South Africa

March 28, (THEWILL) - South Africa's Under-23 national soccer team has failed to secure a spot at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations after a goalless draw against Congo-Brazzaville, in an away second-leg qualifier on Monday. The result...

March 14, (THEWILL) - A 37-year-old Nigerian national, Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Limpopo artist, Shaun-Doughlas Chabalala, in South Africa. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Sunnyside Police, Captain Daniel Mavimbela,...

February 11, (THEWILL) - South African rapper, Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, popularly known as AKA, is dead. AKA was reportedly shot dead in a drive-by shooting on Florida Road, in South Africa, on Friday night. The South African police department has...

February 02, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's national Under-17 football team, the Golden Eaglets, will compete in Group B of the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. The Eaglets will face Morocco, South Africa and Zambia in their group matches, which...

January 14, (THEWILL) – Nigeria's Aruna Quadri, the African champion and 15th-ranked player in the world, has advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis contender competition in Durban, South Africa. He defeated Chinese player, Sun When,...

December 19, (THEWILL) – South Africa's ruling party, African National Congress (ANC), has re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa, as its new leader for the next five years, the party announced. Declaring the result on Monday, Kgalema Motlanthe, the ANC elections chief,...

November 20, (THEWILL) - Kenyan President, William Ruto, has announced a visa-free deal with the South-African government from 2023. Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and William Ruto, jointly announced this agreement on Wednesday, allowing Kenyans with ordinary passports to be granted entry...

October 30, (THEWILL) - Jean-Claude Havyarimana, an ardent racer from South Africa, will run at the 2022 Instabul marathon to raise Funds on behalf of The Zeebah Foundation, for those affected by Autism The Istanbul Marathon is scheduled for Sunday,...

December 03, (THEWILL) - Two members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security team have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, in Nigeria. South Africa's President, Ramaphosa had landed in Nigeria on Tuesday night for the first leg of his West African tour, amid...

July 27, (THEWILL) - South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm Transnet says its main port terminals have been hit by a major cyber attack, prompting it to turn to a rarely-invoked clause releasing it from liability. In a letter to its customers,...