African leaders urged to accelerate development of space science and technology
African leaders urged to accelerate development of space science and technology

African countries have been urged to expedite concerted efforts in developing the continents human capital in space science and technology to harness its vast opportunities, reports the statesman. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the ongoing 38th African Union (AU) summit at its...

Pakistan in tri-nation series final with record chase
Pakistan in tri-nation series final with record chase

Pakistan eliminated South Africa from the tri-nation series with centuries from skipper Mohammad Rizwan and vice-captain Salman Ali Agha, reports UNB. The centuries lead the home team to its highest-ever successful run chase in an ODI just a week ahead of Champions Trophy. Rizwan struck an...

Trump offers asylum to white Africans
Trump offers asylum to white Africans

The US president Donald Trump has offered asylum to white African in the United States as they are facing unjust racial discrimination in South Africa, reports the Guardian. He made the proposal after signing an executive order to cut the financial assistance to South Africa, accusing the...

Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa
Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa

US President Donald Trump has said he will cut all future funding to South Africa over allegations that it was confiscating land and treating certain classes of people very badly, BBC reported. Last month, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that allows land seizures...

Death toll at illegal South African mine reaches 78; 246 rescued
Death toll at illegal South African mine reaches 78; 246 rescued

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the death toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police finished clearing out illegal miners who had been underground for months, reports AFP. Authorities began trying to remove the bodies and bring up survivors on Monday,...

60 dead at illegal S.African mine: Police
60 dead at illegal S.African mine: Police

Sixty bodies have been removed from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, months into a campaign to try to clear out illegal miners, police said Wednesday. Authorities began trying to remove the bodies and bring up survivors on Monday, after residents voiced fears that over 100 people may have...

US, Nigeria strengthen tech partnership with $2m broadband study grant
US, Nigeria strengthen tech partnership with $2m broadband study grant

The U.S. and Nigeria have taken a major step to deepen their technological collaboration with the inaugural U.S.-Nigeria Technology Dialogue, held on January 10 in Washington, D.C. Led by U.S. Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell and Nigerian Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy...

UK woman and S African man found dead at Vietnam tourist villa
UK woman and S African man found dead at Vietnam tourist villa

A British woman and a South African man in their thirties were found dead last week in a villa in Hoi An, a popular tourist destination on Vietnams central coast. Police in Quang Nam province have been investigating the deaths since staffers found both bodies at the tourist villa on the morning...

7-year-old boy survives 5 days alone in African game park with lions and elephants
7-year-old boy survives 5 days alone in African game park with lions and elephants

A missing 7-year-old boy survived five days alone in an African game park, alongside elephants and lions, in what Zimbabwean politicians are calling a true miracle. Mutsa Murombedzi, a Member of Parliament in Zimbabwe, shared in a post on X that Tinotenda Pudu spent almost a week alone in...

Earthquake jolts South Africa, felt in Cape Town
Earthquake jolts South Africa, felt in Cape Town

A moderate earthquake struck western South Africa early Sunday, with tremors reported across several regions. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the magnitude 5.3 quake occurred at 2:51 am local time (00:51 GMT), 101 km west of Brandvlei, a small town in the Northern Cape Province. The...

Senegal seeks ripostes 80 years after French massacre of African soldiers
Senegal seeks ripostes 80 years after French massacre of African soldiers

On Sunday, Senegal marked the 80th anniversary of the massacre of African soldiers who had fought for France during World War II. In 1944, these soldiers were gunned down by French troops in Thiaroye, a fishing village on the outskirts of Dakar, after demanding fair treatment and payment upon their...

Tsotsobe, Tsolekile and Mbhalati arrested for alleged corruption
Tsotsobe, Tsolekile and Mbhalati arrested for alleged corruption

Former South Africa cricketers Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Thami Tsolekile, along with former Titans bowler Ethy Mbhalati, have been arrested and charged with five counts of corruption reports ESPN Cricinfo. They have been charged under section 15 of the Act, which relates to corrupt activities...