A South African woman, Phindiswa Toshi Mpomposhe was stabbed to d3ath by her boyfriend, Mkhuseli Ludidi. Advocacy group Women For Change issued a statement on Thursday, January 9, 2025, regarding the incident in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on New Year’s Day. It was gathered that Phindiswa was murdered by Mkhuseli because she wore bum shorts at…
The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) has strongly condemned the alleged murder of a 37-year-old Nigerian, Mr Julius Chukwunta, by four South African nationals. Chukwunta, an indigene of Aninri Local Government Area in Enugu State, was reportedly attacked on December 7, 2024, near his residence in Midrand Protea Estate. According to NICASA President-General,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday, 2nd of December upon completion of his state visit. Our correspondent gathered that Mr President will then travel to South Africa to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. This was disclosed by Bayo Onanuga, the…
A total of 43 learners from a primary school in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, were sent to hospital for suspected food poisoning, local education authorities confirmed. The provincial education department said the learners from Ngaqa Primary School in Mtubatuba fell ill after consuming snacks purchased from street vendors outside the school. “The students were rushed…
A South African serial rapist – who assaulted children as young as nine years old – has received 42 life sentences and 791 years imprisonment for 94 counts of rape. Nkosinathi Phakathi was convicted of 90 counts of rape – attacks that he carried out between 2012 and 2021. The 40-year-old sometimes made children watch…
A 60-year-old White South African farmer identified as Zachariah Johannes Olivier, and his two workers, Adrian de Wet, 19, and William Musora, 50, have been accused of killing two Black women, Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, and feeding their bodies to pigs. The alleged murder of the two Black women has sparked outrage…
South Africa has denied visas to Nigeria’s national under-18 basketball team, preventing them from participating in the 2024 FIBA U18 Afrobasket tournament set to take place in Cape Town from December 14 to 22. The South African Consulate in Abuja denied the male players’ visas. The Vice Chairman, Nigerian Basketball Federation, Ugo Udezue, confirmed the…
Nigerians and South Africans’ online debacle took a new dimension on Thursday morning after both divides engaged in another supremacy battle. Citizens from two countries went for each others’ jugulars by ordering e-hailing drivers from opposing countries in the comfort of their homes. While South Africans began the show by allegedly ordering Bolt and Uber…
A 61-year-old nurse has been arrested for visiting her patient, without the consent of the family, amid accusations that she ended up seducing him and has allegedly been sexually abusing him. Sithembile Chipere, who is a widow, has been nursing Herbert Mlambo, 72, for some time. Mlambo family members stopped Sithembile from nursing or visiting…