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  • EAM Jaishankar to visit South Africa, Namibia from June 1 to 6 May 31, 2023 11:19 AM IST

    EAM Jaishankar to visit South Africa, Namibia from June 1 to 6

    "The external affairs minister will visit South Africa from June 1 to 3 to participate in the BRICS foreign ministers meeting being held in Capetown," the MEA said in a statement.

  • India should fence Cheetah habitats; worst still to come: South African expert May 25, 2023 03:36 PM IST

    India should fence Cheetah habitats; worst still to come: South African expert

    Several experts, even the Supreme Court, have expressed concerns over lack of space and logistical support in Kuno park in Madhya Pradesh and have suggested shifting cheetahs to other sanctuaries.

  • Cholera outbreak claims ten more lives in South Africa May 21, 2023 10:57 PM IST

    Cholera outbreak claims ten more lives in South Africa

    South Africa reported its first cholera death in February, after the virus arrived in the country from Malawi.

  • Trading in Indian rupees will strengthen ties between India and South Africa and promote trade relationships: CII-IBF (SA) President May 07, 2023 07:42 PM IST

    Trading in Indian rupees will strengthen ties between India and South Africa and promote trade relationships: CII-IBF (SA) President

    Praveer Tripathi, the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry-India Business Forum (CII-IBF) in South Africa, made the remarks in his keynote address at the KwaZulu Natal International Business Association (KIBA) Gala Dinner hosted in Durban on Saturday.

  • Expect India to be Citroen's biggest growth driver outside Europe: CEO Thierry Koskas April 27, 2023 09:36 PM IST

    Expect India to be Citroen's biggest growth driver outside Europe: CEO Thierry Koskas

    The company, which unveiled its all-new mid-sized SUV C3 Aircross, will introduce another new product next year as it seeks to have a presence in the core segments of the Indian market.

  • Second South African cheetah dies at MP's Kuno National Park in a month April 24, 2023 09:36 AM IST

    Second South African cheetah dies at MP's Kuno National Park in a month

    Uday is the second cheetah to die at this park in a month. In March, another cheetah named Sasha, which was brought to India from Namibia, due to renal failure.

  • South African request to extradite Gupta brothers dismissed by UAE court April 07, 2023 02:36 PM IST

    South African request to extradite Gupta brothers dismissed by UAE court

    The brothers are accused of using their connections with Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018, to win contracts, influence cabinet appointments and siphon off state funds. Zuma and the Guptas have denied all wrongdoing.

  • Deadly cobra in cockpit forces pilot to make emergency landing April 06, 2023 09:36 AM IST

    Deadly cobra in cockpit forces pilot to make emergency landing

    A pilot in South Africa was forced to make an emergency landing after spotting a highly venomous Cape cobra in the cockpit.

  • Guptas wanted in South Africa submit bids for asylum March 31, 2023 01:57 PM IST

    Guptas wanted in South Africa submit bids for asylum

    The brothers sent applications to the authorities in Cameroon and the Central African Republic, the Paris-based newsletter said. The governments of both countries are considering the requests, it said.

  • Indian delegation explores investment opportunities in South Africa and Botswana March 30, 2023 06:18 AM IST

    Indian delegation explores investment opportunities in South Africa and Botswana

    The delegation from the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) explored the business opportunities in these two nations.

  • South Africa is on the road to becoming a failed state March 29, 2023 05:21 PM IST

    South Africa is on the road to becoming a failed state

    The euphoria in financial markets that accompanied Cyril Ramaphosa's election victory in 2018 failed to account for the corruption and theft that have become the nation’s dominant post-apartheid leitmotifs

  • News bulletin or comedy skit? Why Anand Mahindra was stumped by this video March 21, 2023 07:23 PM IST

    News bulletin or comedy skit? Why Anand Mahindra was stumped by this video

    Anand Mahindra was amused by the South African video clip and wished that Indian TV was this interesting.

  • Nokia signs deal with MTN to expand 5G in South Africa February 28, 2023 06:54 AM IST

    Nokia signs deal with MTN to expand 5G in South Africa

    "Under the deal, Nokia will modernise the existing 2G, 3G, 4G radio network and expand MTN's 5G radio network across 2,800 sites in the central and eastern part of the country," Nokia said in a statement. Nokia did not give financial details of the deal.

