Tag Archives: SOUTH

A South African opposition party is protesting to demand that France withdraws from the African continent. The leftist Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF, chose May 25 to picket at the French Embassy as the African Union marks the AU Day. A tweet announcing the protest read: “The EFF will picket at …

Johanna Mazibuko, the South African believed to be the “world’s oldest woman”, celebrated her 128th birthday last week. Photos that were shared on social media showed the centenarian celebrating the huge milestone with loved ones. According to Metro, identity papers in Mazibuko’s possession show that she was born in 1894. …

At the 23rd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, songstress Sefa acted in a way that was considered disrespectful by some social media users when she failed to collect her plaque for winning the ‘Popular Afrobeats Song of the Year’ award before moving towards the microphone to deliver her speech. In a …

The announcement that South Sudan’s crude oil has been sold in advance to pay for salary arrears has come in for criticism. On Thursday, Finance Minister Agak Achuil said output up until 2027 had been sold in order to pay the salaries of civil servants, who have not been paid …

Richard Mensah Agyei Ofori Atta who was endorsed as the chairman during the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Manhyia South Constituency executives’ elections has called for unity in the quest to maintain political power in 2024. He said, as a chairman, there should be discipline among the party supporters in the …

At least 20 people are thought to have died in South Africa’s eastern coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal due to unusually heavy rainfall, according to media reports, while officials were still trying to assess the extent of the damage. There are fears that numerous people have been injured while damage to …

Senegalese referee, Maquetta Ndiaye, who dominated the headlines after officiating Ghana’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against South Africa has been shortlisted to officiate at the tournament in Qatar. Ndiaye has been named among a preliminary list that was announced on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, which has 36 center referees, …

A Gauteng teenager dubbed “South Africa’s youngest serial rapist” by police has been handed a 30-year prison sentence. The teen was found guilty of raping three boys. The 17-year-old was recently sentenced in the Palm Ridge Regional Court. Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello said: The teenager is believed to be the …

The head coach of the South Korea national team, Paulo Bento has shared that Ghana’s Black Stars are underdogs in Group H of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. According to him, the African giant is just like the Asian national team he manages ahead of this year’s world cup scheduled …

South Africa has announced the ending of Covid restrictions, two years after they were imposed. In a televised address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the national state of disaster would end at midnight on Monday. Masks will still be required indoors for another month.. He said although the pandemic was not …