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#DeadPose Gone Wrong: Teenage poser dies in South Africa as unsuspecting friends cheer on

Tshidi Ngwenya, said to be an enthusiastic dead poser, died in Pretoria after swallowing her tongue during one of her many poses while her friends cheered her on.

Black man shoved into coffin alive by white South African farmers

Two 28-year-old white South African farmers, Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins were charged to court after a video showing them forcefully pushing a black man, Victor into a coffin and threatening to burn him alive went viral.

Independence Day: South Africans join Nigerian students in million youth anti-victimisation march

They are also voicing displeasure at “anti-education” government policies.

South Africa: Police fire stun grenades, arrest 31 as students protest nationwide

Student say they cannot afford higher school fees.

Guards kill Nigerian businessman in South Africa

The Nigerian union has reported the incident to the South African police for investigation.

Over 400 homeless after South Africa tornado

Over 200 houses lost their roof to the thunderstorm.

Mall’s roof collapses as tornado sweeps through South African town

The weather has been bad following cold and rainy spells in the last couple of days.

Stephen Keshi: Memorial service in South Africa slated for July 23

The event will take place six days before his burial.

Gugu Zulu: South African Racing driver dies climbing Kilimanjaro for Mandela Day

Zulu reportedly experienced breathing problems during the climb.

Elephant chases 47-yr-old woman, crushes her to death

It is the second of such incidents in the wildlife park.

Deadly orphanage fire kills seven children, one teenager

The orphanage caters for children victims of abuse.

Twitter can’t believe Oscar Pistorius got only 6 years for murdering girlfriend

White privilege: People say Oscar Pistorious would’ve been roasted had he been a black man.

Evangelist nabbed while trying to export N1.2 billion narcotics to South Africa

Arinze: “I made a mistake venturing into this business, it is my fault.”

Passenger bus runs through sidewalk, kills three children, one other

More ambulances were called to assist with the multiple casualty incident.

Family of six injured as house roof collapses under heavy rain

Fortunately, no one was killed in the incident.

2 die, 24 injured after school bus collides with SUV

23 other children escaped with varying degree of injuries.

Condoms “too small” for Venda men, reports say

The venda tribe is one of the minority groups in South Africa.

Photos: Creativity or depravity? Primary school uses bus as classroom

Will Africa ever get out of this mess?