Sport

South Africa Wins WAFCON CUP

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Bayana Bayana of South Africa have been crowned the new champions of the Women Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON. The South Africa female National team defeated Host Nation Morocco by 2 goals to 1 in the final of the 2022 WAFCON played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium. South Africa took the Continue Reading

Foreign

Fifteen Shot Dead in Soweto Township Bar 

Web News 10 July 2022 96 0

At least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the South African township of Soweto. Police said gunmen entered the Orlando East tavern in the early hours of Sunday morning and started firing randomly at a group of young people. They then fled the scene in a white minibus. No motive for […]Continue Reading

Sport

2022 WAFCON: S. Falcons Falter as Debutants Botswana Top Group C

Web News 5 July 2022 146 0

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have lost their opening match at the ongoing 2022 Women’s African Cup of Nations, WAFCON, holding in Morocco. The Super Falcons fell by 1-2 to perennial rivals South Africa in the Group C match while Burundi were hit 4-2 by Botswana. Two quick-fire goals from the South Africans through Jermaine Seoposenwe in […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Night Club: 22 Dead in South Africa

Web News 26 June 2022 113 0

At least 22 people have been found dead in a popular nightclub in East London, South Africa. Early on Sunday morning, the police and paramedics were called to respond to the emergency which occurred at Enyobeni Tavern in the city. Report says, most of the victims were young adults aged between 18 and 20. Relatives […]Continue Reading

Foreign

South Africa: Wealthy Gupta Brothers Arrested in UAE

Web News 7 June 2022 157 0

Two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, the South African and Emirati authorities have announced. Atul and Rajesh Gupta are accused in South Africa of profiting from their close links with former president Jacob Zuma and exerting unfair influence. Extradition talks are taking place between the two […]Continue Reading

Foreign

S/African Siblings Die in Suspected Energy Drink Poisoning

Web News 27 May 2022 124 0

South African police have opened a murder case against a father for the death of three of his sons aged six, 13 and 16 after they consumed an energy drink that he allegedly gave them. Two of the siblings died at school and the third died on the way to hospital. A fourth child who […]Continue Reading

Sport

2022 AWFCON: Nigeria Draws South Africa

Web News 30 April 2022 717 0

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have South Africa as their Group C rivals in the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), as well as Botswana and Burundi. They were drawn in the same group at the official draw ceremony held at the Complex Mohamed VI in Rabat, Morocco on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Funeral Of Desmond Tutu Takes Place In Cape Town

Web News 1 January 2022 275 0

The funeral of Desmond Tutu got under way on Saturday morning in Cape Town in the cathedral that the South African cleric and Nobel laureate turned into a centre of struggle against racial injustice. As a steady rain lashed the outside of Saint George’s, mourners took their places amid hymns and organ music before the […]Continue Reading

News

South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90

Web News 26 December 2021 290 0

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died at the age of 90. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the churchman’s death marked “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans”. He said Archbishop Tutu had helped bequeath “a liberated South […]Continue Reading

News Yoruba

Ile Nigeria Seleri Ajosepo To Damoran Pelu Ile South Africa

Web News 7 September 2021 249 0

Ijoba apapo ti salaye igbaradi won lori itesiwaju ninu ajosepo to danmoran pelu orileede South Africa fun agbekale eto ti yoo mu agbeya ba orileede mejeeji. Alakoso oro odo ati ere idaraya nile yi Ogbeni Sunday Dare lo sipaya oro yi lofiisi re nilu Abuja lasiko to ngbalejo Asoju Ijoba ile South Africa lorileede yi, […]Continue Reading

Politics

We are working with UK, S. Africa on establishing a forest reserve – Governor Abiodun

Web News 14 July 2021 279 0

Ogun State government is collaborating with the United Kingdom and the South African Government to create a Forest Reserve in Ijebu-East Local Government Area of the State.  Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun who made this known while addressing the people of Ijebu-East local government, said his administration would also work with Nigerian National Petroleum Continue Reading

