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The African National Congress party lost its majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. With more than 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40% in Wednesday’s parliamentary […]
Continue ReadingThe relationship between Nigeria and Ghana or Nigeria and South Africa can be embarrassingly petty. Forget the usual rivalry that exists among nations when it comes to sports, as exemplified in the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations, which was hosted and won by Ivory Coast. Nigeria does not share borders with Ghana or South […]
Continue ReadingAfrica Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone, a platform and user of X (Twitter), has given the names of four Nigerians (one of them an NYSC member), who suddenly died while watching the AFCON semi finals between Nigerian Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana of South Africa on Wednesday. Sharing on X, the pictures of three of the four […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Super Eagles have advanced to the final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast after beating Bafana Bafana of South Africa 4-2 on penalties Wednesday. In the line-up against South Africa, the head coach, Jose Peseiro, only made one change in the squad that faced Angola, with Osayi-Samuel replacing Zaidu. […]
Continue ReadingSports, especially football, have opiatic effects on Nigerians. I call it kinetic booze. The ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football competition has been remarkable in numbing the people’s terrible pain and pangs of hunger. Since this thing started, morbid fears of violent death and of mass abduction get forgotten every night in sporty ecstasy. […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man identified as Emma Ezeuko, has been killed by suspected gunmen in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was gathered that Ezeuko was shot dead on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, five days after his birthday. The deceased hailed from Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the […]
Continue Reading35-year-old pregnant South African woman who was shot dead by her ex-husband has been identified as Ntombizodwa Khumalo. Women For Change, an NPO advocating for the protection of the constitutional rights of women in South Africa, posted her photo on Monday, May 8, 2023. She was killed by Jonnas Tebogo Mpete, 39, a police officer […]
Continue ReadingBig Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate and actress, Erica Nlewedim, popularly known as Erica, has taken to Twitter to lament after all of her jewelleries were stolen during a recent trip to South Africa. According to the beautiful actress and reality TV show star, she lost all her jewelleries except for the Cartier bracelet she wore […]
Continue ReadingThe Zulu and Swazi festival in South Africa is held in honor of the Zulu people’s ancestors and it is a way to give thanks for the bountiful harvest. One of its most important aspects is the reed dance itself. South Africa’s Reed Dance Festival is an ancient tradition of the Swazi and Zulu people […]
Continue ReadingIn a post shared on her Instagram page this evening, Sandra Iheuwa who is rumored to be in a relationship with singer Morachi, said one of her exes, who had come on social media to disgrace her, went to court today to report that she is in South Africa with another man and that the […]
Continue ReadingIn circumstances yet unknown, two Nigerian nationals have been reportedly shot and killed in Johannesburg, South Africa at the weekend. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, however, it was gathered that one of the deceased identified simply as Dashu was shot dead at Midrand Hyper in Johannesburg […]
Continue ReadingMajority Leader of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Nnamdi Okafor, has slumped and died in South Africa. Reports have it that Hon Okafor, who represents Awka South State constituency 1, slumped and died in the early hours of Wednesday, in a Hotel in Sandton City, Johannesburg, South Africa. The Anambra State House of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) has announced plan to repatriate the remains of a Nigerian man who was shot dead by armed robbers in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was gathered that the deceased identified as Mr. Michael Chima Echefu, a native of Amaigbo, Imo State, was killed three weeks ago in his shop. “The unfortunate […]
Continue ReadingNigeria spent 86 per cent of its revenue on servicing debt in 2021, but South Africa spent only 20 per cent of its receipts on the same purpose, according to Punch. The International Monetary Fund’s 2021 Article IV estimates show Africa’s most populous nation spent 85.5 per cent of its revenue on servicing the debt […]
Continue ReadingAnother hero of liberation struggle in South Africa and the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, has passed away. He died on Sunday December 26 at the age of 90. South Africa’s president, President Cyril Ramaphosa, announced the Archbishop’s death on Sunday. Ramaphosa said: “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another […]
Continue ReadingA South African man, Kenny Dlamini has handed himself over to the police after allegedly killing his girlfriend and babymama, Nozipho Mabuza. The suspect shot and killed 24-year-old Nozipho in the Old Dobsonville section in Johannesburg, Gauteng province on Sunday, June 13. It was gathered that the couple, who have a child together, had an argument […]
Continue ReadingSenior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, has asked why the National Assembly is afraid of ‘referendum’ and ‘a people’s constitution’. Ozekhome, in an interview on Channels Television, recalled how he took on frontally the Deputy Senate President, Senator Omo-Agege on this issue penultimate Friday June 11 at the International […]
Continue ReadingThe Bellville Commercial Crimes Court Cape Town, has sentenced a Nigerian fraudster Chinonso Pascal Eze, who ran an online dating scam in which he duped unsuspecting women out of over R1 035 030 (N26m) Spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Eric Ntabazalila said in a statement that Eze, 36, was on Thursday, April 29, sentenced […]
Continue ReadingAmazon, an American multinational technology which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence, has announced that it will be opening its African headquarters in South Africa with a real estate investment of over $279 million (R4 billion). The 15-hectare parcel of land is located at a new development in River Club, a prime section of […]
Continue ReadingA man has been arrested in South Africa for the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s 7-year-old daughter, Samogelo Mokhele. It was gathered that Samogelo’s mother had left her daughter sleeping around 11.30am on March 11, 2021, when she went to the shop. On her return, she found her daughter not around, she started searching for her […]
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