Articles containing the tag ‘Africa
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, October 24th, 2014

SABC Boss locks Horns with Portfolio Committee

The chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Cooperation, Ellen Tshabalala on Thursday obtained an order stopping the enquiry into whether she lied about her academic qualifications. The order, which is re... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, October 16th, 2014

Bafana Bafana Draw as Nigeria Crush Sudan

South Africa’s national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, blew their chances of guaranteeing a place for themselves in the Afcon Soccer finals in Morocco in 2015 when they allowed themselves to be held to a goa... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, October 15th, 2014

French Company, Areva to Supply Nuclear to South Africa

In the always ever-changing world of South African politics and economics, it was announced that President Zuma had given the Energy Minister the go ahead to sign a deal with a French organisation in the cooper... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, October 14th, 2014

Zuma 2009 Corruption: Charges Dropped to Avert Constitutional Crisis

The office of the president of the Republic of South Africa is yet to respond to questions that have been abuzz in the media about the evidence that has surfaced that points to several corruption charges that w... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Shrien Dewani Had a Sexual Relationship with a Male British Parliamentary Aide

The trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani continued in Cape Town South Africa with the revelation on day two that the man accused of murdering his newly wedded wife in 2010 was in a bisexual relationship w... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, October 2nd, 2014

Nobel Peace Summit Moved Out of South Africa?

On Thursday there were rumors that the huge International event, the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, which was due to be held in Cape Town from October 13 to October 15, was “in serious troubleR... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, September 25th, 2014

No Heritage Without Land: EFF

In their Heritage day message on Wednesday, the Economic Freedom Fighters has called for the redistribution of land to those without, particularly the local black majority. Speaking in Johannesburg, the EFFR... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

Mystery Surrounds T. B. Joshua Church Collapse

A lot of mystery surrounds the collapse of the Synagogue Church of all Nations which belongs to popular and charismatic leader and televangelist, TB Joshua last week. The church building collapsed on Friday and... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, August 30th, 2014

Proteas Beat Zimbabwe Despite Utseya Hat-trick

South Africa’s Proteas cricket team survived a concerted attack from Zimbabwe’s Prosper Utseya to win their one day international by 61 runs, their second win in the triangular series that also incl... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

ANC Must Not Attack Press Freedom, says DA

The Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s main opposition, has told the African National Congress, the ruling party that attacking the Beeld publication editor, Adriaan Basson about his opinion piece on the... Read more »