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South Africa’s newly-launched Online Fingerprint Verification System is expected to deal a significant blow to acts of fraud and corruption which have cheated banks of millions of Rands, says Home Affairs (Interior) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Speaking at the launch of the system here Tuesday, she was confident that the country’s “first ever and historic Online Fingerprint Verification System” would ...

Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali’s conqueror in the Fight of the Century, died Monday night after a brief battle with liver cancer at the age of 67. The once heavyweight champion battled Muhammad Ali nearly to the death in the Thriller in Manila. Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his life trying to fight his way out of Ali’s shadow. ...

(READ THE UPDATE TO THE STORY BY CLICKING HERE) Mr. President Sir and Fellow Nigerians, it is yet another shame of insult in far away Vienna, Austria, Europe. According to a shocking bomb revelation by a free daily newspaper in Vienna, Austria called “Heute”, there is a secret mansion villa worth 20 million euro bought by the current oil minister ...

(AFP) Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Monday over the King of Pop’s 2009 death, at an emotional climax to his long-awaited trial. Crowds of fans outside erupted in joy as the verdict was handed down, while minutes later judge Michael Pastor ordered the 58-year-old medic handcuffed and remanded in custody, pending sentencing later this ...

Rwanda has taken remarkable strides in reducing aid reliance and increasing accountability on the incoming donor funds according to reports released recently by two organizations. One report by Actionaid says the Central African country aid dependency reduced from 86% in 2000 to 45% in 2010 while a report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) hails Rwanda on ...