The Forensic Blueprint: Ending the Era of ‘Digital Denialism’ After Madlanga

The Springboks bounced back in brilliant fashion to beat New Zealand by 43-10 in Wellington on Saturday night to keep alive their chances in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, while retaining the Freedom Cup by inflicting the biggest defeat ever on the All Blacks.

South Africa made all the play but were trailing 10-7 after a tense first-half, but they found their mojo to score five tries without reply in the second period to secure a record 33-point winning marginREAD MORE

Maputo, 12 September 2025 – Mozambican Prime Minister Benvinda Levi has emphasised the urgent need to revise the country’s media and broadcasting legislation in light of the challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age.

Speaking on Friday in Maputo at the opening of the National Public Consultation Seminar on the Media Legislative Package, Prime Minister Levi acknowledged that while digital technologies offer vast potential for pluralism and citizen engagement, they also introduce new risks. These include the rapid evolutionREAD MORE

South African striker Khanyisa Mayo arrived home on Friday to conclude his move to Kaizer Chiefs.

Mayo, 27, joins Kaizer Chiefs on a one-year loan deal from Algerian club CR Belouizdad.

Amakhosi have an option to make it permanent at the end of this season.

The Mthatha-born forward returns home after a frustrating spell in North Africa, where he featured in 41 games over a single season but was deemed surplus to requirements by Belouizdad head coach Sead Ramovic.

HeREAD MORE

The Co-Chairs of the 12th South African AIDS Conference that took place on the 8th to 11th of September 2025 in Johannesburg have warned that South Africa could face a sharp rise in HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths if the government does not act urgently and transparently to address funding cuts.

The conference, which ended at Emperors Palace on Thursday, heard that the country could expect 150 000 to 295 000 new HIV infections and 56 000 to 60 000READ MORE

The village of Bobole, in northern Maputo province, has, in recent times, been the stage for several tragic events. This week, the community was left in shock and anger following the brutal murder of a young man who worked as a motorcycle taxi rider. His body was discovered at the bottom of a well approximately 45 metres deep — a grim end that sparked outrage among local residents.

Efforts were made to retrieve the body, with the fire brigade calledREAD MORE

Brazilian star Lucas Ribeiro Costa raised eyebrows again on Friday when he completed his move to Spanish club Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.

African Times reported earlier this week on the impending transfer to Leonesa.

“He joins León as a free agent on a one-year deal. Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa welcomes Lucas Ribeiro to our club, wishing him every success in his new role in León,” announced the Segunda club on Friday.

The transfer raises questions on the basis that RibeiroREAD MORE

Maputo, Mozambique – The Minister of Transport and Logistics, João Jorge Matlombe, has acknowledged that the number of road traffic accident victims in Mozambique has exceeded the average for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

Speaking at the opening session of the first Coordinating Council of the Ministry of Transport and Logistics, Minister Matlombe described the road safety situation in the country as “grave and critical”.

“The number of deaths and injuries on our roads is both dramaticREAD MORE

Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana has joined Turkish club Trabzonspor on loan for the duration of the 2025/26 season, subject to international clearance and registration.

The 29-year-old Cameroon international has had a troubled stay at Old Trafford since joining the Red Devils from Inter Milan in 2023.

Onana played 102 matches for United, keeping only 24 clean sheets and letting in 150 goals, making 18 unforced errors that resulted in goals against United.

“The move has been completed ahead ofREAD MORE

The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) announced late Thursday evening that it had successfully seized luxury homes, vehicles, and other assets linked to syndicates accused of looting Tembisa Hospital. But hours after the announcement, questions remain: where are the pictures?

In past high-profile seizures, the AFU has paraded evidence before the media—rows of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Bentleys, and mansions splashed across front pages. The prosecutions of Edwin Sodi and Hamilton Ndlovu, for example, were accompanied by widely circulatedREAD MORE

Zimbabwe is leveraging its fast-growing mining sector to drive a major energy transformation, with plans to channel more than US$9 billion into new power generation projects by 2030. This is reported by The Herald, a partner of TV BRICS. 

The strategy, outlined by Energy and Power Development Minister July Moyo at the Africa Down Under Mining Conference in Perth, will see the country expand capacity to 5,432MW, nearly half of it from renewableREAD MORE