South African

A South African prison official killed herself after compromising photos of her being intimate with a prison inmate leaked on the internet. South Africa’s News24 reports the incident happened on Monday. The official worked at the…

An attempt by a South African woman to smuggle 1.210kg cocaine from Nigeria to her home country was yesterday foiled by anti-narcotics officials. The 34 year-old apprentice chef was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International…

The South African Independent Police Investigative Directorate on Saturday opened investigation into the death of a Nigerian allegedly in the custody of its police. According to eyewitnesses, the Nigerian national was allegedly…

SOUTH African police have raised the prospect of increased tension between the local population and the resident Nigerian community after torturing Nigerian Nonso Odo to death while he was in their custody. According to the Nigeria Union…

By Babajide Alabi There are various video clips circulating on social media networks of the xenophobic attacks going on in the former apartheid country, South Africa. When I first came across one of these clips earlier this week, my…

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday gave clearance for the repatriation of 54 corpses of South Africans who were among the 116 victims that died in the Synagogue Church of All Nations building collapse on September 12, 2014.…

Johannesburg, South Africa – Gunmen have robbed the parents of another South African international football star, Sibusiso Vilakazi, while he was sleeping at their Johannesburg home, in an attack he claims was targeted at him. Police and…

*Worked in Sierra-Leone, Guinea, took ill at MMA, Lagos *Beware of fake test kits, sanitizers — FG *OAU bars foreign students from returning for semester By Lawani Mikairu, Favour Nnabugwu, Gbenga Olarinoye & Daniel Eteghe…

About 150 South Africans on Wednesday cast their votes in Nigeria ahead of their national and provincial elections slated for May 7. The Consul-General of South African High Commission, Mokgethi Monaisa, said in Lagos that “this is the…

A South African pastor whose followers eat grass to rid their sins and heal them of ailments says he is not a witch, and that his actions come from God. Pastor Lesego Daniel’s sermons have raised the ire of many over this issue. The pastor…