Ongoing xenophobic attacks by South Africans on nationals of other African countries are not only troubling but also condemnable. According to reports, those targeted include nationals from Nigeria, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ghana and others whose business premises are being looted or destroyed,
Attacks on foreigners have spread across South Africa in recent weeks and up to 5,000 people are marching in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban in a major rally against xenophobia, following attacks on foreigners. President Jacob Zuma condemned the attacks, in which at least five people have died, as ‘shocking and unacceptable’. The Zulu […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, has given assurance that the Federal Government would spare no effort in protecting Nigerians in South Africa against any form of xenophobic attack. He spoke to State House correspondents on Thursday against the background of reported attacks on non-nationals by locals in South Africa. He said the […]
• 12 Nigerians, Ghanaians thrown into Meditteranean sea • Reps ask FG to recall envoy Foreigners in South Africa have been warned of possible massive attacks on them today by their xenophobic hosts. Relatedly, a row among illegal migrants on a boat from Libya to Italy resulted in “multiple aggravated murder motivated by […]
The latest bout of xenophobic attacks in South Africa has once more proved how difficult it is for the African countries to be integrated into one economy, a major goal of the African Union (AU). Recall that as at April 14, no fewer than five persons were killed in the renewed xenophobic attacks in South […]
Rep. Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje, Chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, has called for the evacuation of Nigerians within 24 hours from South Africa owing to ongoing attacks on non-indigenes. Ukeje (PDP-Abia) made the appeal in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan. She said that the call […]
South Africa has turned hell on earth, where non Zulu-speaking foreigners are being lynched by mobs. The country has continued to witness xenophobic attacks on foreigners, including Nigerians,. Some traumatized Nigerians living in South Africa, who on Wednesday spoke with the Daily Times, expressed fears for their lives and pleaded for an urgent action from […]
Malawi says it will repatriate its nationals from South Africa, following an upsurge in xenophobic violence. At least five foreigners, including a 14-year-old boy, have been killed in attacks in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban since last week. Some foreign-owned shops in the main city Johannesburg have shut amid fears that the violence could […]
Tensions have continued to mount since the expulsion of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa. A senior leader of South Africa’s main transport union was shot and killed on the same night that the home of the group’s president was bombed, according to union spokesman Vincent Masoga. Chris Nkosi, general secretary of the […]
South African opposition leader Hellen Zille on 6 May, 2014Ms Zille has been a fierce critic of President Jacob Zuma and his ANC party The leader of South Africa’s opposition, the Democratic Alliance, has said she will not stand for re-election at the party’s congress next month. Helen Zille said the “time was right” for […]
The latest petroleum products price build-up schedule released by the Ghana Petroleum Authority revealed that Ghana has opted to maintain pump prices of petroleum products for April 2015, while South Africa has chosen to increase same for the period. Ghana Petroleum Authority sets the ex- pump price of a litre of Premium Motor Spirit (or […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it is investigating an alleged money laundering case involving a 39-year-old South African lady, Nosisi Pam Ngqula. NDLEA, in a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said that the suspect was intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos with $373,725 and two €2,120 […]
It has been more than two decades since Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe paid a state visit to neighbouring South Africa. Mugabe returned Tuesday to a South Africa that has changed considerably since his last state visit in 1994. Since then, South Africa has transformed itself from a global pariah over its apartheid system of racial […]
Indaba is an important conference held by the izinDuna (principal men) of the Zulu or Xhosa peoples of South Africa. (Such meetings are also practised by the Swazi, who refer to them using the close cognate indzaba.) These indabas may include only the izinDuna of a particular community or may be held with representatives of […]
Nigeria is called the giant of Africa. But is Nigeria truly the giant of Africa? Perhaps, Nigeria is the potential giant of Africa with clay feet and spindly legs. We have the potentialities to make Nigeria the greatest and biggest economy in Africa; but clueless, visionless, inept, and corrupt leadership has continued to hinder our […]
My first trip to South Africa was sometime in 1994, shortly before the revered icon Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected Black President of the country. I had gone on a one-week FAM trip sponsored by the defunct Air Afrique airline for their selected top selling travel agents. I was chosen in my capacity […]
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa and the office of the Independent Power Producer (IPP) have declared separately that the country expects to generate close to 8,000MW of gas fired electricity by 2019. This quantum of power will require at least two billion cubic feet of gas per day, which with the country’s current gas reserves […]
The world’s first successful penis transplant has been reported by a surgical team in South Africa, BBC reports. The 21-year-old recipient, whose identify is being protected, lost his penis in a botched circumcision. Doctors in Cape Town said the operation was a success and the patient was happy and healthy. The team said there was […]
