London, July 14, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A brave motorist in South Africa has saved the life of woman who was been robbed in a Johannesburg traffic. Melissa McGinn says she encountered an “angel” in Johannesburg peak-hour traffic, who saved her from a robber – by driving into him. “You, sir, were a hero (on Wednesday morning). You ...

London, July 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ghana is the latest country to be granted a visa-free status by the South African government. South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has added Ghana to a list of seven countries whose nationals will be permitted to enter South Africa visa-free. Nigeria was not included despite the large volume of trade ...

London, July 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has demanded a thorough investigation in the alleged murder of Elizabeth Ndubuisi-Chukwu, the Deputy Director-General of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria in South Africa saying “It’s one death too many” The Chairman of NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in an interview said “We must know what happened. If it ...

 London, July 9, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A violent attempt to take over a sugar cane farm in the Mtwalume area, near Ifafa Beach on the South Coast,South Africa has left a farm manager with burns after he was thrown into a fire. The manager, who did not want to be named, refused to talk about his Friday ...

London, July 8, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Botched circumcision has claimed 17 lives in South Africa since the winter initiation season began in June, authorities said on Sunday. All the deaths were reported in the Eastern Cape province, a hotbed of illegal initiation, where most circumcision-related deaths are reported every year, according to the Department of Cooperative Governance ...

London, July 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-South Africa’s Bafana Bafana shocked hosts Egypt 1-0 to reach the 2019 total AFCON quarterfinals on Saturday night. Thembikosi Lorch scored what proved to be the game’s lone goal five minutes from time to produce on Africa Cup of Nations all time surprises. The 1996 champions will now meet three-times champions ...

London, July 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A South African university, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has proven to be contemporary by being the first Cape Town African university to offer antiretroviral treatment (ARV’s), to students with registered HIV status at their Bellville campus. According to the Cape Peninsula University of Technology: “The initiative speaks to ...

London, June 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-South African public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has confirmed in a letter to DA leader Mmusi Maimane that President Cyril Ramaphosa is implicated in her investigation into the R500,000 donation he received from Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson. In the letter she tells Maimane, who asked her to investigate whether Ramaphosa deliberately lied ...

London, June 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-South Africa’s Minister of Minerals and Energy Resources, Mr Gwede Mantashe, says the monthly adjustment of fuel prices is based on current local and international factors for efficient pricing regime For the month of June, it’s been confirmed that the petrol price will indeed increase at midnight of June 5 – ...

London, May 30, 2019 (AltAfrica)-South Africa’s president on Wednesday named a trimmed-down Cabinet that is 50% women, making the country’s one of few in the world to be “gender-balanced.” President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement followed similar moves by Ethiopia and Rwanda last year. Ramaphosa cut the Cabinet from 36 ministers to 28 as he seeks to ...