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South African minister faces charges for assaulting 2 women

A deputy minister of education in South Africa has been charge by the police for slapping and assaulting two women at a nite club in Johannesburg.

Struggling South African Airways likely to get a $1 billion bailout

South Africa's Treasury is considering a 13 billion rand ($972 million) bailout to keep South African Airways (SAA) going as it battles a mounting cash crunch, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Friday.

South Africa’s jailed athlete Pistorius taken to hospital

Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic gold medallist serving a six-year jail term for murdering his girlfriend, was taken to hospital on Thursday, a...

South African Airways on verge of bankruptcy

South African Airways (SAA) has run out of money and is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, according to information given to the country's...

Al Qaeda releases South African kidnapped in 2011

South African Stephen McGowan, who was kidnapped by al Qaeda from the Mali tourist town of Timbuktu in 2011, has been released and is back home, foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Thursday.

South Africa economy in “duress”

South Africa's economy is in a state of "duress" and 2017 growth will fall short of 0.5 percent, President Jacob Zuma said late on...

South Africa’s FNB stadium stampede kills 2

At least two people have been killed and several injured in a crush at South Africa's biggest stadium, the state broadcaster SABC said. It took...

South Africa: Woman gains freedom from sex-trafficking ring

A South African woman has gained her freedom from a sex-trafficking gang operating in Malaysia. The 24-year-old woman from Bloemfontein was rescued by the police...

Zuma’s critic charged by ANC

An outspoken member of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) party has been charged with ill-discipline for speaking out against President Jacob Zuma. MP Makhosi...

7 dead in Cape Town fires

Seven people, including four children, were killed by fires in two separate incidents in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Cape Town. City of...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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