Africa has officially overtaken Asia-Pacific as the fastest-growing tourism market globally, recording an 8% increase in international arrivals throughout 2025. According to the latest data from UN Tourism (the United Nations agency for the sector), the continent welcomed approximately 81.3 million international visitors last year, up from 75.4 million in 2024. This growth rate is […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola, awaiting further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State. In response to the request by the Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, President Tinubu has ordered the […]
Grant Williams’ late try rounded off a stunning South Africa comeback as they beat New Zealand in the third week of the Rugby Championship. The Springboks trailed at the break and were 27-17 down at one point, but New Zealand prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi’s 69th-minute sin-bin helped the hosts find victory. The All Blacks scored four […]
South Africa is set to roll out new visa regulations targeting skilled foreign remote workers, as reported by Business Live. These regulations will cater to foreign individuals earning an annual income exceeding R1 million (approximately $53,665), facilitating their relocation to the country. While the South African Department of Home Affairs has not yet made an […]
IFP national treasurer and elections head Narend Singh confirmed the killing of the party member, allegedly by members of the ANC. Three suspects were shot dead by police late Monday night after they allegedly fled when officers approached them at a polling station in Plessislaer, KwaZulu-Natal.The three were apparently in a car without number plates […]
A South African judge on Tuesday dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial removed. Zuma, ousted by the governing African National Congress in 2018, had argued that the prosecutor was biased against him and submitted a “special plea” to the Pietermaritzburg High Court to […]
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s imprisoned former president, was admitted to a hospital on Friday for medical observation, according to the government’s Correctional Services department. Since giving himself over on July 7 to start a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, Zuma has been imprisoned at Estcourt jail in Kwa-Zulu Natal province. His incarceration sparked the […]
A Nigerian man and his two children who died in South Africa have been buried. The remains of the 42-year-old man, Ifeanyichukwu Mba and his two sons, Uchenna, 6, and Chinedu, 1 year and 4 months, have been laid to rest. Ifeanyi from Enugu State and his children were killed in a fatal car accident […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will testify at an inquiry into his predecessor Jacob Zuma’s corruption on Wednesday, where he is expected to reveal what he saw as Zuma’s deputy and justify why he did not act. Ramaphosa served as deputy president from 2014 to 2018, when Zuma was deposed by his supporters in the […]
South Africa will reopen its borders to all African countries from Thursday while barring tourists from around 50 nations with high coronavirus infection rates, the government said on Wednesday. READ ALSO: 186 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa Daily Times Nigeria gathered that the continent’s most industrialised economy shuttered its borders at the start of a […]
Thandeka Mdeliswa, a popular South African actress, has been shot dead at her family home in Evander, Mpumalanga in South Africa, DAILY TIMES gathered. She got shot after joining a heated argument her older brother was having with two men at their family home. The argument got violent as one of the men grabbed his […]
A well-known South African conservationist, West Mathewson has died after he was mauled by two white lions as he was taking them for a walk. The wife of West Mathewson, who followed in a car, tried to distract the lions but it was too late. He ran a popular safari lodge, Lion Tree Top Lodge, […]
Despite the surge in COVID-19 cases, thirty-two African countries have less than 5,000 cases, according to NAN. The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) confirmed on Monday. The centre uncovered that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa flooded to 1,187,937, as the mortality rate rose to 27,779 as of […]
On Thursday, the Nigerian Government evacuated another batch of 186 Nigerians stranded in South Africa. This was disclosed by Sarah Sanda, a media aide to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. READ ALSO: 200 stranded Nigerians to be evacuated from South Africa Sanda said the Air Peace flight conveying the evacuees will depart OR […]
The hashtag #JusticeForTshego has been trending on Twitter in South Africa after the horrific killing of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule. Her stabbed body was found hanging from a tree near Johannesburg. She was eight months pregnant, local media are quoting police as saying. There are high levels of violence against women in South Africa and last […]
A two-days-old baby has died after testing positive of the novel virus, coronavirus in South Africa. According to South Africa’s Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, the mother had tested positive for Covid-19 and the child subsequently tested positive. “The baby was born prematurely, had lung difficulties which required ventilation support immediately after birth. The country’s […]
Johannesburg – South Africa on Wednesday reported six new confirmed cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus – all involving people who had travelled to Europe. Thirteen people have now tested positive in South Africa, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. The new cases are a 33-year-old woman who had […]
Two people on Monday were reportedly dead when their two-seater aircraft crashed at Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, said the City’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS). DEMS spokesperson, William Ntladi, said the aircraft crashed near Springs Airfield, and that rescuers were called to the scene. Explosive device kills 9 in Cameroun, injures 26 “Both patients were […]
Miss South Africa, Zozibini Tunzi has asked men to write love letters against violence. Tunzi launched the #HeForShe campaign to mobilize men to stand together with women in the struggle against gender-based violence and the creation of an equal society for all. Tunzi who is is aligning herself with the United Nations’ solidarity campaign #HeForShe for the […]
Abuja – Nigeria Consul General in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, has urged Nigerians living in South Africa to go about their businesses within the confines of the laws to avoid conflict. Adama gave the advice in a telephone chat in Abuja. He spoke about efforts between Nigeria and South Africa to strengthen their relations. According to […]