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Four people are killed and five others are injured after a mass shooting in KwaMashu, Durban, South Africa.
2023-02-1

Sweden reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa.
2021-11-29

The first batch consisting 80,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, which is unapproved for general use in South Africa and worldwide.
2021-02-16

Police in South Africa launch a manhunt for the killers of nine illegal miners who were stoned to death in western Johannesburg. All nine killed were from Lesotho.
2020-02-1

A adj=on - m wide asteroid named 2018 LA was estimated (before impact) to have an 82% chance of having impacted Earth today, with several corroborating reports from Botswana. An OFM media report from near Klerksdorp, North West province, South Africa, describes "'a light' falling from the sky" at 18:49 (UTC+02:00) Saturday night.
2018-06-2

Shareholders in Australian retailer David Jones Limited agree to accept a $2 billion takeover from South African retailer Woolworths.
2014-07-14

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is readmitted to a Pretoria hospital in a serious condition with a recurring lung infection.
2013-06-8

Between 19 and 30 people are killed after a train crashes into a truck carrying farm labourers near the South African town of Malelane.
2012-07-13

Talks begin between the government and workers striking for better conditions in South Africa in the third week of a conflict which has seen troops deployed.
2010-08-30

South African health minister Aaron Motsoaledi accuses of murder public sector workers who disrupt important treatment of patients while striking for better pay.
2010-08-20