South Africa

A potential diplomatic flashpoint has emerged ahead of the highly anticipated Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semifinal between Nigeria and South Africa on Wednesday. The Nigerian High Commission in South Africa issued a warning urging…

The Nigerian High Commission in South Africa has advised Nigerians living in the Rainbow Nation against engaging their Bafana Bafana counterparts in any confrontation before, during and after their semi-final clash at the ongoing 2023…

A landmark international legal battle unfolds this Thursday as South Africa brings its accusation of genocide against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This two-day public hearing marks a significant escalation in…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecasted that South Africa could surpass Nigeria to become the largest economy in Africa. According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, South Africa, which is one of the most…

AKA worked with Nigerian music heavyweights, Burna Boy, Ice Prince, Kiddomant in the 2010s to emerge as one of the most sensational imports in the country's music industry. The South African rapper whose real name is…

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…