By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sabcnews
Pretoria Magistrates’ Court has delivered its ruling on South African businessman Suliman Carrim’s bail application. He is charged with failing to appear before the Madlanga Commission, SABC News reports.
South African musician Lehlogonolo Chauke, known as Shebeshxt, is appearing again before the Polokwane magistrates’ court to seek release on bail. He is accused of attempted murder, reports Sowetan.
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At the trial over the murders of South African artists Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, an investigator identified Lindokuhle Ndimande in CCTV footage near the restaurant. The defence and prosecution are examining the footage in a Durban court as the state’s 46th witness testifies, reports SABC News.
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The South African Chamber of Commerce in the United States warns that Pretoria could lose its tariff benefits under AGOA before the end of the year. Washington could notify South Africa of its exclusion as soon as next week, while $16.5 billion of South African exports reached the United States last year, reports SABC News.
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Eugene de Kock, a former head of a South African apartheid death squad, testified at 77 before the commission investigating crimes that went unpunished. Convicted of murders and torture, he spent nearly 20 years in prison, RFI reports.
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Flash flood kills one in South Africa’s OR Tambo DistrictOne person drowned in flash floods caused by a storm in OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mayor Mesuli Ngqondwana also reported two children injured when a structure collapsed and roads badly damaged, according to SABC News.
Botswana ranks 49th globally for rule of lawBotswana ranks 49th out of 143 countries in the World Justice Project’s 2026 Rule of Law Index, with a slightly higher score. It comes fourth among the 34 sub-Saharan African countries assessed, while 62% of countries recorded a fall in their scores, according to the report cited by Weekendpost.The week in Africa
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