Tag: South Africa
Mandela widow calls on Nigerian government to find girls
Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel has broken the customary mourning period to call on the Nigerian government and international community…
FIFA warns Russia of 2018 World Cup problems
FIFA envisages problems with Russia’s World Cup in 2018 and will call a special meeting in September in a bid…
WEF: Africa is greenfield for investments – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said Africa is open for direct foreign investments and will cease from demanding aids from the developed…
South Africa: ANC gets resounding victory
South Africans have voted resoundingly to extend the ANC’s 20-year rule, ignoring leadership scandals and economic malaise in a wholesale…
President Zuma heads for a landslide
With more than 20 percent of votes counted in South Africa’s landmark general election, the ruling ANC appeared set to…
ANC is in for a big shock – Opposition
South Africa’s leading opposition party, Democratic Alliance has said the ruling party African National Congress, (ANC) is in for a…
South Africa allow imams to perform marriages
South Africa on Wednesday accredited over 100 imams as marriage officers, allowing the Muslim clerics to officiate at fully recognised…
South Africa marks 20 years after apartheid
South Africa on Sunday celebrates the 20th anniversary of its first ever all-race, democratic election that ended decades of sanctioned…
CAF Confed Cup: ASEC snatch victory over Kaiser Chiefs
South African club Kaizer Chiefs were punished for fielding a virtual reserve side as they lost 2-1 against Ivorians ASEC…
Forget scandal, Zuma poised for landslide victory
South Africa’s general election is still several weeks away, but President Jacob Zuma may begin to pop the champagne with…
Delusion Of Grandeur
By Bayo Onanuga Nigeria recently announced itself on the world stage as Africa’s biggest economy, eclipsing South Africa, which has…
South Africa: Anti-apartheid hero urges voters to shun ANC
One of South Africa’s ruling party stalwarts will launch a campaign urging voters to shun the African National Congress in…
Pistorius killed Steenkamp after argument, says prosecutor
Oscar Pistorius argued with his girlfriend shortly before shooting her dead, the prosecution lawyer alleged Monday as his gruelling cross-examination…
White executives dominate workplaces in South Africa
South Africa’s workplaces are still heavily racially skewed 20 years after the fall of apartheid, with only one fifth of…
South Africa’s Woolworths to buy David Jones
South African retailer Woolworths Holdings Ltd (WHLJ.J) is set to buy Australia’s second-largest department store David Jones (DJS.AX) for $2…
IMF trims emerging market growth outlook
Emerging markets face increasing risks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned as it trimmed its outlook for the countries…
Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp was scared of me
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s Star Paralympian, returned to the witness box at his murder trial on Tuesday, insisting he and…
Murder trial: Pistorius opens defence
Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius called a forensic pathologist to the stand Monday to open his defence in the trial over…
Economists shrug at Nigeria’s growth jump
. The view abroad is that rebasing is an exercise in vainglory South Africa remains the most important economy in…
Nigeria overtakes South Africa as the continent’s largest economy
Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the continent’s largest economy with a GDP of $453 billion in 2012, officials said…
Who cares if Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy?
By Bayo Onanuga Nigeria will any moment from now announce itself on the world stage as Africa’s biggest economy, eclipsing…
Teacher Beats Student To Death For Making A Noise
A teacher in South Africa has allegedly beaten a 16-year old student to death for apparently making a noise during…
Judge adjourns Pistorius murder trial
The judge overseeing Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial on Friday adjourned the case for more than a week — just before…
Zuma’s corruption probe: ANC tries damage control
South Africa’s ruling ANC Thursday sought to minimise the damage caused by a damning ombudsman’s report which showed that some…
Court hears how Pistorius shot girlfriend
Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend first in the hip before hitting her fatally in the head through a locked toilet…
Corruption: Zuma urged to repay costs of home makeover
South Africa’s public ombudsman Wednesday said that non-security upgrades at President Jacob Zuma’s private residence which cost the taxpayer $23…
Nigerians in South Africa plan petition against police
The Nigerian Union in South Africa on Wednesday says it is mobilising Nigerians in that country to sign a petition…
In Video: South African policemen brutalise Nigerian in Cape Town
A Nigerian was stripped and brutalised by two South African policemen in Cape Town on Thursday. The brutalisation was captured…
South Africa, Rwanda in diplomatic tit-for-tat
South Africa and Rwanda engaged in a diplomatic tit-for-tat today over accusations that Rwanda knew about the armed attack against…
MTN boosts revenue from Nigeria’s earnings
South African mobile giant MTN on Wednesday said revenues grew 12 percent last year, driven by increasing subscribers and helped…