Tag Archives: SOUTH

     Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya, left, visits homeless people at Johannnesburg's Park Station on 'Census Night', 2 February. – Source: GCIS/Flickr Statistics South Africa has embarked on its once-a-decade process to count all people in the country – including non-citizens. Census 2022 is arguably the most important …

  Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan has visited the South African club Mamelodi Sundowns while working as a sports pundit in the country. The Black Stars legend took time off his busy schedule to visit the club during their training session on Tuesday and was given a tour of the club’s facilities. Gyan was impressed …

Dunswart train station now lies in near ruin. The dangling cables, crumbling buildings and towering weeds that obscure the tracks give the impression of a place long abandoned. But it is not time that has caused the destruction at this stop east of South Africa’s commercial hub, Johannesburg. Thieves and …

FIFA has explained in a detailed report, their decision to dismiss South Africa’s protest against Ghana. South Africa lodged a protest and complained about the conduct of Senegalese referee Ndiaye Marguette following Bafana Bafana’s 1-0 defeat against Black Stars in November last year. The defeat, as a result of a controversial …

  South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa admitted today – June 22, 2021 – that his iPad had been stolen at a public function. He was on a visit to the Port of Cape Town, a logistics base for the country’s import and export business where he was supposed to deliver …

South Africa, which is struggling to roll out its inoculation programme as it enters a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, said Sunday it will pull millions of doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following contamination concerns at one of the US drugmaker’s sites. On Friday, the US Food …

Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Illegal sales of alcohol increased during the coronavirus pandemic lockdownsImage caption: Illegal sales of alcohol increased during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns South Africa has given several diplomats from Lesotho 72 hours to leave the country over the illegal sale of duty-free alcohol. A notice from the …

  A high court in the South African capital of Pretoria has jailed a serial rapist and robber to on 988 years in prison. The National Prosecutor reported that Sello Abram Maponya bagged 988 years and 5 life terms; with the judge ruling further that sentences were not to run …

AFPCopyright: AFP President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and Ace Magashule (R) come from rival factions of the ANCImage caption: President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and Ace Magashule (R) come from rival factions of the ANC A top official suspended from his role in South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) party has …

In the near future women in South Africa will soon be allowed to marry more than one husband, in the same way, that polygamous men are allowed to marry more than one wife. This is according to the country’s Department of Home Affairs, which is looking at creating a new …