May 8, 2026

May 8, 2026 A recent visit by President Cyril Ramaphosa to President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe’s Precabe farm in Kwekwe has sparked a heated backlash from Government of National Unity (GNU) Member, the Democratic Alliance. Mnangagwa nicknamed “the Crocodile” succeeded his long-time commander-in-chief Robert Mugabe in 2018. Mugabe is possibly best remembered for having ruled […]

May 8, 2026 South Africans turned the latest hantavirus scare into comedy within hours. Social media flooded with jokes about “streetwise local rats”, memes spread rapidly, and fear became entertainment almost instantly. But outbreaks have a way of becoming serious far faster than societies expect. The internet treats health scares like trends – until hospitals