Tag: South Africa
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Protests in South Africa as pressure grows for Zuma to resign
Supporters and detractors of South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday protested outside the ruling party headquarters in Johannesburg on Monday as the embattled leader was reportedly refusing to step down. Scandal-plagued Zuma has been under increasing pressure to leave office before his term finishes in 2019 but reportedly dug in his heels during talks…
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Pandemonium as Nigerian stabs two others to death in South Africa
The Nigerian Community in South Africa has confirmed that two members have being killed by a fellow Nigerian early on Saturday. Emeka Ezinteje, Secretary of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone from Johannesburg, South Africa, that the incident was due to a business dispute. “We…
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We have no regrets fighting apartheid in South Africa –Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said Nigeria had no regret fighting apartheid in South Africa until a full democratic system was established in the country. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke while receiving the outgoing South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Lulu…
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Falconets beats South Africa’s Basetsana 6 nil, qualify for France 2018
A brace each from Gift Monday, Rasheedat Ajibade and Anam Imo earned Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets a 6-0 win over South Africa’s Basetsana on Saturday and a place at the 9th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup. The visitors famously launched into war songs on arrival in Nigeria during the week, pledging to cancel the two-goal…
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‘Shithole’ comment: South African business leader snubs Trump in Davos
The South African business leader who called for a boycott of Donald Trump’s closing World Economic Forum speech on Friday afternoon has explained why Africans were angry with the U.S. president and why some of them did not attend his Davos speech. Bonang Mohale, CEO of the lobby group Business Leadership South Africa, wrote an…
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Murderers of Nigerian in South Africa apprehended, arraigned – Consul General
The Nigerian Mission in South Africans says indigenes responsible for the violent attack on Nigerians in Durban and other areas have been apprehended and arraigned in South African Court on Monday, Jan. 22. The Nigeria Consul General in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Godwin Adama, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency…
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[Photo] Police kill 27-year-old Nigerian in South Africa
A 27- year –old Nigerian, Ebuka Okori, was killed by the police in Durban in the early hours of Friday, the Nigerian community in South Africa said. Mr Bartholomew Eziagulu, the Chairman of the Nigerian Union chapter in Kwazulu Natal Province of South Africa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Durban…
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Over 200 passengers injured in South African train crash
Over 200 train passengers were injured after two trains collided in Germiston town east of Johannesburg on Tuesday morning. Lillian Mofokeng, the spokeswoman of the Metrorail Company, told Anadolu Agency that 226 commuters had been injured in the accident. “The incident happened at approximately 7.45 a.m. local time (0545GMT) when two Metrorail commuter trains collided…
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South Africa: Will Ramaphosa Play? – Tony Iyare
Can Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, 65, newly elected leader of the African National Congress (ANC) who’s likely to emerge as the next South African President cleanse the Aegean stable? Will his assumption of the ANC mantle of leadership prepare the way for the recall of Jacob Zuma just as it happened to Thabo Mbeki? These are…
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South Africa’s paralympic, Pistorius seeks sentence reduction
Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius has appealed to South Africa’s highest court to cut the sentence he got for murdering his girlfriend, legal documents showed on Tuesday. Pistorius was jailed for six years for shooting dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but prosecutors have argued that the sentence was “shockingly lenient”. An appeals court agreed last month…