  • In Pics: Australia beat South Africa to win Women's T20 World Cup for 3rd straight title February 27, 2023 11:05 AM IST

    In Pics: Australia beat South Africa to win Women's T20 World Cup for 3rd straight title

    Australia won the Women's T20 World Cup on February 26, beating host South Africa by a comfortable 19 runs to underline its status as the best team in the world with a third straight title. Australia has now won six of the eight T20 World Cups played.

  • Australia wins record-extending sixth women's T20 World Cup title February 26, 2023 09:45 PM IST

    Australia wins record-extending sixth women's T20 World Cup title

    Australia's previous victories came in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2020.

  • FATF puts South Africa, Nigeria on 'grey list' February 25, 2023 08:12 AM IST

    FATF puts South Africa, Nigeria on 'grey list'

    The decision of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) indicates to global banks, financial institutions and investors that these countries are not fully compliant with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing standards.

  • Women's T20 World Cup: South Africa register an upset win over England, reach final February 24, 2023 10:40 PM IST

    Women's T20 World Cup: South Africa register an upset win over England, reach final

    The game went down to the wire thanks to the efforts of Ismail (3/27) and Khaka (4/29), who both came up with momentum changing overs.

  • Russia will not fire Zircon missile at South Africa naval exercise February 22, 2023 07:36 PM IST

    Russia will not fire Zircon missile at South Africa naval exercise

    South Africa's government has long-standing ties to Moscow dating back to its struggle against apartheid, though it says it maintains a neutral stance on the war in Ukraine.

  • 12 cheetahs brought from South Africa served first meal at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh February 20, 2023 01:20 PM IST

    12 cheetahs brought from South Africa served first meal at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh

    The seven male and five female felines, brought as part of the Indian government's ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme, were served 65 to 70 kg of buffalo meat at around 5.30 pm on Sunday in the 10 quarantine bomas and they ate it all, KNP Divisional Forest Officer PK Verma told PTI.

  • Project Cheetah: Kuno National Park welcomes second batch of cheetahs from South Africa February 18, 2023 04:09 PM IST

    Project Cheetah: Kuno National Park welcomes second batch of cheetahs from South Africa

    Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister for Environment and Forests Bhupender Yadav released the second batch of 12 cheetahs brought from South Africa, to their new home Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh on February 18.

  • Project Cheetah: 12 big cats arrive in Gwalior from South Africa; will be taken to Kuno National Park February 18, 2023 12:42 PM IST

    Project Cheetah: 12 big cats arrive in Gwalior from South Africa; will be taken to Kuno National Park

    The intercontinental translocation of these fastest land animals - first from Namibia and now from South Africa - is part of the Indian government's ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme.

  • IAF plane carrying 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrives in Gwalior February 18, 2023 10:41 AM IST

    IAF plane carrying 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrives in Gwalior

    These cheetahs – seven males and five females – comprise the second set of big cats coming to the Kuno National Park.

  • Indian junior women's hockey team beats South Africa 8-1 February 18, 2023 09:50 AM IST

    Indian junior women's hockey team beats South Africa 8-1

    The visitors displayed good structure in their attack with successive goals coming their way from the very first minute of the match.

  • In Pics: India to welcome 12 cheetahs from South Africa on February 18 February 17, 2023 07:15 PM IST

    In Pics: India to welcome 12 cheetahs from South Africa on February 18

    The Indian Air Force's C-17 Globemaster Cargo plane is bringing the 12 cheetahs from South Africa to India. The Cheetahs are loaded for their new home in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.

  • 12 cheetahs to be flown in from South Africa on February 18: Environment minister Bhupender Yadav February 16, 2023 12:03 PM IST

    12 cheetahs to be flown in from South Africa on February 18: Environment minister Bhupender Yadav

    Under the ambitious Cheetah reintroduction programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had released the first batch of eight spotted felines -- five females and three males -- from Namibia into a quarantine enclosure at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on his 72nd birthday on September 17 last year.