Sources: BBC
One person is killed and 109 schoolchildren are injured in a head-on collision between a pick-up truck and a school bus on R510 in Thabazimbi, Limpopo, South Africa. 2026-01-22
A tavern owner is killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting during a live music performance at a tavern in Marble Hall, Limpopo, South Africa. No arrests were made. 2025-04-19
Canada, the EU, Israel, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. ban flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, and Eswatini due to the Omicron variant. 2021-11-26
Namibia bans all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa due to an outbreak of avian influenza that was detected there. 2021-05-17
South Africa delays the reopening of schools due to the rapid increase in cases of the 501.V2 variant. 2021-01-17
A massive fire engulfs the Juma Mosque in Durban, South Africa. No casualties are reported, and it is believed that it was caused by an electrical fire. 2020-08-24
The United States National Institutes of Health stops its trial of an experimental HIV vaccine (HVTN 702) amidst poor results. The trial involved more than 5,000 people in South Africa. 2020-02-3
Five foreign demining experts, identified as two South Africans, one Croatian, one Bosnian and one Kosovar, are killed in an accidental explosion in Yemen. 2019-01-22
A fire in the South African city of Cape Town leaves two people dead and four thousand people homeless. 2015-11-29
Riot police clash with protesters in Soweto, South Africa, shortly before a visit by United States President Barack Obama. 2013-06-29