London, Jan. 20, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The decision of an events centre in South African to host a wedding reception for a lesbian couple is generating heated media debate in the country Now a religious lobby group in the country has backed the owners of the popular wedding venue on the ground of religion READ ALSO: UK ...

London, Jan. 9, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigerians and other foreign nationals resident South Africa’s Keimoes and Upington areas of Northern Cape Province were on Thursday morning given 12 hours to vacate by the indigenes. The President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, made the disclosure in a statement made available to the News Agency of ...

London, Jan. 7, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Commuters in South Africa have been stuck on a train going from Johannesburg to Cape Town since Sunday. The journey was meant to take 20 hours, reports South Africa’s Independent Online (IOL). But the train stopped, first in Kimberley for three hours then in Orania for 67 hours and again stopped in ...

London, Dec. 9, 2019 (AltAfrica)–South Africa has been hit by massive power cuts as heavy rains flood power stations and disrupt coal-fired electricity generation. The state-owned utility Eskom said on Monday that it could only meet 80% of the country’s energy demand and called for a “concerted collective effort” after about a quarter of its generation capacity failed. ...

London, Dec. 3, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Eshowe, a small town at the center of the world’s AIDS epidemic in South Africa, is a beacon of hope in the bid to reduce the AIDS virus. It has beaten the 90-90-90 target deadline set by UNAIDS by a year according to a special report by DW Eshowe is around ...

London, Dec. 2, 2019 (AltAfrica)-South Africa said it is introducing an affordable, cutting-edge drug to fight HIV in the country with the largest number of people living with the AIDS-causing virus. Hailing the new anti-retroviral drug as “the fastest way to reduce HIV viral load”, the health department said it will start rolling out the ...

London, Nov. 29, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The South African Space Agency has launched ZASpace Inc, a local industry acceleration platform, to boost investment and bolster the competitiveness of South Africa’s burgeoning space industry. “Today we officially launch ZASpace Inc., a platform for coordinating space activities and initiatives with our local space industry. SANSA is excited to be ...

London, Nov. 28, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said Nigeria will continue to explore culture and tourism as veritable platforms to strengthen its ties with South Africa. The Minister stated this in Lagos on Thursday at a meeting with the South African Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane. “We have ...

London, Nov. 27, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A 26-year-old woman is being treated for serious injuries after a lorry landed on top of a car in the coastal town of Port Elizabeth. Independent ambulance company Netcare 911 were among the medical workers to respond to the scene of the accident on Tuesday afternoon. READ ALSO: TANZANIAN POLICE ARRESTS ...

London, Nov. 26, 2019 (AltAfrica)– A South African news website, Eye Witness, EWN has released a short documentary detailing the scale of brutal attacks, destruction and losses suffered by foreigners during the peak of xenophobia attack in South Africa The documentary titled ” State of the Nation: Xenophobia in South Africa” showed graphic violence unleashed ...