Tag: Johannesburg
Updated: 64 dead as fire ravages Johannesburg’s 5-storey building
The building, according to reports that had been abandoned at one stage, but people turned it into their homes.
Magnitude 5.0 quake hits Johannesburg
Residents across the province felt the tremor, and several shared photos of minor structural damage to walls on social media.
Johannesburg, Durban other cities run out of cemetery space
In the middle of the vast Avalon cemetery in Johannesburg’s Soweto township, two gravediggers shovelled soil out of an old…
100 injured in South Africa train accident
The ER24 paramedics said Tuesday that some 100 people have been injured in a train collision near the South African…
ID4Africa 2019 to hold in Johannesburg – Chairman
The ID4Africa 2018 came to a successful conclusion in Abuja, Nigeria, on Thursday with Johannesburg, South Africa nominated to host…
Police Clash With Protesters In Joburg
Police on Friday fired rubber bullets and tear gas at some protesters in downtown Johannesburg, injuring a man and a…
2 more Nigerians killed in South Africa
Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, President, Nigeria Union in South Africa, has confirmed that two Nigerians were killed in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province.…
Facebook opens first African office in Johannesburg
Facebook has opened its first office in Africa to further the company’s commitment to help businesses connect with people and…
Stowaway found alive on Johannesburg-London flight
London (AFP) – A suspected stowaway is being treated in a London hospital after being found unconscious on Thursday on…
Ten Nigerians hospitalised in South Africa following gang attack
At least ten Nigerians are in hospital and 25 shops owned by Nigerians have been looted following attacks by organised…
Nine missing in South Africa’s goldmine blaze
South African emergency workers battled smoke and rockfalls Wednesday to rescue nine gold miners missing deep underground in a burning…
South African teenager hacks family to death
South African police arrested a boy for hacking to death four family members with an axe after two siblings escaped…
South African wives of Nigerians protest in Jo’burg
Some South African women married to Nigerians staged a peaceful protest on Friday on the streets of Johannesburg. The women,…
Bombardier eyes African aviation market
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft will reinforce its commitment to the African airline industry with its attendance at the 44th Annual General…
Desmond Tutu wins $1m African Leadership award
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has won the “one-off’’ Extraordinary award of Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Mo Ibrahim, the chairman of the…