South Africa’s latest crime statistics debunk claims that a genocide is being committed against white people, the country’s police minister has said. The widely discredited allegation was amplified by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, in an extraordinary meeting with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa. Trump told Ramaphosa that white farmers in South Africa...
South African authorities say they will continue with legal proceedings against Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso who was acquitted of rape last month, even though he has left the country. Mr Omotoso, who denied the 32 charges against him, was accused of sexually assaulting young women from his church in Port Elizabeth. The National Prosecuting Authority...
Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Johannesburg Ulrich Janse van Vuuren Ulrich Janse van Vuuren has made it his passion to share and showcase some of South Africa’s best features with his legion of social media followers. The 38-year-old white South African often takes snapshots capturing scenes such as a cold Johannesburg morning, the purple Jacaranda trees...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle “cowards”, saying “they’ll be back soon”. The group of Akrikaners arrived in the US on Monday after President Donald Trump granted them refugee status, saying they faced racial discrimination. But Ramaphosa said those who wanted...
Group A: Kenya (co-hosts}, Morocco, Angola, DR Congo, Zambia Group B: Tanzania (co-hosts), Madagascar, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic Group C: Uganda (co-hosts), Niger, Guinea, Algeria, South Africa Group D: Senegal, Equatorial Guinea*, Sudan, Nigeria *Equatorial Guinea replaced Congo-Brazzaville after the latter fielded an ineligible player in qualifying Read full article at source...
Anne Okumu & Brian Khisa BBC News, Gaborone Lesego Chombo/Instagram Lesego Chombo’s enthusiasm for life is as infectious as her achievements are impressive: she has won the Miss Botswana 2022 and Miss World Africa 2024 crowns, is a working lawyer, has set up her own charitable foundation – and made history in November, becoming Botswana’s...
South Africa have named Shukri Conrad as their head coach in limited-overs cricket, expanding his role as lead of the Test side. Conrad had led the national team in red-ball cricket since 2023, leading them to their upcoming World Test Championship final against Australia. He will now take charge of the Proteas in one-day internationals...
Saids and the World Anti-Doping Agency define substances of abuse as those “frequently abused in society outside of the context of sport”. “The player accepted responsibility for the doping offence and honoured his provisional suspension,” Saids said. Its statement added that Rabada was offered a chance to undertake a treatment programme, completing two sessions to...
Wedaeli Chibelushi & Mayeni Jones BBC News, London & Johannesburg Executive Mayor Andrè Truter/ Facebook Joshlin Smith has not been found more than a year after she went missing The mother of a South African girl, who disappeared aged six more than a year ago, has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter. Kelly...
This was so under the radar with everything else going on in the world that I’m just reading about it this morning, days after it happened. The Rwandan genocide of 1996-1997, aka The First Congo War – you probably all remember those horrific images of minority ethnic Tutsi and moderate Hutus who had been slaughtered...
Wedaeli Chibelushi & Pumza Fihlani BBC News, London & Johannesburg South Africa Police Service Constable Boipelo Senoge was among the three officers whose bodies were found in the river Police in South Africa are searching for answers after the bodies of three police officers – who had been missing for six days – were found...
Leading human rights organisations have renewed calls for investigations into the killing of protesters by Kenya’s security forces during demonstrations against a rise in taxes last June. It follows a BBC Africa Eye investigation, exposing members of the security forces who shot dead three protesters at Kenya’s parliament, igniting public outrage and demands for justice....
A senior figure from South Africa’s ruling ANC party has defended his country’s sovereignty amid growing tensions with the US over race relations and a new land law. “We are a free country, we’re a sovereign country. We’re not a province of the United States and that sovereignty will be defended,” ANC National Chair Gwede...
Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Celiwe Ndaba / Facebook Dr Celiwe Ndaba said that once she decided to refuse to pay for her husband’s lifestyle he left their marriage A young female South African doctor has sparked a nationwide conversation about a form of domestic abuse often shrouded in silence – financial abuse. In a...
A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row. From midnight, Tanzania banned the entry of all agricultural imports from Malawi and South Africa in response to what it sees as restrictions on some of its exports. South Africa...