Anti child trafficking regulations won’t hurt SA tourism – DG

Home Affairs Director General Mkuseli Apleni rejects travel industry complaints that new regulations governing the entry to South Africa of people travelling with children are a blunt instrument that will hurt the tourism industry. He says South Africa is by no means unique in applying the regulations that come into force on Monday. ends intro Director General […]

Zuma heads for Nigeria as Nkandla row rages on

President Jacob Zuma’s jetted off to Nigeria leaving behind a storm about his police  minister declaring he has  nothing to contribute towards the 20-million-euro security improvement to Zuma’s private home in Kwazulu/Natal. Zuma has some fence mending to do with incoming Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari after xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa. But the […]

World leaders fly in to witness Nigeria’s history in the making

Nigerians are about to experience an historic event: the peaceful handover of power from one elected party to another. President Jacob Zuma is among leaders from across the world who’ve flow in to witness the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari a former military dictator turned democrat. The sense of history in Nigeria is heightened by the […]

Military leader turned democrat sworn in as Nigeria’s president

Muhammadu Buhari, a former military leader of Nigeria has been sworn as the country’s first elected president to have democratically beaten his opponent. Leaders of more than 50 countries, including South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, were present to watch the historic event on Eagle Square in Abuja. US Secretary of State John Kerry leads the […]