Sources: BBC
Two South African soldiers are killed and twenty others are injured in a mortar attack on a South African National Defence Force logistics base in Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2024-06-26
Sweden reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa. 2021-11-29
South Africa reports its first four cases of the Lineage B.1.617.2 variant in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, where all of these had a travel history to India. 2021-05-8
Karnataka reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa. 2021-03-10
Florida reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa. 2021-03-1
Cuba reports their first case of a variant from South Africa in an asymptomatic person who travelled from the country. 2021-01-22
The leader of the Boeremag and 23 others are sentenced to 35 years in jail in South Africa for conspiring to kill former president Nelson Mandela. 2013-10-29
Ten people are crushed to death in a bar packed with New Year's revelers in Ipelegeng, South Africa. 2011-01-2
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
Journalists in South Africa launch a campaign to oppose possible legislation which may limit freedom of the press. 2010-08-9