Tag: South Africa
UN reacts to gas tanker explosion in South Africa
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has expressed his deep sadness over the reported death of at least 34 people in…
Ex-president Jacob Zuma released from prison
Zuma was released on medical parole in September 2021. But in December, the high court set aside the parole decision…
Corruption trial of ex-President Zuma adjourned again
Zuma faces corruption, fraud, money laundering, and racketeering charges.
Daylight robbery: Controversial penalty sends South Africa to WAFCON final
The match was heading for extra-time on four minutes added time when a South African player was fouled slightly outside…
18 killed, many wounded in Soweto, Pietermaritzburg mass shootings
Four people have also been killed and another eight are in critical condition in another tavern shooting, in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa faces worst power crisis, Ramaphosa briefed
Ramaphosa's government has been trying to reform Eskom to make it more efficient, but progress has been slow.
East London tavern deaths linked to gas leak
There was a strange chemical smell coming off the bodies when they were dissected, said the source, but it was…
Anger, tears in South Africa after 21 teens likely accidentally poisoned in pub
Eastern Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana told Reuters that the youngest victim was 13 years
South Africa needs $250B to dump coal
Around half of the total investment, $125 billion, is needed to ramp up wind and solar power projects as the…
South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine plant may shut down
Aspen Pharmacare negotiated a licensing deal in November to package and sell Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine and distribute it…
Death toll in KwaZulu-Natal province revised down
The floods, among the worst to hit KwaZulu-Natal province, have left thousands homeless and caused at least 10 billion rand…
306 dead in South Africa’s flooding, 240 schools damaged
One of the families visited was that of Ms Nelisiwe Qwabe whose 3year-old grandson, Luyanda, is missing after floodwaters destroyed…
South Africa ends COVID state of disaster
Reported COVID-19 cases and deaths stood at over 3.7 million and 100,052 respectively as of Monday, according to authorities.
Jacob Zuma indicted again for corruption in fresh report
It’s the third report to come from three years of investigations, testimonies and cross-examination of witnesses and whistleblowers.
South Africa changes COVID-19 vaccination rules
The government was shortening the interval between the first and second doses of the Pfizer (PFE.N) vaccine from 42 days…
Approval of SA’s COVID mRNA vaccine could take 3 years: WHO
South Africa's Afrigen Biologics, which was part of WHO's consortium, said it has used the publicly available sequence of Moderna's…
South Africa seeing more cases of Omicron sub-variant
South Africa entered a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections driven by Omicron late last year, shortly after alerting the world…
Over 82 die from lightning strikes, drownings in South Africa
Dams in South Africa and the mountain kingdom of Lesotho were said to be at their bursting points due to…
12 killed after SUV smashes into 22-seater bus, igniting fire
A spokesman from the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety reported that the driver of the Toyota SUV lost…
Nigerians mourn compatriot Olusola Solarin killed in South Africa
The killing of Solarin on Dec. 12 last year has raised the death tally of Nigerians in South Africa to…
3 Nigerians die in South Africa , 2 killed by police
In a separate incident in Kempton Park, Ipid said a Nigerian suspect was killed following a shootout with the police…
Health officials not panicky as Omicron dominates in South Africa
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) presented a study on Wednesday indicating that the Omicron variant had milder effects…
Kidnapped Nigerian Okinedo found dead in South Africa
A South African newspaper reported that his body was discovered near a bush in Newlands – Kwazulu Natal on Wednesday…
South Africa hit by 4th wave of COVID-19 caused by Omicron
The variant which has been detected in seven of the country's nine provinces, has raised global fears of a surge…
South Africans with Omicron not seriously ill, says doctor
So far, the cases detected in South Africa are not serious, Angelique Coetzee, who chairs the South African Medical Association,…
Canada bans flights from 7 African countries
The Canadian government has said all foreign nationals who have travelled through the seven affected countries in the last 14…
Morocco imposes travel ban on South Africa, others
Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said its travel ban covers South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
U.S. joins EU, UK, slams travel ban on South Africa, others
The decision was made on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the COVID-19 Response Team, and…
South Africa slams Britain for rushed travel ban
Britain on Thursday temporarily banned flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini from Friday after its detection…
Britain bans flights from South Africa, Botswana, 4 others
Under new rules, returning British travellers from those destinations would also have to quarantine.