Sources: BBC
South Africa and Colombia report their first cases of monkeypox. 2022-06-24
Jordan reports its first two cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a citizen who had travelled from South Africa and another who had no travel history. 2021-12-9
Brazil reports its first "preliminary" cases of the Omicron variant in two people who travelled from South Africa. 2021-11-30
At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in a road crash involving a bus travelling from Zambia to South Africa. 2018-09-17
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
A Shosholoza Meyl passenger train collides head-on with a goods train in Eastern Cape, South Africa, killing two people and injuring 20. 2015-05-20
Hundreds of endangered species from Madagascar are found in a South African airport. 2014-02-1
The Palace of Monaco announces the engagement of Albert II, Prince of Monaco to South African native and Olympian swimmer Charlene Wittstock. 2010-06-23
President of South Africa Jacob Zuma goes to India on his first state visit to Asia, launching a bilateral trade forum in Mumbai. 2010-06-2
The death toll from Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in South Africa has risen to 17. 2010-05-7