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After spending eight years in jail, a Nigerian televangelist accused of raping young women from his South African church has been found not guilty of all charges. The accused had denied the 32 charges in a trial that was broadcast live and gained huge interest across the country. In 2018, …

On Saturday March 1, hundreds of South Africans paid tribute to Muhsin Hendricks, the first openly gay imam murdered two weeks ago in Cape Town. On the occasion of the Pride March, the LGBTQIA+ community called for justice for the imam, who was shot dead in his car. The LGBTQIA+ …

A 20 year-old student from North Carolina has died while on a hike on table Mountain in Cape town, South Africa. The body of the woman, Brook Chevront, has been found, according to the authorities. “The deceased was reported missing after a tracking app she was using stopped updating and …

Like the Moon, a new satellite will orbit our planet from this Sunday, September 29 as the earth will literally have two moons for almost two months. However, the new star will not be visible, with its phases, craters and gradations of color on the horizon. Named 2024 PT5, the …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Mandisa Maya, currently Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, to the Constitutional Court, a position that has always been held by men in South Africa. September 1, 2024 marks the start of the first woman to head the judiciary. Judge Mandisa Maya, 60, …

South Africa, which has one of the world’s highest crime rates, recorded nearly 6,200 murders between April and June, down 0.5 percent from the same period last year, according to police statistics released Friday. Crime is one of the main challenges facing the unity government formed after President Cyril Ramaphosa …

Fighting resumed on Sunday August 25 between M23 rebels and the Congolese army in eastern DRC, Lubero, a townclose to the border with Uganda. In a statement issued on Monday August 26, the Congolese army claimed that rebels had attacked its positions in the village of Kikubo, violating a ceasefire …

Six children have died and 19 others were seriously injured in an accident that occurred this Wednesday, July 31, in South Africa between a freight train and a school bus, the government said. A previous report stated that five children were killed and 20 injured. The accident occurred in the …

The executive committee of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has announced it is banning former president Jacob Zuma from the party. The former president was suspended from his long-time party in January after announcing he would support the new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in the general election. …

UNESCO on Saturday (July 27) added to its World Heritage list a village where Nelson Mandela grew up and the site of an apartheid-era massacre among the sites in South Africa that are milestones in the struggle to end white minority rule. The massacre was the 1960 massacre in Sharpeville, …