South Africa
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A massive explosion that ripped apart a busy road in South Africa’s biggest city of Johannesburg on Wednesday was caused by a gas leak, an official confirmed on Friday. “The ignition was accidental and the cause was a gas explosion. This is a pure gas explosion,” city of Johannesburg consultant and civil engineer, Johan La…
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South Africa’s minister in charge of electricity apologized on Monday for the recent increase in power outages in the country, which is currently in the winter season. “I want to express our most sincere and profuse apologies for having taken you through intensive stages of load shedding (planned power cuts),” Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on television…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS summit by mutual agreement, the South African Presidency said on Wednesday. Russia will be represented by its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the presidency added in a statement. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed South Africa’s readiness to host the 15th summit of BRICS nations –…
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Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit in Johannesburg next month but the country is desperately trying to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his international arrest warrant, South Africa’s deputy president said in an interview today. As a signatory to the treaty establishing the International Criminal…
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A total of 15 people were killed in an accident involving a minibus taxi and a heavy-duty truck in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa on Sunday evening, local media reported on Monday. According to provincial transport department spokesperson, Unathi Binqose, it is alleged that on the N9 road near Middelburg at about 11:00…
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South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop in the Ukraine conflict. The African delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement,” a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ruled out talks with Moscow. The delegation, made…
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Researchers in Nigeria and South Africa have raised the alarm on decreasing trend in quality of sperm in men from the two countries. The researchers in a study titled “Trends in semen parameters of infertile men in South Africa and Nigeria” and published, last week, in the journal Scientific Reports found: “Our findings provide a…
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A Limpopo man was arrested for murder after he went hunting for birds in Maololo, Ga-Mashabela village, and allegedly shot his seven-month-old son dead in the process. The pellet rifle he used has been confiscated. The 36-year-old man was arrested at his home in Maololo, which falls under the Masemola policing area, on Sunday. Police spokesperson,…
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What was supposed to be a routine flight for pilot Rudolph Erasmus turned out to be a hair-raising experience when he found out he had an uninvited passenger on his aircraft – a deadly cobra. The South African was flying from the judicial capital of Bloemfontein to Pretoria with four passengers in a Beechcraft Baron…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says the private prosecution which former president Jacob Zuma intends bringing against him has an ulterior motive and is unlawful. Last year, on 15 and 21 December, Zuma issued Ramaphosa with a summons accusing him of being an accessory after the fact, or alternatively, defeating the ends of justice. This related to…
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News24 reports that a flight engineer on a SA Air Force helicopter deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed after being hit with a single round, apparently from a sniper rifle. Sergeant Vusi Mabena was killed in the incident on the Oryx helicopter on Sunday afternoon. He was sitting behind the pilot in command,…
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South Africa’s electricity crisis is costing the economy as much as R899 million per day, according to central bank estimates. Rolling blackouts of about 6 to 12 hours a day, or so-called stage 3 and stage 6 outages, detract between R204 million and R899 million from the economy daily, the South African Reserve Bank…
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Trending South African Sex Story: A Mere Distraction – Bayelsa Governor’s Aide Our attention has been drawn to a fake news circulating online about Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State over an alleged nude video leak of a South African female legislator, Zanele Sifuba. The post linking the governor to the allegation suddenly appeared on…
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Zanele Sifuba, the Speaker of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) Free State legislature has accused Douye Diri, a Nigerian politician and Governor of Bayelsa State of leaking her sex tape. SaharaReporters had reported how Sifuba topped the trends list in South Africa after she was captured in the sex tape. Many South Africans, groups and…
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A South African teacher from Pretoria has gone viral after nailing the TikTok ‘Robot Boii Salary Salary Challenge’, with over 7 million views. In the viral video, the teacher referred to as ‘Mrs Bullock’ displayed her great dance moves to an amapiano song while students were cheering and filming. Later in the video, a student…
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South African comedian and television host, Trevor Noah, has announced his departure from “The Daily Show” seven years after he took over the programme from Jon Stewart. Noah who made his departure known to the public at the end of his broadcast on Thursday night said he wanted to dedicate more time to stand-up comedy…
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