Xenophobia: Nigeria Starts Taking Action

The South African government has condemned and described as “an unfortunate and regrettable step”, the move taken by the Nigerian government to recall their two top envoys to South Africa as a react... Read more »

Tremor Hits Johannesburg

Areas including Kagiso, Mellville and some parts of Soweto experienced a tremor at around 8:30 am today morning. The tremor, the cause of which is clearly unknown at this moment, caused a great amount of fear a... Read more »

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Fires Back Over Nzimande Visa

The Israeli government on Friday reacted to the South African Communist Party’s (SACP) statement in which it said it would further intensify its campaign against the Israelis after they denied their leade... Read more »

“Corruption and Lack of Quality Leaders to Blame for Xenophobia”

Former treasurer in the ANC Matthews Phosa and human rights lawyer George Bizos have blamed the recent spate of violence and other problems facing the country on corruption and the poor leadership. Speaking at ... Read more »

Cricket South Africa Needs to Up the Ante on its Transformation Policy

With the Proteas once again failing to win the World Cup trophy, Cricket South Africa needs to seriously start implementing its transformation policy. South Africa has been a democracy for more than 20 years no... Read more »

Young Female Rappers Getting their Spotlight

Lately there has been a shortage of female rappers worldwide, well some might argue but in Africa that is a debatable issue.The likes of Jean Grae, born in South Africa but later moving to New York, was it beca... Read more »

Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs Stalwart “Shoes” Moshoeu Dies

Legendary footballer John “Shoes” Moshoeu has passed away. The Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana stalwart finally succumbed to his battle with cancer, at the age of 49. The man better known as “Shoes” had... Read more »

Foreigners Close Shops as Rumours of Xenophobic Violence Spread to Johannesburg

With xenophobic violence raging on in parts of Kwa-Zulu Natal, rumours of potential xenophobic attacks have begun to spread in Johannesburg.  Several foreign-owned shops have closed their doors to the public t... Read more »

Mazibuko Not Taking Over From Helen Zille

After the sudden announcement by the current leader of the official opposition in South African politics, the Democratic Alliance, Helen Zille, on Sunday that she will not be standing for re-election when the p... Read more »

Zuma and Gigaba Condemn KZN Xenophobic Attacks

Following unrests in which foreign nationals were attacked and assaulted by local people in the current spate of xenophobic attacks in KwaZulu-Natal, some government officials have condemned these attacks and c... Read more »