Plans are underway to mark the first remembrance anniversary of late Nelson Mandela, former South African president and apartheid leader with 6 minutes and 7 seconds of noise and silence, Nelson Mandela Foundation, NMF has announced. According to a statement released on Saturday by the Foundation, the event to mark the one year remembrance of…
South Africa Receives 66 Bodies from Synagogue Building Collapse
Tears flowed freely on Saturday when 66 bodies of South Africans who lost their lives after a six storey guesthouse collapsed in the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN on September 12 were handed over to South African authorities. The corpses 40 from Mainland Hospital, Yaba and 26 collected from Isolo General…
Nigerian Designers Make African Fashion Awards 2014 Nominees List
Five Nigerians have been nominated for the 2014 African Fashion Awards. They include Omoyemi Akerele of Style House Files, Lisa Folawiyo of eponymous fashion label, Amaka Osakwe of Maki Oh, Favour Lucky & Imade Ogbewi both models from Isis Modelling Agency. It’s not just a Nigerian affair though as designers from South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and…
Nigerian Sammie Okposo Nominated for South Africa’s Biggest Gospel Awards
Nigerian gospel artiste and Globacom ambassador Sammie Okposo, has been shortlisted for this year’s South-Africa gospel music awards, SABC Crown Music Awards Okposo is the only Nigerian artiste nominated for the awards and he is in the same category with four other African gospel artistes, Frank Chimpazi, Shongwe & Khuphuka, Saved Group and Seapour N.…
CAF Mourns Slain South Africa National Team Goalkeeper
Issa Hayatou, President of African soccer’s governing body, Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Monday expressed shock and dismay at the shooting of Senzo Robert Meyiwa, South Africa national team goalkeeper and Orlando Pirates player. The South African Football Association, SAFA, has reported that Meyiwa was shot and killed in what was reported to be…
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