Sources: BBC
Five people are killed and 60 others are injured when a bus carrying Zimbabwean nationals collides with a car on N6 near Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa. 2026-03-8
U.S. president Donald Trump announces that South Africa will not be invited to the 2026 G20 summit in Doral, Florida, and that U.S. payments and subsidies to the country will cease, citing South Africa's refusal to transfer G20 hosting responsibilities to a U.S. embassy representative at the 2025 Johannesburg summit and criticizing its treatment of Afrikaners, among other reasons. 2025-11-26
In a case concerning regulations requiring the South African athlete Caster Semenya to decrease her natural testosterone levels to be allowed to participate in the female category, the European Court of Human Rights finds that Switzerland violated her right to a fair hearing, requiring the case to be sent back to Swiss courts. 2025-07-10
An vehicle crashes in Cato Ridge, Durban, South Africa, killing five and injuring one. 2025-04-27
Sri Lanka reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant, which originated in South Africa, in a person who travelled from Tanzania and is currently staying at a quarantine centre. 2021-03-12
President Cyril Ramaphosa announces that the country has secured nine million doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine, with the first shipment of 80,000 doses arriving next week. 2021-02-11
South Africa launches the HVTN 702 trial for an experimental AIDS vaccine, which will involve over 5,400 men and women over the course of four years. 2016-11-30
South Africa convicts Czech fugitive Radovan Krejčíř of kidnapping, attempted murder, and drug dealing charges. 2015-08-24
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki begins mediation efforts in the Ivory Coast following the disputed presidential election. 2010-12-5
Journalists in South Africa launch a campaign to oppose possible legislation which may limit freedom of the press. 2010-08-9