Possible recount in ANC vote as members celebrate Ramaphosa’s win
A member of the top organ of South Africa’s governing party (ANC) has confirmed to a local media portal, Eye Witness that the party’s steering committee is ‘looking into possible…
World HIV/AIDS conference [The Morning Call]
The progress on the fight against HIV/AIDS in the continent was described as enormous over the last 15 years at the world aids conference in Durban, South Africa. While there…
VICE News Daily: Beyond The Headlines – October 3, 2014
Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Israel’s controversial housing project revealed… source
‘Hegemonic corporations scared as BRICS plan bank to rival IMF’
A new global bank is being born in South Africa – where the world’s top emerging economies are meeting. The new financial powerhouse would be a direct challenger to the…
Selling the Rhino in South Africa: VICE News Tonight on HBO
A rise in poaching over the last decade reduced the world’s population of white rhinos to 20000. South Africa is home to the majority of them. 2016 saw a 10%…
WHO says Australia exported listeria-tainted melons to nine countries
GENEVA (Reuters) – Melons contaminated with deadly listeriosis bacteria were exported to at least nine countries from Australia, where an outbreak has killed seven people and caused one miscarriage, the…
Worst drought in 30 years hits Sout Africa – BBC News
South Africa is facing one of the worst droughts to hit the region in 30 years. Many small farmers are expected to go out of business as food production and…
Worst drought in 30 years hits Sout Africa – BBC News
South Africa is facing one of the worst droughts to hit the region in 30 years. Many small farmers are expected to go out of business as food production and…
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Activist Dies at 81
Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela-Mandela, a stalwart in South Africa’s fight against apartheid passed away at a hospital in Johannesburg on April 2. She was 81. Born the fourth of eight…
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Anti-Apartheid Campaigner, Is Dead At 81
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the anti-apartheid campaigner and controversial wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela while he was imprisoned on Robben Island, died on Monday. She was 81. A family…