Ramaphosa Reshuffles Cabinet
New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his cabinet, making substantial changes to ministerial positions. He reappointed Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister, reversing his sacking by...
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South Africa: ANC Leaders Expected To Ask President Zuma To Resign
Leaders of South Africa’s governing ANC party are meeting to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma. The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says BBC Africa...
Jacob Zuma: Pressure Grows On South Africa President To Stand Down
Jacob Zuma: Pressure grows on South Africa president to stand down South African President Jacob Zuma is under growing pressure to step down following talks with senior members of his ANC party on...
SAfrican Activist Jumped To Death, Ex-Guard Tells Apartheid Probe
A South African policeman present when an anti-apartheid operative plunged to his death more than 40 years ago insisted on Monday that the victim had jumped to his death. But the judge hearing the...
Meet Lt Gen Obed Boamah Akwa–Chief of Defence Staff
Lt Gen Obed Boamah Akwa was born on 20 June, 1955. He went through various first cycle educational institutions in the Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Northern Regions of Ghana before gaining admission...
Fake News, Torture, Cover-Ups
Police brutality, "fake news" propaganda and official cover-ups at the height of apartheid have been laid bare in a South African court probing the death of a communist activist 46 years ago. Ahmed...
Uber Driver Dies After Car Torched In S.Africa
A South African Uber driver whose car was torched five weeks ago died of his injuries on Monday, the company said, after an attack allegedly involving rival metre-taxi drivers. The man was parked on...
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...
Elect Your Next DCE! (1)
In the maze of Asante Kotoko running their bus into a horrible ditch, the NDC and NPP haggling over 17.5% or 3% flat VAT rate, ‘Koforidua Legon’ launching Ghana’s Satellite One, Unemployed...
Stormers Beat Brumbies To Third Super Finals Spot
South Africa's Western Stormers clinched third spot in the Super Rugby's finals series with a smashing win over Japan's Sunwolves as ACT Brumbies lost their chance following a last-gasp loss this...
Cronje Grabs Dramatic Win For Condemned Super Rugby Kings
Lionel Cronje scored a penalty from the last kick of the game to give condemned Super Rugby outfit Southern Kings a thrilling 31-30 triumph over Northern Bulls in Pretoria Saturday. The...
Holders Mazembe Must Win To Ensure Survival
CAF Confederation Cup title-holders TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo must defeat visiting Horoya of Guinea this weekend to be sure of a quarter-finals place. Every Group D match between...
S.Africa Set For ICC Ruling For Failing To Arrest Bashir
War crimes judges will rule Thursday if South Africa flouted international law by failing to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for trial on charges of genocide in Darfur. Legal experts...
Cubelli Back For Brumbies, Lealiifano Has To Wait
Pumas scrum-half Tomas Cubelli makes his return from a lengthy injury for the ACT Brumbies but cancer survivor Christian Lealiifano's expected comeback has been delayed in this weekend's penultimate...
ICC To Rule If S. Africa Broke Rules By Not Arresting Sudan’s Bashir
War crimes judges will Thursday hand down an eagerly anticipated ruling on whether South Africa flouted international law by failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in 2015, wanted for...
S.Africa Police Asked To Probe Zuma Allies’ Wedding
A South African opposition party on Monday asked police to investigate allegations that taxpayers' money paid for the lavish wedding of a family with close ties to President Jacob Zuma. Citing leaked...
South Africa’s Record-Breaking Running ‘Grand Dame’
Deirdre Larkin breezes through Johannesburg's suburbs most mornings, her white hair buffeted by the wind as she runs her well-trodden eight-kilometre training course. At 85-years-old, this retired...
Lions Savage Sunwolves In 14-Try Massacre
Golden Lions of South Africa humiliated Sunwolves of Japan 94-7 Saturday in Johannesburg for a record Super Rugby winning margin this season and the second biggest ever. The 14-try massacre began in...
Van Niekerk Sets New World Record For Little-Run 300m
Wayde van Niekerk had promised to get "ridiculous" and the South African tyro hailed as Usain Bolt's likely successor did just then when sprinting to a world record in the rarely-run 300m on...
Wayde van Niekerk Vows To Get ‘ridiculous’ On Ostrava Track
South African track sensation Wayde van Niekerk vowed to get "ridiculous" when he competes in the little-run 300m at Wednesday's Golden Spike meet in Ostrava. The world and Olympic 400m champion, who...