South Africa

Cyril Ramaphosa

COVID-19 Omicron variant: Travel bans harsh, unfair, says South African President, holds talks with Buhari

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has thanked the leaders of Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal for expressing...

Ex-South African President, Jacob Zuma, goes to jail

For aiding and abetting the plundering of state funds during his nine-year rule, a former South African President, Jacob Zuma, is to cool...

New variant of COVID-19 in South Africa: Nigerians urged to observe nation’s lockdown rules

Amid threat of spread of the new variant of COVID-19 and new lockdown rules in South Africa, Nigerians living in the country have...

June 12: Nigerians in South Africa felicitate Buhari, others on 22 years of unbroken democracy

As Nigeria marked 22 years of uninterrupted democracy on June 12, the Nigerian Community in South Africa has urged the Federal Government to...

Irredeemable South African serial rapist bags world’s record of 1,088 years in jail for raping 56 women, teenagers

  An irredeemable serial rapist, Sello Abram Mapunya of South Africa may have entered the World’s Guinness Book of Records by bagging 1,088...

Nigerians in South Africa protest exorbitant consular charges

  Nigerians living in South Africa on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest against alleged excessive charges by the Consulate General of Nigeria for...

Nigerian community in South Africa donates furnished five-room building to poor family.

A South African family living in squalid conditions has got a life-transforming intervention from the Nigerian community in the country as it built...

Nigerians in South Africa demand justice for fatally stabbed fellow citizen by couple

A 38-year-old Nigerian, Mr Mendis Uzodimma, who was stabbed to death in Rosettenville, Southern Johannesburg, has drawn the ire of Nigerians especially members...

South African President Ramaphosa to appear before anti-graft panel

  South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is due next month to make a much-anticipated appearance before an inquiry into alleged state looting, the...

Coronavirus Woes: South Africa Records 51% GDP Drop

  South Africa’s restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus put the economy into its longest recession in 28 years, with gross...

Shoprite Said to Weigh Selling a Majority Stake in Nigeria

  Shoprite Holdings Limited is weighing its ownership options for its outlets in Nigeria.   In an “Operational and Voluntary Trading Update (52...

Protect Nigerians in diaspora, preserve our investments abroad

By Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye A story making rounds in the news in Kenya concerning Nigerians is both a matter of concern and of...

Corruption trial: Absentee ex-South African Pres. Zuma gets court’s arrest warrant

In South Africa, embattled former President Jacob Zuma is to be picked up by security agents following a  warrant of arrest slammed on...

South African court finds policeman guilty of killing, robbing Nigerian

In a bold step to end xenophobia in South Africa, a trigger-happy police constable, Austin Luciano Reynolds, has been prosecuted and found guilty...

Tourism effective platform to strengthen ties with South Africa- Lai Mohammed

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said Nigeria will continue to explore culture and tourism as veritable platforms...

2 weeks after Buhari’s visit to South Africa, another Nigerian stabbed to death

by Kunle Akinsola   Barely two weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari visited South Africa in the wake of xenophobic attacks, another Nigerian has...