An Israeli footballer Sagiv Jehezkel faces prosecution in Turkey and the sack from his club for showing solidarity with hostages taken in the 7 October Hamas attacks during a goal celebration, BBC reports. According to the report by BBC, Sagiv Jehezkel, a player for Antalyaspor, held up a bandaged hand that read…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to address the nation as violence and looting rages in parts of the country, this was according to the statement released in Pretoria, by the Ministry in The Presidency on Monday 12th July 2021. The time of the addresss by South Africa’s President,…
The government of South Africa, have on Monday ordered the deployment of military personnel to Provinces such as KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to assist other law enforcement agencies to tackle riots that have broken out over the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma. “The South African National Defence Force has commenced…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has been administered with the COVID-19 vaccine jab, as the country kick-off vaccination on Wednesday with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. President Cyril Ramaphosa had on Wednesday, shared a photo of himself being administered with the vaccine on his official Twitter handle, becoming one…
Emirates has announced that it would temporarily suspend all flights to and from South Africa from Saturday due to operational reasons, without elaborating. “Emirates flights to/from South Africa will temporarily be suspended from Saturday 16 January to 28 January 2021 due to operational reasons,” the largest carrier in the United…
Shoprite has denied reports of closing down its operations and leaving Nigeria, a few hours after reports circulated online that the company which has operated for 15-years, is leaving Africa’s biggest market. Shoprite in another report on Monday 3rd August 2020 being circulated online, through its country Director for Chastex…
Shoprite Holdings Limited, which is a South African company, has released a statement that they will be exiting Nigeria after almost 15-years. Shoprite Holdings Limited which has stores across the country and in most of the countries in Africa, making them Africa’s largest grocery retailer, said they are selling off…
British supermodel, and actress, Naomi Campbell has taken to her social media accounts to mourn her friend, Zindzi Mandela who is the youngest daughter of Nelson Mandela. Zindzi Mandela before her death, was South Africa’s Ambassador to Denmark and was aged 59. Naomi Campbell on Tuesday 14th July 2020, took…
Popular South African rapper, AKA has slammed those doubting whether or not he has gotten infected with the novel coronavirus, after he revealed his COVID-19 test result. The revelation has got fans talking again, as a few hours after he announced that he has tested positive to the novel coronavirus,…
Former World Bank Managing Director, and Two-time Nigerian Former Minister of Finance, Dr Okonjo-Iweala has finally confirmed her appointment by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa as a member of the country’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). Dr Okonjo-Iweala who had before now kept her appointment by the South African…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has hailed the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala into South Africa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council. Delta State is the state where the former World Bank Managing Director and two-time Nigeria’s former Finance minister, Dr Okonjo-Iweala hails from, so it is not surprising to see…
Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala on Friday attended South Africa Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) on the invitation of President Cyril Ramaphosa, to discuss the economic and developmental challenges in the South African economy. Since Dr Okonjo Iweala shared photos from the meeting, there have been unconfirmed reports that the…
The U.S House of Reps has passed an $8.3 billion coronavirus response package, as lawmakers scramble to combat the spread of the disease, CNN reports. According to the report, the coronavirus response package was supported by a good number of House members. The vote was 415 to 2 with just…