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The government of South Africa reports that on May 18, at least 31 people were killed in a gas explosion at an illegally operated mining shaft in Welkom, Free State.
2023-06-23

Gujarat reports its first case of the Omicron BA.5 variant in a person who traveled to South Africa.
2022-05-24

The United States reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa to California.
2021-12-1

South Africa voluntarily suspends its rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended temporarily suspending use of the vaccine due to rare cases of blood clots.
2021-04-13

The Indian government issues new Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) guidelines that would be mandatory for travelers from the United Kingdom, Europe, Brazil, and South Africa to conduct self-paid molecular COVID-19 testing, beginning from February 22 at 23:59 p.m. IST.
2021-02-17

India reports their first four cases of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa and one case of the Lineage P.1 variant from Brazil in people who traveled internationally.
2021-02-16

Two minibuses collide head-on near Limpopo, South Africa. All eleven on board the vehicles die.
2019-09-22

Death of Mido Macia: Eight South African policemen are arrested on suspicion of murder after dragging a Mozambican man behind their police van earlier in the week.
2013-03-1

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.
2010-08-21

South Africans mark the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre.
2010-03-21