Kgalema Motlanthe launches Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has launched the Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs in Cape Town.

As chairperson of the organisation, he says the aim is to mobilise regions in a bid to enact reform and change as drug abuse soars throughout the continent.

Source: SABC

In other news – Nelli Tembe’s father speaks on AKA’s murder

The father of AKA’s late fiancee Nelli Tembe, Moses has reacted in shock and sadness to the rapper’s death. AKA – real name Kiernan Forbes – was shot and killed outside a restaurant on Durban’s Florida road on Friday evening.

His death comes almost two years after Nelli allegedly ended her life after falling off the balcony of a Cape Town hotel in April 2021. Learn more