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Pizza has always been seen as white people’s food. But in Khayelitsha that perception shifted after the first pizza outlet was opened in the Cape Flats township six years ago. (Circo De Luca/Reuters)
AUDU OGBEH

Crazy Rich Nigerians enjoy a ‘plane’ pizza

A Nigerian minister has courted ridicule after saying citizens are having pizzas delivered from London with the help of British Airways

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
2 min read
A Twitter Music app will be launched for iOS devices later this month
SOCIAL MEDIA

How Africa tweets: 10 surprising trends and insights

Twitter is driving real pan-Africanism – in absolute terms, Egypt actually tweeted more on #FeesMustFall than SA, and Biafra was big in Gabon.

  • Christine Mungai
10 min read
Mugabe appeared unaware he was repeating the same speech he gave during his State of the Nation address on August 25.
ROBERT MUGABE
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Twitter in stitches over #Mugabewrongspeech

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has gifted the Twittersphere with more reasons for laughter after he read the wrong speech in Parliament.

  • Sthembiso Sithole
1 min read