News

Àarẹ tẹ́lẹ̀rí nílẹ̀ South Africa ti jọ̀wọ́ ara rẹ̀ fáwọn agbófinró

Web News 8 July 2021 270 0

Àarẹ ilẹ̀ South Africa nígbà kan rí, Jacob Zuma ti fa ara rẹ̀ lé àwọn ọlọ́pa lọ́wọ́ láti sẹ̀wọ̀n osù mẹẹdogun tílé ẹjọ́ dá fún un lórí ẹ̀sùn pé, ó kọ ti ọgbọn in sí ipe ilé ẹjọ́. Ó fa ara rẹ̀ lé àwọn agbófinró lọ́wọ́ nínú ilé rẹ̀ tó wà lẹ́kun Kwazulu-Natal. Ileesẹ ọlọ́pa […]Continue Reading

Health

Nigeria Adds South Africa To COVID-19 ‘Red List’

Web News 29 June 2021 223 0

The federal government has added South Africa to its “red list” of countries for which there are stringent restrictions for arriving passengers, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, said during a briefing on Monday. The restrictions are due to the spread of the Delta variant in South Africa, joining […]Continue Reading

Foreign

South Africa: ANC in Power Struggle over Corruption Allegations

Web News 6 May 2021 206 0

The secretary-general of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) has refused to comply with his suspension after being charged with corruption. The dispute illustrates a power struggle within the governing party. Ace Magashule denies the charges and said that he, as head of the ANC, had suspended President Cyril Ramaphosa. The president warned that any […]Continue Reading

Foreign

COVID-19 : South Africa Variant Resistant to AstraZeneca Vaccine

Web News 8 February 2021 354 0

South Africa has put its roll-out of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold after a study showed “disappointing” results against its new Covid variant. Scientists say the variant accounts for 90% of new Covid cases in South Africa. The study, involving around 2,000 people, found the vaccine offered “minimal protection” against mild and moderate Continue Reading

Entertainment

South African Jazz Legend Gwangwa Dies at 83

Web News 24 January 2021 363 0

South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle, died Saturday aged 83, the presidency said. President Cyril Ramaphosa led the tributes to the legendary musician who was nominated for an Oscar for the theme song of the 1987 film “Cry Freedom.” “A giant of our revolutionary cultural movement and […]Continue Reading

Tourism

World Biggest Pineapple Structure

Web News 28 September 2020 914 0

The Big Pineapple is literally, the biggest manmade pineapple in the world, located in Bathurst, South Africa. The fibreglass, steel and concrete structure stands 16.5m high, comprising 3 floors with a magnificent view from the top all the way to the coast. The structure features an antique and gift shop selling all kinds of pineapple […]Continue Reading

Foreign News

More African States Impose Travel Restrictions

Web News 16 March 2020 483 0

Increasing numbers of African countries are confirming Coronavirus cases, prompting many to announce measures to control the spread of the virus. Ghana is the latest nation to ban entry to foreign visitors from countries badly impacted by the disease. Earlier, South Africa declared a state of disaster, closing its borders to foreign nationals from countries […]Continue Reading

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Coronavirus: South Africa Confirms Six More Cases, Sends Rescue Plane To China

Web News 11 March 2020 393 0

Six new Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in South Africa, bringing the total in the country to 13, the Health Minister says. Reports say the new cases are in the provinces of Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape and involve people who have recently returned from trips to Europe. “Those who are symptomatic have started receiving […]Continue Reading

Yoruba

Ìjọba àpapọ̀ tẹ́wọ́ gba ẹ̀bẹ̀ ilẹ̀ South Africa lórí ìkọlù

Web News 17 September 2019 436 0

Àarẹ Muhammadu Buhari ti gba ẹ̀bẹ̀ àarẹ orílẹ̀èdè South-Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa sí ilẹ̀ yíì, lórí ìkọlù tówáyé lórílẹ̀dè náà. Àarẹ Buhari ẹnitó sàpèjúwe ìkọlù náà gẹ́gẹ́ bí èyító burú jai, fọwọ́ ìdánilójú sọ̀yà pé, ìbásepọ̀ tódánmọ́rán yóò wáyé lọ́tun l’árin àwọn orílẹ̀èdè méjèjì. Ó mu wá sí ìrántí pé, ilẹ̀ Nàijírìa kó ipa takun-takun fún […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Xenophobia: South African Leaders are Guilty of Incendiary Remarks – Don

Web News 10 September 2019 486 0

Inciting remarks by some leaders in South Africa have been identified as part of the factors fueling xenophobic attacks in the country.  Director, Indigenous Language Media in African Research Institute, South Africa, Professor Abiodun Salawu stated this while speaking with Radio Nigeria. Professor Salawu noted that the negative comments being made about foreigners by Continue Reading