Winnie Mandela Dies At 81
South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela has died aged 81, her personal assistant says. Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson...
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A Dangerous Route To Manhood
Naked, covered in white clay mud, and with his penis wrapped in leaves, Abongile Maqegu, 20, sits in a hut in South Africa recovering from his circumcision -- a traditional ritual that can prove...
Mandela Ambulance ‘caught Fire’, His Surgeon Reveals
An ambulance carrying South Africa's first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela caught fire as it was rushing him to hospital, his doctor revealed in a book published on Monday. The...
Forbes Africa Ranks Sarkodie Among Top 10 Richest Musicians
Forbes Africa has in the May 2017 Edition of its magazine ranked multi-award winning Ghanaian rapper and CEO of SarkCess Music, Michael Owusu Addo also known as Sarkodie 9th on its list of top 10...
Sarkodie Named In Forbes Top 10 Richest Musicians In Africa
Forbes Africa has in the May 2017 Edition of its magazine ranked multi award winning Ghanaian rapper and CEO of SarkCess Music, Michael Owusu Addo also known as Sarkodie 9th on its list of top 10...
Potential Successors of S.Africa’s Zuma
The backlash against South African President Jacob Zuma's shock reshuffle has intensified pressure on him to resign ahead of the 2019 general election. Here are four of his possible successors: Cyril...
Children Study In Middle of the Road To Gain Access To School
protest at not having access to classrooms Students at a school in the Eastern cape province of South Africa studied in the middle of a road in protest at not having access to newly built classrooms....
Women ‘too Delicate’ To Lead South Africa
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is tipped to take over from her ex-husband as president of South Africa – but a Xhosa royal family is not convinced she is up to the job… because she is a woman. Xhanti...
The Super Highway To Eary Retirement
By Kombat, Kpamka Elijah In 3 months, the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 2016 will be history. There will be winners and losers. Whilst the winners will be rejoicing the losers will be...
Student Protests Spread In South Africa
Johannesburg (AFP) - Student protests in South Africa spread Wednesday with police firing rubber bullets at demonstrators on campuses in Johannesburg and Grahamstown as unrest over tuition fees roils...
South African Police Clash With Students At Tuition Fee Protest
South African police fired tear gas in clashes with students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday and arsonists torched a building at another campus overnight as protests over tuition costs...
Willie & Mike Billed To Perform In South Africa For the First Time
Gospel music group, Willie and Mike will soon jet off to South Africa for a concert. The group is billed to perform in South Africa this month at a conference dubbed “Oil and Greatness 2016”...
ANC Loses in Capital Pretoria
South Africa's governing African National Congress has been defeated by the opposition Democratic Alliance in local polls in the capital Pretoria.
With counting almost over, the DA has 43% of the...