South Africa
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Spain has registered 288 deaths in its latest 24-hour period, the lowest figure since 20 March, as the country finally eased up on lockdown restrictions to allow children up to 14 years old outside for the first time in six weeks. A further easing of restrictions is set for next week, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced…
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Most countries in the world have ordered all schools to close as a measure to stop the spread of COVID-19. Many schools have also asked parents to ensure that learning continues at home. Online learning is an obvious way to keep lessons going; however, only a few schools have well-established online learning systems. Additional challenges…
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South Africa, Africa’s most industrialized economy and a nation of 57 million people, will go into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days starting Thursday. The aim is to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the president said Monday. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the measures in response to the increase of COVID-19 cases…
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Drug addiction in South Africa has reached an alarming level. In its last annual Drug Awareness campaign week, the government of South Africa released statistical figures which indicate a rising level of drug addiction, including the health and financial implications. At the event held between, Nathan Rogerson (a representative of Akeso Clinics, a private inpatient…
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Air Peace has postponed the free airlifting of Nigerians in South Africa due to expired travel documents of most citizens in that country. Many Nigerians, who had been scheduled for evacuation back home in the face of attacks on them in South Africa, were said to be unable to tender valid travel documents when asked…
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Recurring xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and their investments in South Africa have reached its “reasonable” peak and reprisal attacks alone can’t solve this growing animosity between Africa’s two superpowers. Like wounded lions in the jungle, this diplomatic row between South Africa and Nigeria will “most likely” end in appeasements (shoulder-rubbing) or kiss to make up—a…
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The police in South Africa has arrested more than 80 people and confirmed five deaths as attacks on Nigerians and other African migrants in Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria intensified on Tuesday. Major streets across both cities were littered with broken bricks and glass from buildings torched in overnight fires and debris from police battles…
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Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has described as wicked and mindless the onslaught unleashed on Nigerians by South Africans, noting that arresting the attackers is not enough. The Senate chief whip said all South African businesses deserved to be closed down including MTN, DSTV, Shoprite, among others. Kalu, a former governor of Abia State in a…
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Important facts you should know about South Africa As its name implies, South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. In fact, the southernmost point of the African continent, Cape Agulhas (about 150 kilometers east of the ‘Cape of Good Hope’), is in South Africa. South Africa borders the Republics…
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The owner of a South African lion farm has conceded that the big cats in his charge sometimes “play a little rough,” but an incident at the farm Sunday went far beyond play, leaving a 4-year-old girl in bad shape after one of the lions reached through a fence, tore her scalp off, and put…
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A makeshift Pentecostal Church in the town of Dlangubo, just north of the eastern coastal city of Durban, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast of South Africa has been the scene of a major tragedy. The apparently-unsound building structure of the church collapsed during a packed service on Thursday night, bringing the roof and a wall…
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A South African teenager who was detained in China says she’ll never leave the country to work overseas again after her month-long detention. Tristan-Lee Niemand, 19, spoke to News24 about her ordeal shortly after landing at OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday. Image taken by Simon Sonnekus shows Tristan-Lee Niemand embracing her father, Richard…
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The City of Cape Town is investigating allegations that a private security company is denying beachgoers night access to Clifton Fourth Beach in a move to “lock down” the beach over the busy holiday period. “We learnt of this through the complaints today and will deal with it,” safety and security mayoral committee member…
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A man in Dublin, South Africa, has been released from jail after court found him innocent of a murder he allegedly committed in May 2016. Image: Desmond Duffy Local news reports confirm that Desmond Duffy, who lived in Somerville Park in Rathmines before his arrest, shared home with his male partner of 36 years.…
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A Boeremag terrorist with great bomb-making skills faced trials at a South African court following his alleged involvement in crime, including an attempt to overthrow the government. The accused person, however, expressed admiration and admitted loyalty to officials at Leeuwkop Prison, who he said, rehabilitated him from his previously “wicked soul.” The year is…
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B-Secure, the South African security service company which has protected Pietermaritzburg for over 30 years, fell victim to armed robbers on Thursday, local news outlets confirm. According to News 24, the ambush on a Pietermaritzburg B-Secure guarding van was carried out by four men–one of them armed. The ruthless attackers hijacked it along with allegedly…
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