South Africa

Dozens of worshippers died after a bus headed to an Easter conference plunged off a cliff in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Thursday. The crash claimed the lives of 45 people and one is seriously injured, the country’s…

Award-winning South African Afro-pop singer Bulelwa Mkutukana, popularly known as Zahara, has died, the country's culture minister announced. She had been in hospital, reportedly with liver complications, and the government…

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is to be freed from jail on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He shot her multiple times through a bathroom door on Valentine's Day in 2013, later…

After an ordinary night out with her friends, Alison Botha drove back to her apartment in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. But as soon as the 27-year-old parked her car, a man with a knife forced his way inside. The attacker ordered Botha…

The woman who was sh0t de@d outside a courthouse in Cape Town, South Africa, has been identified as Christine Yolanda Gumira, a 30-year-old Zimbabwean. The deceased was killed after leaving Wynberg court while making…

The police in Durban have confirmed rapper Kiernon ‘AKA’ Forbes was sh0t dead in a drive-by shooting on Florida Road on Friday night. Several police sources confirmed that rapper AKA had been shot dead. The sh00ting…

The high court in the Western Cape, South Africa on Friday, October 28, convicted an abusive boyfriend, Phillip April, of the premeditated murder of his ex-girlfriend, Allison Plaatjies. 26-year-old Allison Plaatjies…

A South-African Man identified as Thomas Ngcobo has been dubbed the country’s “dumbest criminal” after walking into the police station to check on his application to join the police force. The 40-year-old has been a fugitive for seven…

Lalela Mswane, Miss Supranational South Africa, beat out 70 other contestants from around the world for the coveted title and crown. The event which aired live at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sacz, Poland took place on July 15.…

South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died. He was 90 years old. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa died in the early hours of today Sunday, December 26. A contemporary of anti-apartheid icon…