•PHOTO (From left): Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China’s President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov raise their arms as they pose for a group photograph, at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg. Foremost Professor of Political Scien...
•The new Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina Chidimma Adetshina, who represented Taraba State, has been crowned Miss Universe Nigeria 2024. Her journey to the title has been nothing short of remarkable, reflecting the resilience and grace reminiscent of the Miss Universe South Africa incident, where she was disqualified. Africa Fact Zone...
•Scene of the accident A bus travelling from Zimbabwe lost control and overturned in South Africa’s northeastern Limpopo province, killing 10 people and injuring 35, the local transport ministry said today. Five men and five women, who are “reportedly foreign nationals”, were on their way to Johannesburg when the accident happened just before ...
•Chidinma Adetshina The recent controversies leading to model Chidinma Adetshina, dropping out of the beauty pageant in South Africa once again, highlighted the hatred towards black foreigners. Social media users, predominantly from South Africa had raised a serious storm over Chidinma, who is of a Nigerian and Mozambican origin, insisting tha...
•Mboku A drug baron on the wanted list of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, identified as Joachin Mbonu, has been arrested. Mbonu was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA in his village mansion in Imo State on July 5, reports The PUNCH. A statement yesterday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Mbonu was […]
•School bus on fire Twelve primary school children died in a road accident today in South Africa as a minibus taking them to school overturned and caught fire after collision, officials said. The incident occurred on the N14 motorway near Merafong, about 70 kilometres west of Johannesburg, when another vehicle rammed the school bus from [&hell...
A Spanish tourist was trampled to death by an elephant after stepping out of his vehicle to take photos of a small herd at a renowned South African park, authorities said today. The 43-year-old man was attacked on Sunday morning at the Pilanesberg National Park, a tourist magnet about 200 kilometres (130 miles) northwest of […]
•Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday announced he had awarded opposition parties in his coalition, 12 out of 32 ministries. The largest opposition the Democractic Alliance (DA) won six ministries including education, public works and environment, while six other posts went to smaller parties, reports AFP. The Afr...
Rescuers in South Africa are searching for survivors after a five-storey apartment block under construction collapsed yesterday, killing five people and leaving at least 50 trapped. Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 26 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital but there were dozens more workers w...
•Super Falcons celebrate goal In what is becoming an African classic, the Super Falcons of Nigeria and South Africa’s Bayana Bayana will square off in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers later today. The second leg of the last phase of qualification for the Games is billed for Pretoria in South Africa, reports AFP. Nigeria […]

