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Tsitsi Dangarembga. Jemal Countess/WireImage/Getty Images A prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday of holding its people in a repressive "chokehold" as they endured an economic emergency.Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book This Mournable Body has been nominated for a Booker Prize, was bundled into a police truck…

Colorado Springs COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- A stark warning was issued by the El Paso County Public Health Department nearly 14 days ago: if there isn't a slow in the rate of COVID-19, the county could have to re-evaluate variances and scale back business operations. "It's a pretty upward trend for the month of…

The EFF has significantly changed the South African political landscape and is marking its seventh anniversary.Party leader Julius Malema has, however, been dogged by numerous controversies.Political analysts say leaders should be discerning and able to act in the interest of the organisation they serve, as opposed to themselves.Analysts and an EFF insiders ask what the…

Wayde van Niekerk Shaun Botterill/Getty Images The 400 metres world record holder Wayde van Niekerk says he wants to become the first athlete to break the 43-second barrier for the one-lap event.The 28-year-old South African - who timed 43.03sec in the 2016 Rio Olympics final to set the new mark - said in a BBC…

CLOSEBILLINGS, Mont. – It was meant to be a last line of defense to protect the most vulnerable as the coronavirus spread across the USA: State officials offered free testing in May for staff and residents at assisted-living and long-term care facilities.Canyon Creek Memory Care was among 45 of 289 facilities that initially declined Montana's call…