Firefighters battle new blaze at South African parliament, suspect charged with arson (Update 2)
A new blaze broke out on Monday at the complex housing the two chambers of South Africa’s national parliament in Cape Town, one day after...
South Africa
Christmas plans in disarray for South African Cypriots
Omicron travel ban has separated families and disrupted business Like dozens of South African Cypriots, Michalis Polyviou was appalled by the government’s decision last...
Coronavirus: EU says travel ban was vital to buy scientists time
European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Monday that stopping flights to the EU from countries in the southern part of Africa was a necessary...
Coronavirus: Cyprus bans travellers from eight African countries (Update 2)
Entry from eight African countries has been banned as of Friday after a new coronavirus variant was detected. The latest decree by the health minister bans the...
S.Africa’s last white president, FW de Klerk, dies at home
South Africa’s last white president Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk died on Thursday morning at his home in Cape Town, the FW de Klerk Foundation said in a statement. “Former President...
South African leader says he will end mayhem as unrest flares again
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday he would not allow “anarchy and mayhem” to prevail in South Africa and suggested that a wave of violent...
South African crowds rampage, defying calls for end to violence
Crowds looted shops and businesses in South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70...
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as...
A sense of continuity for the South African Cypriot diaspora
The Cyprus Brotherhood of South Africa has served its expatriate community for decades, but the pandemic and the growing desire for Cypriots to return to...
J&J to send 2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to S.Africa by end-June
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson would send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the country by the end...
