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The South African Health Department suspends COVID-19 contact tracing and quarantine for people with asymptomatic cases due to 80% of the population being vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19.
2021-12-24

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

The Netherlands reports its first cases of the Omicron variant in 13 people who traveled from South Africa on November 26.
2021-11-28

Brazil lifts an air travel restriction that prevented travel from the United Kingdom, South Africa and India due to the pandemic. Travellers from these countries can now enter Brazil after showing a negative COVID-19 test result.
2021-10-6

Maine reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant that originated in South Africa.
2021-03-4

South Africa reports a record 21,980 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,192,570.
2021-01-8

Two lions, two hyenas, a rhino and a giraffe are killed at Kruger National Park, South Africa, after storms topple a power cable.
2019-01-29

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says that thirteen of the country's soldiers were killed in the Central African Republic as rebels seized the capital, Bangui.
2013-03-25

In South Africa, controversial ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is suspended from the country's ruling party for 5 years.
2011-11-10

The funeral of South Africa's white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche takes place in South Africa.
2010-04-9