Ndou 'shares Mandela's dream' in fight for SA office

18.05.2024 05:00 Former boxing world champion Lovemore Ndou compares himself to Nelson Mandela before he runs for election in South Africa.

Throwing cash in the air - Nigeria's wedding dilemma

18.05.2024 05:00 Spraying money - flinging cash at the happy couple - is a highlight of many ceremonies but is illegal.

Mass wedding for Nigeria orphans sparks outcry

17.05.2024 18:46 Nigeria's women's minister says she has filed a court order to stop the ceremony planned for next week.

Ndou 'shares Mandela's dream' in fight for SA office

17.05.2024 18:46 Former boxing world champion Lovemore Ndou compares himself to Nelson Mandela before he runs for election in South Africa.

Bekele Kipchoge - will Paris 2024 be final showdown?

17.05.2024 18:46 Kenenisa Bekele will face fellow all-time great Eliud Kipchoge at the Olympics, 21 years on from their first meeting in a final.

Israel accuses South Africa of false claims at ICJ

17.05.2024 18:46 Israel's lawyers push back against South Africa, which is trying to get its Rafah offensive stopped.

South African photographer wins top prize

17.05.2024 09:00 Lebohang Kganye has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for her exhibition Haufi nyana? I've come to take you home

Meghan mania and big skirts: Africa's top shots

17.05.2024 09:00 A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent.

Scientists may have solved mystery of Egyptian pyramids' construction

17.05.2024 09:00 Scientists say the ancient wonders are likely to have been built along a now-dried up branch of the River Nile.

South Africa seeks halt to Israel's Gaza offensive

16.05.2024 23:30 It says Israel must be forced to stop its operation in Rafah, in a fresh bid to the UN's top court.

Algerian man found alive in cellar after 26 years

16.05.2024 23:30 Officials have arrested a 61-year-old man suspected of keeping him prisoner.

Worshippers locked in Nigeria mosque and set on fire

16.05.2024 13:15 A suspected arsonist sprays a mosque with petrol and sets it on fire over a family dispute, police say.

Man from Ghana told he is not British after 42 years in UK

16.05.2024 13:15 Nelson Shardey now faces a 10-year wait for "settlement" and a bill running into thousands of pounds.

Why South Africa's health insurance is causing ructions

16.05.2024 03:15 President Ramaphosa approves a law that seeks to provide universal health care for all - but not everyone is happy.

The race to raise blood money to halt an execution

16.05.2024 03:15 A Kenyan mother's desperate attempts to save her son who is on death row in Saudi Arabia.