Sources: BBC
The bodies of nine illegal miners trapped inside a gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, are recovered by police. 2025-01-16
In South Africa, 15 people are killed in a mass shooting at a bar in Soweto, Gauteng. Four more are killed at a tavern in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Many others are wounded in both attacks. 2022-07-10
Sweden reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa. 2021-11-29
Spain will restrict travel to South Africa and Brazil due to concerns about new variants of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-02-2
South Africa approves a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca for emergency use in the country. 2021-01-27
Denmark bans travel to non-residents from South Africa over concerns of the 501.V2 variant. 2021-01-6
Prominent scientist and HIV-AIDS researcher Gita Ramjee dies from COVID-19 in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 2020-03-31
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says white South African farmers could receive fast-track visas on "humanitarian grounds" amid calls to transfer land ownership from white to black farmers, and fears over the number of racially-motivated farm killings. 2018-03-14
Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa meet in Durban for the 2013 BRICS summit. 2013-03-26
The managing director of the French Football Federation, Jean-Louis Valentin, quits after the France national football team participates in a public row with him and then a boycott during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. 2010-06-20