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2019-05-19 An explosion hits a tourist bus carrying South African nationals near the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, injuring at least 14 people. South Africa

2019-04-24 Floods and mudslides in the South African city of Durban and the wider KwaZulu-Natal province have killed at least 60 people. South Africa

2017-07-29 Two people die and 17 others are injured in a stampede at the First National Bank Stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, during a soccer match between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. South Africa

2015-11-9 A Jordanian policeman shoots dead two American instructors and a South African before being killed at a police training centre in Al-Muwaqqar, on the eastern outskirts of Amman. U.S. contractors are sent to the facility to assist Jordanian police trainers. South Africa

2013-11-12 Two people are killed and five others injured when a bomb explodes in Bedfordview, South Africa, near the Eastgate shopping mall. South Africa

2013-06-17 Turkey, South Africa and Russia react angrily to the British government and demand an explanation for the revelations that their politicians and senior officials were spied on and bugged during the 2009 G20 summit in London South Africa

2013-01-31 2013 Pretoria train collision: Two passenger trains packed with schoolchildren and rush-hour commuters collide near Pretoria, South Africa, injuring up to 300 people in a crash. South Africa

2010-08-21 An injunction prevents public sector workers from continuing their national strike for better pay in South Africa; the army had previously been deployed and the country's health minister accused strikers of murder. South Africa

2010-08-19 South Africa deploys its army to deal with public sector workers striking in a bid to earn an increased wage; police shoot rubber bullets and water cannon into crowds outside a hospital in Soweto. At least five people have been killed so far during the strikes. South Africa

2010-01-13 A fatal attack on a tourist by a "dinosaur-sized" shark off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, prompts the closure of several beaches. South Africa