South Africa extradites prison break fugitive from Tanzania | Prison News
Dubbed the ‘Facebook rapist’, Bester sentenced to life in prison in 2012, escaped in May 2022 after a suicide hoax. A South African fugitive who…
In search of Ramadan with South Africa’s men who sight the moon | Religion
Cape Town, South Africa - The digital clock on Shaykh Safwaan Sasman’s smartphone turns 18.59, and the 32-year-old looks up. Beside him, a dozen other…
Why is South Africa not renewing 160,000 Zimbabwean work permits? | Labour Rights News
EXPLAINEROn Tuesday, a South African court will decide if thousands of Zimbabweans can stay back in the country or face possible deportation. Cape Town, South…
UAE court dismisses S Africa request to extradite Gupta brothers | News
The Guptas, arrested in the UAE in 2022, are accused of siphoning state funds using connections with ex-President Zuma. A United Arab Emirates court has…
‘Merchanting’: The code word for the gold mafia’s plunder | Investigation News
“We do merchanting, that’s it.” This is how Mohamed Khan, one of South Africa’s biggest money launderers, described his approach to hiding vast amounts of…
Swiss gold or smuggled Zimbabwean gold? No one knows | Investigation News
To many people around the world, Switzerland is synonymous with the Alps, fine chocolates and designer watches. To those in the bling business, the European…
South Africa revokes ‘state of disaster’ over power crisis | Fossil Fuels News
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the ‘state of disaster’ in February in a bid to assuage South Africa’s power crisis. South Africa has revoked a national…
South Africa’s Pistorius denied parole for lover’s murder | Crime News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Pistorius, popularly known as ‘The Blade Runner’, became world famous at the 2012 Olympics, before the murder trial that ended his career…
Gold smugglers use South African banks, bribes to launder money | Investigation News
Several key officials at three major South African banks are helping a gold smuggling gang launder millions of dollars of dirty cash in exchange for…
Who are the Gold Mafia? A cigarette don and a man named ‘Dollars’ | Investigation News
They operate from the shadows. Al Jazeera’s latest investigation, The Gold Mafia, brings their crimes out into the open. Last week, Part 1 of ‘Who…
Lesotho lawmakers to debate reclaiming parts of South Africa | News
The motion, based on a 1962 UN resolution, aims to ‘return’ South Africa’s entire Free State and four other regions to Lesotho. Lawmakers in Lesotho…
South Africa shocked by prison break of rapist who faked death | Crime News
Recent DNA tests reveal a body found in a prison and believed to be the serial sex offender is someone else. Police in South Africa…
Is the US Fed right about raising interest rates? | Inflation
From: Counting the CostThe US Federal Reserve raised interest rates again to rein in inflation, despite the turmoil in the financial sector. Inflation in the…
South Africa arrests 87 before massive anti-government protest | Protests News
The arrests come before a planned protest by South Africa’s third-largest party against the country’s economic woes. South African security forces say 87 people had…
Watchdog ‘clears’ South Africa’s Ramaphosa in cover-up scandal | News
The matter hasn’t ended for the president though, as a police investigation is still ongoing. South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog has cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of…
Three years later: Lives reshaped by COVID-19 | Coronavirus pandemic News
Three years ago this day, the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, a once-in-a-lifetime event that tested the limits of humanity. Societies in lockdown, untold…
Dominant Australia beat South Africa for sixth women’s T20 title | Cricket
Beth Mooney’s 74 and Australia’s athleticism in the field help defending champions claim their sixth Women’s T20 World Cup title against hosts South Africa. Australia…
Is Africa still ‘neutral’ a year into the Ukraine war? | Russia-Ukraine war
Harare, Zimbabwe – An imposing Russian warship armed with a powerful Zircon hypersonic missile, a handful of Chinese naval destroyers, and a host of frigates…
Russia rules out testing hypersonic missile during naval exercise | Russia-Ukraine war News
Head of Russian naval contingent says Zircon missile will not be deployed during drills off South Africa’s coastline. Russia will not fire its new generation…
Israeli diplomat removed from African Union summit | Israel-Palestine conflict News
A bloc official says the envoy was removed because she was not duly accredited to attend the event in Ethiopia. A senior Israeli diplomat has…