Police in South Africa have arrested a TikToker who was falsely claiming to be a medical doctor. Matthew Lani, the fake doctor, was arrested when he tried to enter a health facility in South Africa. The educational institute said Lani has no academic background and doesn’t even have a school-leaving certificate.
A Quran neatly preserved in the Auwal Mosque in Cape Town, South Africa, tells a unique story of resistance and oppression. The Quran was written by an Imam of a mosque known as Abdullah ibn Qadi Abdus Salaam, from his memory while he was exiled to South Africa from Indonesia.
African penguins could go extinct by 2035, scientists have suggested. The population of penguins in Africa has declined sharply in the last century, due to increased human intervention and climate change. The species have already been enlisted in the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
An Israeli observer diplomate was told to leave the African Union summit currently held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The incident has left Israeli officials concerned about the intentions of the African Union. Israeli Foreign Ministry blamed Algeria and South Africa for what happened. Those told to leave included the Deputy Director for Africa at the Foreign Ministry, Sharon Barley, and some other members of the Israeli delegation.
South Africa, Russia, and China are holding joint naval exercises off the coast of South Africa. The 10-day military drills were criticized by the US as it shows indirect support to US rivals. Russia sent one of its best ships, Admiral Gorshkov, equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles.
Construction for the world’s largest radio-astronomy observatory is underway. The largest telescope will be constructed over vast areas in Australia and Africa. It will gather radio signals generated by celestial objects to provide answers to some of astronomy’s most puzzling questions.
South Africa’s historic Parliament complex was destroyed in a fire set by a man accused of setting it. The man has now been charged with
