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At 103 Gogo Skeyi wanted one thing before she died: electricity. Then she died

On Sunday, the 103-year-old Nomfuduko Skeyi told Scrolla.Africa about her struggle without running water and electricity.

TV Bishop accused of not being able to keep it in his pants

Bishop Israel Makamu, the controversial host of the hit TV talk show, Rea Tsotella, has been arrested.

Lonely artists find virtual togetherness

There is a ghost in one of the isolation cells of Number Four Prison at Constitutional Hill museum.

Body of missing girl found stabbed in bushes

When Nolwazi Ngcobo went missing last week, her mother Thandi clung on to the hope that her daughter would be returned to their Inanda home, alive and unharmed.

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Boris Johnson “terrifyingly sh*t” at dealing with Covid, former aide claims

If you’re ever feeling down about the government’s response to the pandemic, just remember what UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s right-hand-man had to say about his old boss.

Midair wedding ends with a hard landing

Hoping to glide around Covid restrictions, a couple in India booked an entire flight and invited 160 guests to their wedding.

Mkhize claims clean hands in corruption probe

On Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize declared that he had no part in the R150 million tender irregularities being investigated by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).

Zuma pleads not guilty on all counts

Former president Jacob Zuma has pleaded not guilty to all charges presented to him at the start of his fraud and corruption trial currently underway at the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

An online romance based on mutual faith, but ending in death

Kutullo thought she had found love online, but the man she met on Facebook now faces trial for her murder.

Better late than never . . . Dudu Myeni pitches up – hours late!

It seemed as if former president Jacob Zuma’s ally and former SAA chairperson, Dudu Myeni, was following his lead by snubbing the State Capture Commission of Inquiry.

Health minister still deeply implicated in a R150 million corruption scandal

A corruption investigation into how close friends of Health Minister Zweli Mkhize got R150 million in tenders from his department is almost complete.

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