Sources: BBC
At least 4,500 people are displaced by storms in Cape Town, South Africa. 2024-07-11
The BRICS summit begins in Johannesburg, South Africa. The summit will focus on the bloc's expansion and role among the economies of the Global South. 2023-08-22
Six people are killed and four others are injured during a mass shooting at a home in Kwanobuhle, Eastern Cape, South Africa. 2023-07-11
South Africa lifts its midnight curfew, allowing alcohol sales to return to normal hours in certain premises, and also allowing gatherings of up to 1,000 people indoors and 2,000 people outdoors, due to a decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases. 2021-12-30
Quebec reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. 2021-02-9
Maryland confirms its first case of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa, becoming the second U.S. state to do so after South Carolina. 2021-01-30
Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane fails to appear in court for the murder of his former wife, and his son says he has traveled to South Africa to see a doctor. Police warn that if he does not return, they will issue an arrest warrant. 2020-02-21
A partially-constructed building collapses onto a truck in Jacobs, Durban, South Africa, killing at least three people and hospitalising six more. 2018-03-28
South African Paralympic sprinting medalist Oscar Pistorius's sentencing hearing begins. He faces a minimum 15-year jail term since his original manslaughter charge for the 2013 killing of Reeva Steenkamp has been upgraded to murder. The hearing is set to last for five days. 2016-06-13
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