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Heads turn and jaws drop when South African actor Kim Engelbrecht walks down a Cape Town street. Yet, the actor who grew up in the working-class suburb of Belhar, east of Cape Town, is keen to continue work in her homeland.

Thuso Mbedi's appearance on 'The Daily Show' with Trevor Noah left South Africans proud. Felicia Mabuza was chuffed that the two stars flew Mzansi's flag high.

KZN snake rescuer Nick Evans caught a 2.1m black mamba caught chilling under a TV cabinet. The people of Mzansi busted snake watching TV jokes out of relief.

The Ethiopian government said Friday that 70 percent of the war-stricken northern region of Tigray was now under federal army control. "70% of Tigray is under ENDF (Ethiopian National Defence Force)," Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's national security adviser Redwan Hussein posted on Twitter.

Inadequate privacy safeguards and the stockpiling of sensitive customer information have made Australia a lucrative target in the eyes of foreign hackers, cybersecurity experts told AFP following a series of major data breaches. Australian National University cybersecurity expert Thomas Haines said many companies had been hoarding personal data that they should not have been hanging on to.

China's Singles Day shopping bonanza entered its final stretch Friday, with all eyes on whether sales can top a record one trillion yuan ($140 billion) despite the country's struggling economy.

China announced the relaxation of some of its hardline Covid-19 restrictions on Friday, cutting the quarantine period for inbound travellers from 10 days to eight and scrapping snap closures of flight routes.

World leaders attending a summit in Phnom Penh will receive Cambodian-made watches from host Hun Sen, a noted fan of luxury timepieces. Hun Sen -- who has ruled the kingdom for 37 years and is Asia's longest-serving leader -- said the new watches "show the progress in science and technology of Cambodia."

Russian hackers carried out a cyberattack on a major Australian healthcare company that breached the data of 9.7 million people, including the country's prime minister, police said Friday. The hackers started leaking the data earlier this week after Medibank -- the country's largest health insurer -- refused to pay a $9.7 million (Aus$15 million) ransom.
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