Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Pretoria

US envoy says Russian ship picked up arms in South Africa

The United States envoy to South Africa said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship had picked up weapons in South Africa, in a possible breach of Pretoria's declared neutrality in the Ukraine conflict.

Reuters

How a Plus Audio System Powers "The Cube" at a Pretoria Church

3Ci calls on Stage Audio Works to equip ‘the Cube’ as part of second phase.

AVNetwork

Ugandan LGBTQ activist rallies support for compatriots after anti-gay bill

DeLovie Kwagala (Papa De), a queer Ugandan photographer and activist, was living in South Africa when the news came that Uganda's parliament had passed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ bills.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

How Oscar Pistorius went from Olympic and Paralympic icon to world's most famous murderer

Oscar Pistorius, who has served half of his 13-year sentence for murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, once inspired millions but is now behind bars

Daily Mirror

South Africans protest Uganda law criminalising LGBTQ identity

South Africans took to the streets of Pretoria and Cape Town on Friday to protest against a Ugandan law passed last week that makes it a criminal offence to be openly LGBTQ.

Reuters

Oscar Pistorius denied parole over killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Former Paralympic and Olympic star was automatically eligible for parole consideration after serving half his sentence

The Guardian - UK

Oscar Pistorius: from 'Blade Runner' hero to convicted murderer

Oscar Pistorius, known as the "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, was denied parole on Friday after he sought early release from prison where he is serving a 13-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

South Africa's Ramaphosa welcomes Belgium's King Philippe

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilda to the capital Pretoria, lauded the European country for its assistance to Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Israel Slams South Africa Parliament Decision To Downgrade Ties

Israel on Wednesday slammed as "disgraceful" the South African parliament's decision to downgrade Jerusalem's embassy in Pretoria to a liaison office

Zenger

South African Scientists Use Bugs in War against Water Hyacinth Weed

The Hartbeespoort dam in South Africa used to be brimming with people enjoying scenic landscapes and recreational water sports. Now, the visitors are greeted to the sight of boats stuck in a sea of invasive green water hyacinth weed. The spike in Harties - as Hartbeespoort is known - can…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Reeva Steenkamp's chilling messages to Oscar Pistorius before he shot her dead

Prosecutors in Pretoria, South Africa, had argued that superstar athlete and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius gunned down his 29-year-old lover Reeva Steenkamp in cold blood after an argument

Daily Mirror

6 chilling moments in Oscar Pistorius trial - including photo that made him retch

Prosecutors in Pretoria, South Africa, had argued that superstar athlete and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius gunned down his 29-year-old lover Reeva Steenkamp in cold blood after an argument

Daily Mirror

Oscar Pistorius must never be freed for killing my sister, says Reeva Steenkamp brother

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, dead at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, on Valentine's Day 2013 - with him later being sentenced to 13 years in prison for her murder

Daily Mirror

Oscar Pistorius's life behind bars on 10th anniversary of death of Reeva Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, 10 years ago. The Mirror has been given exclusive details of Pistorius’s life in Atteridgeville prison

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Analysis-Southern Africa calls the tune as great power suitors queue up

South Africa and its neighbours were at the centre of a tussle for influence this week when top Russian and U.S. officials visited, offering a rare moment of leverage for governments on a continent more used to being buffeted by events than wooed.

Al Jazeera

Why South Africa continues to be neutral in Ukraine-Russia war

Pretoria has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion but continues to call for dialogue.

France 24

South Africa hails friendship with Russia

In tonight's edition: Opposition voices in South Africa and international critics of the Kremlin slam Pretoria's welcoming of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Also, the United Nations, Amnesty International and the European Union call for a prompt and impartial investigation into the killing of a human rights lawyer in Eswatini.…

The Conversation

Ernest Cole: South Africa's most famous photobook has been republished after 55 years

Photographer Ernest Cole was born in 1940 in the Pretoria township of Eersterust, just before apartheid was formally introduced in South Africa in 1948.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels start disarming under terms of Pretoria peace deal

Tigrayan rebels began handing in their heavy weapons on Wednesday, a crucial element in the peace deal signed with the federal government last November, ending the two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia.

Daily Mirror

Woman who claimed to have given birth to 10 babies at once is exposed as fantasist

Gosiame Sithole, from Pretoria, South Africa, claimed to have given birth to 10 children, or decuplets, in June 2021 - but public prosecutors found the birth didn't happen and that Sithole wasn't even pregnant at the time

Daily Mirror

Return to abandoned street with forgotten homes hit by vandals and arson

Three years ago residents in Pretoria Street, Hull, felt forgotten as they were left to live in an area besieged by drug abuse and crime - but that has all changed now

The Independent UK

South Africa paroles convicted killer of anti-apartheid icon

The convicted killer of South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani has been released from prison in the capital Pretoria after serving more than 28 years for the 1993 murder

Irish Mirror

Missing South Africa international Sbu Nkosi found "safe and sound"

The Pretoria-based outfit revealed at the weekend that Nkosi had been reported as missing to police

France 24

Senegal supporters rejoice as team go through to World Cup knockouts in Qatar

Senegal are through to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar after a sensational 2-1 victory over Ecuador. Also, lawyers are striking in Chad over a mass trial of detained anti-government protesters following deadly demonstrations in late October. And the convicted murderer of anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani…

Reuters

S.African civil servants plan protests to pressure govt over wages

South African civil servants will march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital Pretoria and in the country's other eight provinces next Tuesday to pressure the government over a wage dispute.

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Amnesty International

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.