Gunmen stormed a hostel in South Africa’s capital Pretoria today, killing 11 people including a three‑year‑old child at a site police said was illegally selling alcohol. The attack is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have shocked the crime‑weary country of 63 million people, which suffers one of the highest murder rates […]...
A Nigerian man, Victor Udoh, and his female accomplice, Vuyisekha Mzwakhe, will spend a combined 37 years in prison after a South African court found them guilty of drug trafficking. It was learnt yesterday from Nova News, a South Africa–based online news outlet, that the 33-year-old Nigerian and his South African partner were convicted for [&...
•Bafana Bafana of South Africa coach, Hugo Broos South Africa coach, Hugo Broos today included 17 local-based players in his squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) from December 21 in Morocco. Most of the 24 contenders will rely heavily on footballers based in Europe, with former champions Senegal unlikely to include any […]
•South African President Cyril Ramaphosa South African police have arrested four Russia-bound men at Johannesburg’s airport suspected of having signed up to fight for the Russian army, the Force said yesterday. The announcement comes in the wake of revelations that police were investigating a daughter of ex-president Jacob Zuma over claims she...
•US President Donald Trump (R) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that South Africa would not be invited to next year’s G20 summit in Miami, taking his diplomatic offensive against the country to a new level. Trump cited what he described as “horrific Human Right Abuses” endured by white [...
•South Africa President, Cyril Ramaphosa More than 150 Palestinians who have “mysteriously” arrived in South Africa appeared to have been “flushed out” of the Gaza Strip, President Cyril Ramaphosa said today. After landing at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg yesterday, the 153 Palestinians were kept on the charter plane for 12 ...
•US President Donald Trump (R) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa President Donald Trump said no US officials would attend the G20 summit in South Africa, reviving debunked claims of white Afrikaners being systematically “killed and slaughtered” in the country. Trump had announced in September that Vice President JD Vance would travel...
•Senegal players celebrate goal South Africa, Ivory Coast and Senegal all won convincingly yesterday to fill the last three automatic places reserved for Africa at the 2026 World Cup. Senegal were the most impressive winners, hammering Mauritania 4-0, while Ivory Coast beat Kenya 3-0 and South Africa were also 3-0 winners, against Rwanda, repo...
•Deadly bus crash in South Africa At least 40 people, including nationals of Malawi and Zimbabwe, were killed when a passenger bus rolled down an embankment in South Africa, a provincial transport minister said today. The bus travelling to Zimbabwe crashed around 90 kilometres (55 miles) from the border yesterday after the driver apparently lo...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced that the Super Eagles’ arrival in Uyo for Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup qualifying clash against Benin Republic has been delayed due to a technical issue with their aircraft. According to the NFF, the ValueJet chartered flight conveying the team and officials from Polokwane, South Africa, to Uyo d...
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