South Africa

France issues revised entry rules

Paris: The French government removed South Africa and some other countries from the list of places subject to highly restricted…

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Emirates Airline resumes flights to this destination

Dubai: Emirates Airline will resume flights to a city in South Africa. The national air carrier of Dubai will operate…

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IND vs SA test II: Captain’s knock help South Africa for a series levelling win against India

  With the spectacular innings played by captain Dean Elgar (96*), the hosts bagged a seven-wicket victory at the Wanderers,…

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South Africa fights a ‘second pandemic’ of rape and abuse

A group of ladies wearing orange bibs, walk across a notoriously crime-ridden Johannesburg ghetto, knocking on houses and stopping anyone…

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India’s first training session ahead of Test series in SA; BCCI shares pics

  Team India led by Virat Kohli has commenced their preparations for the upcoming three-match Test series in South Africa.…

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Omicron proves to be milder but better at evading vaccines: reports

As the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus spreads over the world, the it is giving further signs about what…

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Qatar Airways to resume services from two more cities

Doha: Qatar Airways has announced that it will resume passenger flights from two South African cities. The national air carrier…

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EgyptAir to resume flights to this country

Cairo: EgyptAir has announced that it will resume flights to South Africa from December 16. The national air carrier of…

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Omicron: Country bans passengers from France

Manila: The Philippines government has decided to ban passengers from France. The decision was taken to contain the spread of…

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CSA announces new schedule for India-South Africa series: Full schedule

Cape Town: Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced the revised schedule of the India tour of South Africa. CSA has reduced…

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South Africa strengthens vaccine campaign as Covid surges

To counteract a rapid rise in new COVID-19 cases a week after the discovery of the Omicron variant of the…

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Covid cases in South Africa double in single day amid Omicron fears

Authorities in South Africa announced on Wednesday that new cases of COVID-19 nearly doubled in a day, indicating a substantial…

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Emirates Airlines resume flight service to this city

Dubai: Emirates Airlines announced that it will operate four passenger flights a week to Johannesburg, South Africa from December 1…

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Qatar Airways bans passengers from two more African countries

Doha: Qatar Airways has suspended passenger flight services from Angola and Zambia. The national air carrier of Qatar informed that…

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South Africa lets out feelers as to why its being punished for an early detection of Omicron;

On Saturday, South Africa complained about being punished for being able to detect the new COVID-19 variants early, as travel…

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Switzerland adds five more countries to quarantine list

Geneva: Switzerland added five more countries to its quarantine list. The country took this decision to contain the spread of…

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Omicron forces South Africa to shut down sporting activities

Following the discovery of a new coronavirus variety in the country, South Africa began shutting down sports activities on Friday,…

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African country reimposes quarantine for all foreigners

Kigali: Rwandan government has decided to reimpose a mandatory 24-hour quarantine for all foreigners coming to the country. The new…

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Canada revises entry rules, bans foreigners who have traveled through S. Africa

Toronto: Canada banned the entry of foreigners who have travelled through southern Africa in the last 14 days. The countries…

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Gulf country suspends flights, entry of passengers from 7 countries

Riyadh: The Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia suspended flights from seven African countries. It also imposed an entry ban…

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Etihad Airways suspends flights to and from this city

Abu Dhabi: Etihad Airways has temporarily suspended passenger services between Abu Dhabi and Johannesburg from November 30 until further notice.…

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New Covid variant likely to appear in UK, British Covid genomics head warns

The new coronavirus variation B.1.1.529, which is circulating in South Africa, is likely to turn up in the United Kingdom,…

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Another European country imposes entry ban on 8 African countries

Rome: Italy imposed an entry ban on people who have visited any one of eight southern African states in the…

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Gulf country issues updated ‘Red list’, suspends flights from six countries

Manama: Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) in Bahrain has issued updated ‘Red List’ of countries. Six countries from Africa were included…

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More countries restrict arrivals from South Africa

Paris: Following the United Kingdom, several other countries suspended flights to and from South Africa and neighbouring countries. France on…

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New Covid variant detected in South Africa; flights banned from 6 countries…

London: The United Kingdom temporarily banned flights from six African countries including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini…

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South African workers strike against low wages at Massmart

Thousands of workers in South Africa, dissatisfied with low wages and changes in terms and conditions of employment, went on…

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‘The game will not be the same without you’: Du Plessis pens note for De Villiers

  As South African Cricket legend AB de Villiers announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on Friday, former…

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UNICEF says 19,000 migrant children cross scary jungle on their way to United States.

The United Nations Children’s Agency UNICEF, stated on Monday that 19,000 migrant children have traversed the dangerous jungles that span…

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South Africa should not rush its transition from coal power, says Energy Minister.

  Gwede Mantashe, the Mining and Energy Minister of South Africa said on Thursday that South Africa should not rush…

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South African workers union launches indefinite strike.

South Africa’s largest metalworkers union launched an indefinite strike seeking rise in pay on Tuesday. The industry and union officials…

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South Africa relaxes Covid regulations to the lowest level.

  The Covid-19 restrictions of South Africa have been eased to the lowest level as the country gradually opens up…

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A journalist’s view of Mahatma Gandhi: His thoughts on newspapers

Mahatma Gandhi, born on October 2nd, 1869, is best known in India as a freedom fighter but the world knows…

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Etihad Airways announces new services

Abu Dhabi: The national air carrier of the UAE, Etihad Airways has announced three passenger flight services. Etihad has announced…

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South Africa wants major financial support to shift from coal power.

  As the climate envoys from United Kingdom,Germany, America and France visited South Africa, it told the climate envoys that…

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