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Flash flooding kills 21 people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2023-12-30

A fuel tanker explodes in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa, killing 15 people, injuring 27 others, and damaging a nearby hospital.
2022-12-24

Major flooding in South Africa, mainly in the city of Durban, kills at least 435 people and leaves many others missing.
2022-04-12

Israel bans entry of travellers from South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia and Eswatini and discourages its citizens from travelling to those countries due to the emergence of the Lineage B.1.1.529 variant.
2021-11-25

Minnesota reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant of SARS-CoV-2, which originated in South Africa. The patient is a person from the Twin Cities area who became ill on January 24 and tested positive on January 29.
2021-03-11

Quebec reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
2021-02-9

The People's Republic of China releases 10 South African tourists held for allegedly distributing terrorist material.
2015-07-17

Turkey, South Africa and Russia react angrily to the British government and demand an explanation for the revelations that their politicians and senior officials were spied on and bugged during the 2009 G20 summit in London
2013-06-17

South African President Jacob Zuma will visit Libya for talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in renewed efforts by the African Union to broker a cease-fire in the 2011 Libyan civil war.
2011-05-25

The South Africa government is to declare parts disaster areas: 40 people have died in floods.
2011-01-15