Sources: The Guardian
At least 49 people are killed, including four schoolchildren, in flooding caused by heavy rainfall and snowfall in a winter storm in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. 2025-06-11
U.S. President Donald Trump orders a freeze on all foreign aid to South Africa citing a South African law that allegedly allows land to be forcibly seized from white farmers. Trump also calls for the U.S. to accept Afrikaner refugees to protect them from "government-sponsored race-based discrimination". 2025-02-7
Delhi reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant, which was originally detected in South Africa. The patient is a 33-year old man from Kerala. 2021-03-16
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
Massachusetts reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in a woman in her 20s from Middlesex County. 2021-02-16
Two minibuses collide head-on near Limpopo, South Africa. All eleven on board the vehicles die. 2019-09-22
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says white South African farmers could receive fast-track visas on "humanitarian grounds" amid calls to transfer land ownership from white to black farmers, and fears over the number of racially-motivated farm killings. 2018-03-14
Up to 10,000 people have been evacuated from Knysna Local Municipality on Garden Route in South Africa after wildfire destroyed 150 homes. The Wildfire is connected to the worst windstorm in 30 years, which already killed at least 8 people in Cape Town. [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-africa-40199270 (BBC)] [https:--www.enca.com-south-africa-knysna-toddler-dies-on-birthday (ENCA)] [https:--www.rte.ie-news-world-2017-0608-881071-south_africa- (RTE)] [http:--www.aljazeera.com-news-2017-06-storm-kills-displaces-thousands-cape-town-170608052748704.html (Al Jazeera)] [https:--www.nytimes.com-2017-06-07-world-africa-south-africa-cape-town-storm-fires.html "(The New York Times)"]2017-06-8
At least 20 schoolchildren are killed after their minibus collides with a truck in Mpumalanga, South Africa. 2017-04-21
South Africa is reported to be involved in negotiations with Muammar Gaddafi's camp to offer him a place of refuge, though the government denies reports a plane has been sent for him. 2011-08-22