Nigeria Fumes As Another Citizen Is Killed in South Africa
Another Nigerian has been killed in South Africa. Ozumba Tochukwu-Lawrence was reportedly killed by a gunman on July 6. The Nigeria Mission in South Africa has condemned the killing. The Consul-General of Nigeria in South Africa made this known in a statement by the Vice Consul Information and Culture, David Abraham, on Sunday in Abuja. […]
29 photos that capture 2017 so far
From protests against President Jacob Zuma to children doing yoga, here are some of the most interesting moments we caught on camera in the first half of the year A train on Cape Town Station burns on 12 June. Metrorail services had broken down earlier that day and commuters rebelled. Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp The […]
Court Postpones South African ‘Coup Plotter’ Case
Judgment in the case of the alleged “coup plotter” Elvis Ramosebudi’s bail, has been postponed in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s court on Friday. During arguments, State advocate Johan Badenhorst said the State would oppose bail. Badenhorst said Ramosebudi travelled from Soshanguve to Johannesburg to present his plan to undercover agents. Badenhorst said he had a well-constructed […]
Johannesburg Robbers Blow The Doors Off Bank Armored Truck In Highway Traffic
This video would seem to be straight out of a bank robber movie like the Italian Job or Heat but I assure you that this situation is far from a Hollywood movie! It all starts with just a simple traffic jam but quickly turns into a Grand Theft Auto style heist, leaving all subtlety out of […]
South Africa’s Anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada dies
Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in jail – many of them alongside Nelson Mandela – for acts of sabotage against South Africa’s white minority government, died in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning at the age of 87. He had been admitted to hospital with blood clotting in his brain earlier this month. Kathrada was born […]
Infomineo reveals rising global interest in the Middle East Africa region from Fortune 500 companies
The Middle East Africa (MEA) region has become increasingly important for the majority of global Fortune 500 countries, according to a new report released by Infomineo, a global business research company specialising in Africa and the Middle East. The report focuses on multinationals looking at entering, or already present, in the Middle East and Africa […]
Five African cities remain in the top 100 rankings in regards to quality of living: Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg
Despite increased political and financial volatility in South Africa, its cities fell within the top 100 of the world’s highest quality of living and remain attractive destinations for expanding business operations and sending expatriates on assignment, according to Mercer’s 19th annual Quality of Living survey. Durban (87) ranked the highest for quality of living within […]
Initiation Schools’ ‘Veil of Secrecy’ to Blame for Deaths?
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has submitted that the primary causes of deaths at initiation schools across South Africa are a lack of aftercare and the secrecy following the initiation process by traditional surgeons and caregivers. Speaking in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on Wednesday evening, the NPA’s Sibongile Mzinyathi said that most of the deaths were caused […]
400,000 White South Africans live in shanty towns – The refugees no one wants
In South Africa, White Boers are forced to live in shanty towns because the post-Nelson Mandela era isn’t as “rainbow” as was promised. For over a decade, laws have been in place which deliberately put Whites at a severe disadvantage when looking for work. 400,000 White South Africans now live in poverty, almost one out […]
MTN’s Nigeria Office Vandalised in Anti-Xenophobia Protest
Police in Nigeria are reportedly guarding offices of the mobile phone giant MTN in the capital Abuja after protesters against xenophobic attacks in South Africa tried to storm it on Thursday. According to BBC, the offices were sealed off and no-one was “being allowed to enter the building”. An unnamed senior manager at the Abuja […]
