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Tebogo Lekalakala celebrates chalking up 1,000 flying hours in August 2019. Image:   Twitter/iamCaroline_M The husband of one of three pilots who died when a flight inspection aircraft they were in smashed into a mountain outside George, Western Cape, says his hopes and dreams crashed with his wife. First officer Tebogo Lekalakala, 33, Capt Thabiso Collins Tolo, 49, and flight inspector Gugu Comfort Mnguni, 36, died when the 33-year-old Cessna Citation they were in crashed in the southern Cape on Thursday. Tebogo's husband Modikana Lekalakala yesterday said he was devastated by his wife's death. "I got a call from CAA [Civil Aviation Authority] and they said they had lost contact with her plane - as someone who works in the aviation sector, I know what that means," he said. "It means that the plane crashed if they can't locate it on the radar. That was my worst fear, but I was hoping that she would have survived despite that." L...

When it comes to fashion, the Grammy's red carpet is more adventurous, raunchy and sometimes just plain ridiculous than other award shows. So let's get down and dirty and check out the best and worst dressed celebs at last night's event. BEST DRESSED CHRISSY TEIGEN The world's favourite tweeter proved she's not only the queen of sassy clap backs on social media, but of red carpet fashion too. From the glorious colour to the cut, her Grammy look was impeccable. Alessandra Ambrosio at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Image:   Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO Another model showing the musicians how it is done: Alessandra Ambrosio stunned in a sleek asymmetrical number that was part gown, part playsuit. Pendant earrings and glitzy heels finished off the look with a dash of sparkle. Not too formal, a bit sexy and rather daring, this Balmain creation was the perfect choice for the Grammys. Gwen...

Authorities are investigating how pictures of a police woman undressing were taken and shared on social media. In the pictures shared on Facebook, the woman is seen sitting on a sofa with a cellphone in one hand and what looks like a glass of alcohol in the other. Another picture then shows the woman with the glass closer to her mouth while the last two pictures show her undressing, even revealing her panties. In the pictures, the woman seems to be aware in the first picture that someone was taking the pictures as she smiles in the direction of the camera. However, it is difficult to tell whether in the other picture where she is undressing, she was fully aware of what was happening. It is unclear at this stage whether the pictures were shared by the woman in the picture or someone else did it with or without her consent. Police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said the incident has been identified. “We have identified this member and a senior officer has been ta...

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on her country's souring relations with South Africa because of xenophobic attacks. Animosity between Africa's two superpowers - Nigeria and South Africa - has heightened in recent weeks, with an influential Nigerian student body demanding that all South African-owned businesses leave the West African state. The National Association of Nigerian Students (Nans) - which represents university students at campuses across the country - has picketed branches of South African telecoms giant MTN, and those of supermarket chain Shoprite, turning away staff and customers. Those protests were sparked by the death of a Nigerian woman who was reportedly strangled in her hotel room during a visit to the South African city of Johannesburg. Elizabeth Ndubuisi-Chukwu is just the latest Nigerian to die in South Africa in apparently violent circumstances. 'Killings must stop' ...

South Africans have been outraged by a spate of gruesome rapes and murders of women in recent weeks - including that of a schoolgirl who reportedly had her head staved in, and a university student who was bludgeoned to death. The rapes and murders have led to street protests, the  #AmINext campaign  on Twitter, and an  online petition signed by more than 500,000  to demand the reinstatement of the death penalty in a nation battling to curb high levels of crime. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised a series of measures to tackle the crisis - including making public a register of offenders, increasing the number of "dedicated sexual offences courts", and harsher sentences. Photographer Sarah Midgley, a 37-year-old mother of two who lives in the main city Johannesburg, is still recovering from the trauma of being raped almost a decade ago. She told BBC Africa Women's Affairs reporter Esther Akello Ogola about her ordeal. I was raped by my...