The spokeswoman for South Africa's Police Minister Bheki Cele says she has received "racist" and "abusive" phone calls after her minister condemned a violent protest by some white farmers in the small town on Senekal on Tuesday.
Kenyan Steven Mululu narrates how, although he was born in a poor polygamous family with 60 siblings, he chose to follow his dreams and passion for physical fitness to build a lucrative business empire in South Africa.
South Africa’s Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has withdrawn an appeal of a court ruling that held that mining companies did not have to maintain at least 26% black ownership in perpetuity, the Minerals Council industry body said on Wednesday.
The chairperson of the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19, Professor Salim S Abdool Karim, says the country needs a few more days before it can decide whether it should ease the lockdown.
South Africa’s rand firmed marginally on Thursday, with sentiment towards emerging markets broadly boosted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement on the signing of a trade deal with China, and on higher commodity prices.
WWE Live will return to South Africa in 2020 with events at Grand Arena GrandWest in Cape Town, at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban and at Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg.
Hundreds of asylum-seekers who have staged a sit-in protest outside the UN refugee agency in Pretoria for five weeks on Thursday barged into the premises, the agency said.
By Bheki Mngomezulu, The Conversation
Nigeria is a major player in West Africa while SA is a major player in the Southern African Development Community region. Sustained tensions would be to the detriment of both countries - and Africa as a whole, writes Bheki Mngomezulu.
