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British and Irish Lions: South Africa captain Siya Kolisi tests positive for Covid-19

• 3 years   ago
• Sports

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi has tested positive for Covid-19, two weeks before the first Test against the British and Irish Lions.

Zaila Avant-garde: Teenager makes history at US spelling bee

• 3 years   ago
• International

Zaila Avant-garde, 14, became the first African American to win the 90-year-old Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling

Jacob Zuma: South Africa's former president hands himself over to police

• 3 years   ago
• International

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court.

Envoy outlines strong African presence of leaders in Qatar Economic Forum

• 3 years   ago
• Local

Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Republic of South Africa H E Tariq Ali Faraj Al Ansari highlighted the strong African presence of

Gunmen kidnap staff and baby from northwest Nigerian hospital

• 3 years   ago
• International

KADUNA - Gunmen kidnapped up to eight people, including the one-year-old child of a nurse, from a hospital's staff residential quarters in

South Africa's top court sentences ex-President Jacob Zuma

• 3 years   ago
• International

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in jail by the country's highest court.
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South Africa is considering letting women have multiple husbands

• 3 years   ago
• International

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Africa COVID trajectory is 'very concerning', WHO official says

• 3 years   ago
• International

The trend of COVID-19 cases in Africa is very concerning, a senior World Health Organization official said on Friday.
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GAC hosts first regional webinar entitled 'Free Zones for North Africa and the Middle and Near East'.

• 3 years   ago
• Local

The General Authority of Customs (GAC), represented by the Customs Training Center, organised the first regional webinar as part of the 2020-2021

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies at once in possible world record

• 3 years   ago
• International

BBC
A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies in what would be a new world record.

QFA President Meets President of Egyptian Al-Ahly Club

• 3 years   ago
• Local

HE President of Qatar Football Association (QFA) Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Thani met on Saturday with President of the Egyptian

Macron says France will help Africa make more COVID-19 vaccines locally

• 3 years   ago
• International

S.Africa to push for military action against Mozambique insurgents

• 3 years   ago
• International

South Africa will press for urgent military action by regional body SADC to quell an Islamist insurgency in Mozambique threatening to destabilize

Qatar Affirms that it is Making Unremitting Efforts Through Mediation to Resolve Conflicts in Africa

• 3 years   ago
• Local

The State of Qatar affirmed that over the past years it has made unremitting efforts, through mediation based on the United Nations Charter, to

'It's going to change our country': South Africa starts vaccinating over-60s

• 3 years   ago
• International

Indian, S.African coronavirus variants found in Americas, WHO expert says

• 3 years   ago
• International

The four most worrying coronavirus variants have been detected in virtually all countries and territories of the Americas, but although they are

State of Qatar and South Africa to sign 26 agreements in 2021

• 4 years   ago
• Local

The Ambassador of Qatar to South Africa H E Tariq Ali Faraj Al Ansari said that the State of Qatar and South Africa will be signing 26 significant

CAF announces venue for African Super Cup final

• 4 years   ago
• Local

  According to Qatar News Agency (QNA), the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that the final of African Super Cup

South Africa's Burmester races to five-stroke win at Tenerife Open

• 4 years   ago
• Sports

LONDON: South Africa's Dean Burmester captured his first European Tour title in just over four years on Sunday as he produced a bogey-free