•Ramaphosa and Trump South Africa will use the week-long delay in the US’s imposition of 30-percent tariffs to negotiate hard to avoid the penalty and save jobs, President Cyril Ramaphosa said today. South Africa is among nearly 70 countries facing President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on exports that were due to come into force today […...
•Super Falcons celebrating Nigeria’s Super Falcons, today, secured a spot in the final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in a tense semi-final clash. The match, played with high intensity, saw the Super Falcons take the lead in the first half through Rasheedat Ajibade, [&he...
•Nigeria’s Super Falcons When Nigeria and South Africa meet in football — at any level — it is more than a game. With a rich history and fierce rivalry between the two countries, the Super Falcons’ semi-final match against the Banyana Banyana at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) today is more than […]
•Nigeria’s Presidential Boeing 737‑700 Business Jet Nigeria’s newly acquired N150 billion presidential jet has been flown back to the country after months in South Africa, where it underwent a full livery change to the nation’s green and white colours. The Airbus A330-200 was spotted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on...
South Africa’s Manager, Hugo Broos, is still confident that Bafana Bafana will make the 2026 World Cup from Group C despite the threat of a FIFA three-point sanction hanging over his team. South Africa leads Group C with 13 points with Rwanda and the Benin Republic on eight points each, while Nigeria, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe […]
Seven people died in flooding caused by severe winter weather lashing eastern areas of South Africa and school children are missing after a minibus was swept away, the government said yesterday. Three children were rescued after spending hours in trees to escape rising waters near the Eastern Cape city of Mthatha, one of the areas […]
•South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa is determined to repatriate the remains of its people taken abroad during the colonial era and those who died in exile as anti-apartheid activists, the culture minister said today. The government was in contact with foreign institutions over the return of remains of indigenous people, includ...
•2025 Club World Cup trophy African powerhouses – Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa – all drew yesterday in warm-up matches for crucial 2026 World Cup qualifiers from September. Tolu Arokodare came off the bench in the second half to score his first goal for Nigeria, who drew 1-1 with Russia in Moscow, reports AFP. Ismaila [&hellip...
•South African flag A South African court opened an inquest today into the murders 40 years ago of four anti-apartheid activists by a police hit squad in one of the most notorious atrocities of the apartheid era. No one has been brought to justice for the 1985 killings of the so-called Cradock Four, and their […]
•Embattled Pastor Timothy Omotoso A Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso, has been deported from South Africa. The 66-year-old pastor was reported to be leaving the country yesterday from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo Airport for Nigeria, reports The Nation. Online videos show Omotoso at the airport in a grey hoodie and sunglasses, chatting with ...

