South Africa

On South Africa’s busiest freight corridor, men and a handful of women decked out in blue overalls, hard hats and reflector jackets transform the landscape. As workers dodge cement mixers and construction site scaffolding, bulldozers widen…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that Nigeria and eight other African countries benefited from an initial 899,000 vaccine doses allocated to countries hard-hit by the current mpox surge. The allocated vaccines came from European…

A total of 12 Fintech across Africa have qualified for the final of the 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge scheduled to be held at Lome, Togo September 27. The finalists include BuuPass, Kenya, Daba Finance, Ivory Coast, EasyEquities, South…

South Africa’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party said it would back the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as president in parliament in return for support for the position of speaker of the assembly. The EFF wants its national…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria played out a 1-1 draw with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo. Coach Finidi George opted to start Southampton forward, Paul Onuachu to lead the lines instead of Victor…

Jacob Zuma, who led South Africa for almost nine scandal-tainted years before being ousted by the governing African National Congress, may now play a major role in the country’s political future. Six years after being pushed from office,…

South Africa’s African National Congress is set to cede its parliamentary majority for the first time after voters dealt a historic rebuke to the party Nelson Mandela led to power at the end of apartheid. With almost 99% of ballots cast…

South Africa’s ruling ANC was on track to score its worst electoral result ever on Friday, with early tallies showing voters deserted the party in droves, ending its 30-year political dominance. If the African National Congress (ANC) is…

On a windy Cape Town morning, a small group of activists hands out flyers calling for secession. “South Africa cannot be saved. Cape Independence is our only hope,” reads the leaflet issued by the Cape Independence Party. Also known…

South Africa will hold elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, setting the stage for a contest in which his ruling party faces the biggest threat to its national majority since coming to power three decades ago. A…