Nigeria have named U-17 international Dele Alampasu on the country’s final squad for the 2014 CHAN in South Africa. Alampasu was voted the best goalkeeper at the FIFA U17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in November and he will be third-choice…
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A British Airways airplane carrying 202 people struck an office building at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport with its wing while taxiing for take-off late on Sunday, slightly injuring four, aviation authorities said. The Boeing 747-400…
South Africa’s government on Thursday cleared President Jacob Zuma of any wrongdoing during a controversial $20-million revamp at his private home, in a move criticised as a whitewash. The official investigation gave Zuma the all-clear over the 206…
The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, who claimed schizophrenia after being accused of being an arm-flapping fraud, has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital, South African media reported on Thursday. Thamsanqa Jantjie sparked…
South Africa’s “Dr Death” Wouter Basson, who headed the apartheid regime’s germ warfare programme, was found guilty on Wednesday of unprofessional conduct by the country’s health council. The cardiologist, 63, now risks being barred from practising…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM today joins the global community in paying tribute to global…
On a public holiday dedicated to reconciliation, South Africans on Monday started coming to terms with the loss of Nelson Mandela, a day after he was buried at the end of a life struggle for freedom and equality. A nine-metre, bronze statue of the democracy…
Will the gravesite of Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest statesmen the world has ever seen, be permanently off limits for the public? This was the question on many lips as the democracy icon was buried with full honours in his rural boyhood village…
Ayanda Mbatyothi, who bears a striking resemblance to a young Nelson Mandela, vowed Sunday to carry on the legacy of the icon who had unwittingly launched his career. The 37-year-old, who hails from an impoverished township in eastern South Africa,…
Anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada’s voice wavered on Sunday as he paid a moving final tribute to his fellow freedom fighter and close friend Nelson Mandela. Addressing the late struggle icon by their mutual nickname “Madala”, which means…
A “fake” sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service has said he suffered a schizophrenic episode. Thamsanqa Jantjie, who was criticised for apparently making “meaningless gestures” while interpreting the speeches of world leaders…
0750 GMT: Malawi’s President Joyce Banda speaks of how she has learnt from Mandela — and how the rest of the region can do so as well. “I learnt that leadership is about falling in love with the people that you serve and the people falling in love…
South Africa’s government was confronted Friday with a new and chilling allegation about the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial: He was reportedly accused of murder 10 years ago. (Dec. 13)
South African peace icon Desmond Tutu said on Saturday he was not invited to the burial of his friend Nelson Mandela, amid allegations he was snubbed for political reasons. “Much as I would have loved to attend the service to say a final farewell to…
Burglars broke in to the home of South African peace icon Desmond Tutu when he was in Soweto to speak at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, an aide said Wednesday. “I can confirm that there was a burglary last night,” Tutu aide Roger Friedman told AFP.
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday eulogized Nelson Mandela as a “giant of history” who earned his place in posterity through struggle, shrewdness and by showing the power of political action. Obama painted Mandela as a testament to how people can…
Successful sex drama moves to Nigeria to help people in country with world’s second-highest HIV rate open up about Aids
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday shook hands with Raul Castro, leader of long-time Cold War foe Cuba, at the Nelson Mandela memorial service in Soweto. Obama offered the handshake before taking the stage to give his speech at the ceremony, in a…
Sky News’ Jeremy Thompson takes a look behind the scenes at some of the many gifts and awards given to Nelson Mandela, and also visits his private office. South Africa is preparing for the arrival of scores of world leaders as the official mourning…
Tens of thousands of South Africans converged in sorrow, celebration and pride Tuesday on Soweto’s World Cup stadium, to sit side-by-side with presidents, priests and queens at a memorial service for unifying global icon Nelson Mandela. Close to 100…