Veteran actress Lillian Dube has lambasted the entertainment industry for neglecting legends like Joe Mafela while he was still alive. Lillian just hours after news of Joe’s death emerged in a car accident, and said that she felt like the industry had
As Millions South Africans woke up to the news of actor Joe Mafela’s death on Sunday morning, social media has been filled with an outpouring of tributes. In the wake of his death friends, colleagues and fans have shared fond memories of the legendary actor. Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa wrote: “We are
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Metro police spokesperson Edna Mamonyane confirmed the news in a statement they issued. She confirmed that Mafela was involved in a car accident at around 10pm on the M1 North between the Oxford and Houghton Road off-ramps in Johannesburg. “We can confirm that at 21:45 on M1 North between the Oxford and Houghton turn-offs there
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Nigeria’s leader in the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says the good relations between leaders must trickle down to the citizens of the two countries because Nigerians only hear about violence in South Africa. “There is nowhere in the world you hear rightly or wrongly that your people are being attacked in systemic, continuous way.
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The High Court in Johannesburg has sentenced one Eke Ogochukwu to 20 years in prison for trafficking a 15-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution. According to EWN, Ogochukwu was found guilty of four charges relating to human trafficking. The teenager had escaped from him in August 2015 and received help from a nearby church
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South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema has urged the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to gather courage and tell President Robert Mugabe to say his ‘Goodbye’s and step down. Malema said the regional bloc, SADC, must draw courage and inspiration from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that
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Amidst the wave of xenophobia sweeping through some South African cities, the government of South Africa has deported 100 Nigerians for committing various offences. The deportees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Monday [February 27, 2017] night in a chartered aircraft with the registration number GBB710 from Johannesburg. The News Agency of
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President Jacob Zuma says the world is being fed an incorrect perception that all South Africans are xenophobic. Speaking to journalists outside Rietgat Police Station following a crime intervention visit to Soshanguve near Pretoria‚ Zuma said he did not feel that current violence‚ looting and clashes between police and protesters in Jeppestown was as a
Read More →Doors and windows were smashed in, and food and other items were strewn on the floor in stores believed to belong to immigrants in Jeppestown, an area in the central business district, a Reuters witness said. Aout 100 people ransacked shops in Johannesburg overnight, police said on Monday, in the latest burst of xenophobic attacks
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