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This video shows how a Mercedes driver manages to escape a hijacking. In a video shared on the Autobumbum Facebook page, CCTV footage shows how a driver enters a parking lot only to be confronted by two armed hijackers who jump out of an Audi that has been following him. He does not hesitate and reverses through them, with one hijacker trying to cling to the door, and drives out the park, sideswiping the hijacker's car in the process and drives off leaving the hijackers stunned. They eventually run to their car and drive away. Some say he was brave while others say it was a risky move. Watch the video below: Posted by Autobumbum on Monday, 13 August 2018 Take a listen to this and other stories

HARARE - Two top South African lawyers have arrived in Zimbabwe to help the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa challenge last month’s presidential poll results in Harare's Constitutional Court. Dali Mpofu and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi were seen arriving at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport ahead of Wednesday’s court case. Ngcukaitobi and Mpofu will be key members of Chamisa’s legal team in this high-profile case. Chamisa is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's narrow victory in the July poll. He says he’s got overwhelming evidence to prove he was cheated out of victory. This isn’t the first time the MDC has employed South African legal minds: back in

ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers on Tuesday dragged the carcass of a crocodile to a funeral wake in in the town of Redcliff. The rangers had shot the menacing reptile after it mauled to death a 14-year-old boy from Torwood suburb. Ali Phiri, a Batanai High School learner, was attacked by crocodiles when having a casual swim in the Kwekwe River with four of his friends late Sunday. Frightened mourners had to scurry before regrouping at the sight of the 4,5 meters reptile. ZimParks staffers had to restrain angry mourners who were pelting the carcass with missiles. The teenager was buried Tuesday at Torwood cemetery. ZimParks National spokesperson Tinashe Farawo

"I couldn’t shake it out of my mind." Serena Williams has had an incredible comeback story over the last year. Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty Images She gave birth back in September to her first child, a daughter with husband Alexis Ohanian. But, as probably everybody knows now, the birth came with severe, and potentially fatal, complications. Fortunately, after months of recovery, Serena came through the other side. And just to prove that she was really back, Serena then made a run to the Wimbledon finals in only her fourth tournament after giving birth. Clive Mason / Getty Images Although she lost, it was a statement that the queen of tennis was back in the picture. So it came as a surprise to some

JOHANNESBURG - If there were any doubts that the euphoria following Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as president of South Africa has evaporated, this week’s slump in the rand has removed them. The currency has plunged to a level last seen when Jacob Zuma was still in charge, having retreated from a three-year high against the dollar amid a toxic cocktail of negative economic news, political risks, and falling commodity prices.  An investor retreat from emerging markets has accelerated its slide of almost 10 percent against the dollar this month. When Ramaphosa took over as president in February, he promised to stimulate growth and attract investment, fix the finances of state-owned enterprises, and