Obituaries

Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o dies aged 87

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature - a storyteller who refused to…

Wedaeli Chibelushi Wedaeli Chibelushi

Sam Nujoma, first president of Namibia, dies aged 95

The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the…

South Africans pay tribute to acting ‘icon’ Chweneyagae who died age 40

South Africans are paying tribute to actor Presley Chweneyagae, who has died at the age of 40. His family said…

Cecilia Macaulay Cecilia Macaulay