It was a shocking experience for many South Africans as a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Johannesburg, waking up people and causing damage to some buildings, seismologists and residents say. Shaking was widely felt across the city and the region as a whole.The earthquake happened at 2:38 a.m. on Sunday and was centered just 6 kilometers south of Alberton, or roughly 16 kilometers southeast of central Johannesburg, according to seismologists.The U.S. Geo...

A woman and her Nigerian boyfriend were arrested with drugs by members of the East London Tactical Response Team (TRT) in Eastern Cape, South Africa.The provincial spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Captain Yolisa Mgolodela, in a statement on Wednesday, March 22, said Promise Uchechukwu, 29, and his girlfriend, Anihle Sikade, 27, were arrested on Saturday, March 18.He said after the TRT’s R75 000 drug bust, the investigation w...

A 53-year-old Nigerian national who has been identified as Lawrence Chinagorom Uche got arrested by the police in South Africa for allegedly pretending to be a lawyer.Uche was arrested last Friday following the execution of warrant issued by the Vereeniging Magistrates Court in November 2022.The suspect appeared in court on Monday, February 13, 2023, and the case was postponed to Friday.The Hawks' Serious Corruption investigation has exposed Uche?s deceit of pretend...