Sources: BBC
Malta reports four more cases of the 501.V2 variant that originated in South Africa. 2021-04-23
Washington reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in King County. 2021-02-23
Two passenger trains collide in Pretoria, South Africa, killing at least four people and injuring at least 620 others. 2019-01-8
South Africa's governing party, the African National Congress, starts a 5-day conference where President Jacob Zuma faces a challenge from Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. 2012-12-16
Producers on the South African version of the "Big Brother" TV series evict a male housemate who punched a female housemate, bowing to pressure from women's rights activists after initially accepting the physical confrontation. 2010-09-17
Jeremy Ractliffe, former head of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, admits he kept possible blood diamonds to protect the reputations of Mandela, Naomi Campbell and the fund but that he gave them to South African police and is willing to testify at Charles Taylor's trial. 2010-08-6
A fire at a retirement home in Nigel, Gauteng, South Africa, kills 18 people. 2010-08-2
South Africa recalls its ambassador to Israel to show what it describes as its "strongest condemnation of the attack". 2010-06-3
A bid is unsuccessful by South Africa's Jamiatul Ulama Transvaal to stop the publication of Jonathan Shapiro's cartoon of Muhammad on a psychiatrist's couch bemoaning his followers' sense of humour failure. 2010-05-21
South Africa announces it has intercepted a ship carrying North Korean arms destined for central Africa, travelling by way of China, in violation of Security Council Resolution 1874. [http:--online.wsj.com-article-SB10001424052748704479404575087411640791960.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines ("Wall Street Journal")] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-169703-china-probes-path-of-seized-north-korea-arms ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2010-02-25