South Africa

A 23-year-old South African man has been arrested for allegedly stoning his 17-year-old partner to death. The incident is gathered to have taken place in Limpopo, South Africa. According to the reports gathered, the police…

A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg's Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition, according to police in South Africa. South Africa Police say they are investigating reports that a group of men…

The Police in South Africa has disclosed, on Sunday, June 26, that at least 17 young people were found dead at a nightclub in a township in the country’s southern city of East London. Thembinkosi Kinana, a provincial police…

South Africa has on Monday began a week of mourning for revered anti-apartheid campaigner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate passed away on Sunday aged 90, stripping the world of a towering moral figure and the last…

South Africa’s High Court has on Wednesday ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to jail after setting aside the decision to release him on medical parole, a court judgement showed. The 79-year old began medical parole in…

South Africa will next month start giving Pfizer booster shots against coronavirus, a health official said Friday, a day after the country reported a near-record high in daily cases of the disease. “The first people who will qualify…

A 42-year-old Nigerian man, Jonathan Eloho Okinedo, resident in South Africa, has been found dead days after his abduction. Okinedo’s wife and brother had earlier in the week arrived at Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Headquarters,…

Scientists in South Africa have detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. The number of daily infections in Africa’s hardest-hit country has increased tenfold since…

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected on Saturday to leave Paris, France for Durban, South Africa. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. President…

A maximum of 2,000 spectators can attend a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Ethiopia in Johannesburg on Tuesday as the republic eases COVID-19 restrictions introduced last year. “The (government) has approved that a…

A 4-year-old girl, Banele Shelembe, has been attacked and killed by two pit bulls in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Shelembe from the Mvundlweni area at KwaMnyandu, Elandskop was with three older children when the dogs from the area…

Corruption trial of former South African President, Jacob Zuma has been postponed until next month. A judge at Pietermaritzburg High Court in the former president’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday adjourned Zuma’s trial until…

Supporters of former South African President, Jacob Zuma on Sunday vowed to render the country ungovernable if he is jailed. It would be recalled that Zuma was on Tuesday, June 29 sentenced to 15 months by country’s Constitutional…

Federal Government has on Monday added South Africa to the existing list of countries where inbound non-Nigerian passengers are temporarily banned from entering the country. It also extended the ban on travellers from Brazil, India and…

United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities has announced a revision in procedures for travellers coming from Republic of India, South Africa and Nigeria on June 19. The new development is contained in a statement issued by UAE Embassy in…