Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead Saturday near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police said. The imam, who ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims, was in a car with another person when a vehicle stopped in front of them and blocked their exit, police …

The South African government has given Taiwan March deadline to relocate the island’s de facto embassy outside of the capital city Pretoria. The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said this, blaming Chinese pressure for the move. South Africa severed official diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1997 and only maintains formal and very close relations with China, which views the democratically governed island …

The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) has condemned the alleged murder of 37-year-old Nigerian Julius Chukwunta by four South Africans. Mr Chukwunta, a native of Aninri LGA in Enugu, was reportedly attacked on 7 December 2024, while driving home in Midrand Protea Estate. NICASA president-general Frank Onyekwelu, in an interview on Saturday, said Mr Chukwunta was blocked by …

President Ramaphosa has expressed South Africa’s interest in collaborating with Nigeria to harness critical minerals, particularly lithium, to drive the green energy transition and support the development of electric vehicles (EV) batteries. He disclosed this on Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa, at the Nigeria -South Africa Business Roundtable. He proposed leveraging Nigeria’s vast lithium reserves as a cornerstone for …

Nigeria is seeking the support of South Africa to secure full membership in the G20 and BRICS. In a statement on Monday, the presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said that Nigeria is also eyeing membership in the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). Onanuga said the expanded BRICS boasts of being the engine of global economic growth in recent years, accounting for …

Beauty pageants at local or global level hold no interest for me. Many commentators have described it as “a debasement of womanhood”! Come to think of it, no woman is not beautiful or without a male admirer. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A woman needs not strip herself or indulge in cosmetic surgery to prove …

The Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical is set to begin fuel exports to South Africa, Angola, and Namibia, according to Saturday PUNCH. A highly credible source, who confirmed this exclusively to Saturday PUNCH on Friday, said the management of the 650,000-barrel per-day capacity refinery was at advanced stages of talks with the countries to start lifting fuel. It was gathered that …

Africa-focused e-commerce retailer, Jumia Technologies will shut down its South African online fashion retailer Zando and its Tunisian operations by the end of the year. Chief Executive Officer, Francis Dufay revealed that the move is part of a strategic refocus on more profitable markets such as Nigeria. To achieve profitability, Jumia is implementing aggressive cost-cutting measures, which include reducing its …

A daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma and the king of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, have become engaged during a traditional ceremony in which Nomcebo Zuma was among hundreds of women and girls dancing for the monarch. Zuma, 21, appeared on Monday night at the annual reed dance as the liphovela – the royal fiancee or concubine – and will …

Players of the Nigeria U-18 boys’ basketball team have been denied visas to the 2024 FIBA U18 Afrobasket by the South African Consulate at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This decision has jeopardised Nigeria’s trip to the biennial tournament starting in South Africa on Tuesday (today), with Nigeria billed to face Egypt in Pretoria later in the day. The players, …