A cheetah has died in India’s Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh state, the second in less than a month. Forest officials said the cause of the six-year-old male animal’s death was not immediately known. It was one of 12…
South Africa, 6 others bidding to host 2027 Women’s World Cup
Four bids to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup have been received, football’s world governing body FIFA said on Monday. The hosts are to be appointed at the FIFA Congress in May next year. Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have…
Murderer who escaped prison by faking his own death back in South Africa
A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison with help from guards by faking his own death was taken back to South Africa on Thursday after going on the run with his…
Oscar Pistorius denied parole and remains behind bars for murdering girlfriend
Oscar Pistorius, a former Paralympics star and convicted murderer, has lost his parole hearing to be released from prison early after killing his girlfriend and will remain locked up. He has so far served half of his 13-year sentence for…
Oscar Pistorius: Former Olympic and Paralympic athlete faces parole hearing with early release considered
Oscar Pistorius faces a parole hearing that will decide if he will be freed from prison, almost 10 years after he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The former Olympic and Paralympic athlete, known as Blade Runner, has applied…
Theft probe clears South African President of wrongdoing
A corruption watchdog group said in a preliminary report that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was not involved in a cover-up concerning the theft of a large amount of cash he had stuffed into a sofa at his farmhouse. Allegations…
South Africa to host BRICS Summit in August
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele on Thursday said South Africa will host the BRICS Summit in Gauteng Province on Aug. 22-24. Gungubele said this while briefing the media about the cabinet meeting on Wednesday. According to the minister, this…
A dozen South African cheetahs arrive in India
Twelve cheetahs from South Africa have been flown to India as part of an agreement to introduce dozens of the mammals there over the next decade. Asiatic cheetahs became extinct in India in the late 1940s because of excessive hunting…
S.Africa declares state of national disaster to end record blackouts
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national disaster on Thursday in a bid to fast-track efforts to tackle South Africa’s record electricity shortage that has put the brakes on growth in Africa’s most industrialised economy. South Africa has in recent months…
Assault: Nigerian consulate, South African police watchdog effect arrest of officers
The Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg in partnership with that country’s police have effected the arrest of four police men for allegedly beating a Nigerian into coma. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the policemen were arrested on Wednesday…
