Sources: BBC
The death toll from the fuel tanker explosion in Boksburg, South Africa, six days ago, increases to 34. 2022-12-30
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announces that the COVID-19 restrictions will be strengthened, which will include a nightly curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people indoors and 250 people outdoors, and a requirement for all non-essential establishments to close at 10:00 p.m. as the country moves to the adjusted level 2 beginning tomorrow amid a third wave of COVID-19. 2021-05-30
Poland reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa. 2021-02-19
The Spanish Health Ministry introduces a ten-day quarantine for all travelers arriving from Brazil and South Africa. 2021-02-17
Moderna says that their vaccine would work against the new variants found in South Africa and the United Kingdom. 2021-01-25
The United States National Institutes of Health stops its trial of an experimental HIV vaccine (HVTN 702) amidst poor results. The trial involved more than 5,000 people in South Africa. 2020-02-3
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence for culpable homicide of Reeva Steenkamp under house arrest. 2015-10-19
All 486 trapped by an underground fire at the Harmony Gold Kusasalethu mine near Carletonville, South Africa have been rescued. 2015-02-22
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is discharged after spending nine days in hospital. [http:--www.news24.com-news24-SouthAfrica-News-Nelson-Mandela-discharged-from-hospital-20130406 (SAPA via News24)]date=April 2020 2013-04-6