e-hailing vehicles in South Africa is exposing a safety crisis that industry representatives say has persisted for years. Over the past few months,…
Steve Smith says he is still traumatised by the infamous “Sandpapergate” ball-tampering scandal in 2018, but the former Australia skipper is undaunted about returning to South Africa for his first Test series since. The prolific batsman was sent home in disgrace, banned for a year and sacked as captain after conspiring to alter the ball…
Watch: Images show damage to plane after power bank bursts into flames during flight – CBS News Watch CBS News A power bank overheated and caught fire on a flight from Amsterdam to Curacao on Friday, charring part of the plane. Tom Hanson has the story.
South African prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against the country’s suspended police chief after concluding there was insufficient evidence to secure a conviction. General Fannie Masemola was charged in April with failing in his duties to provide proper oversight in his role following a health contract that became the subject of a criminal investigation. He…
The criminal group behind the June breach at MIP Holdings is now extorting South African insurers directly after taking a ransom payment from the software supplier in exchange for an undertaking to destroy the stolen data. Some of the data has now been published online. TechCentral has reviewed material on a dark web leak site…
Congolese spiritual leader warns against dependency, exploitation A spiritual leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo has warned that Africa risks falling into new forms of exploitation and dependency unless its people unite and take greater control of the continent’s resources and future. MFUMU Nkusu Kiambu Nzalampanda Nangola, who is leading a 13-member delegation of…
A new species of living cat has been identified for the first time in more than a century. Found in Bolivia’s Yungas forest, it is smaller than a regular house cat, weighing just around 3 pounds and measuring 18 inches long. Known locally as Tilcayo, it belongs to the group of tiger cats. Published On…
