Sources: The Guardian
Thirteen people, including 12 children, are killed in a school bus crash in Merafong, Gauteng, South Africa. 2024-07-10
Three members of the South African Navy are killed and five others are rescued when large waves hit a submarine near Kommetjie, Western Cape, South Africa. 2023-09-20
A fuel tanker explodes in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa, killing 15 people, injuring 27 others, and damaging a nearby hospital. 2022-12-24
South Africa begins its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using a vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, which has not yet been authorized worldwide. President Cyril Ramaphosa, government officials, and health workers are among the first to receive the vaccine. 2021-02-17
South Africa surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the first African country to reach this milestone. 2020-12-27
South Africa is expected to begin a trial of the NVX-CoV2373, a vaccine candidate produced by Novavax. Around 2,904 volunteers are expected to be selected, who are aged from 18 to 64 years. 2020-09-5
Makhosi Khoza, leader of South Africa's African Democratic Change party, resigns just five months after the party formed. 2018-04-22
A court in South Africa rules that the decision in 2009 to drop over 750 corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma was irrational and called for a review of them. However, the court ruling does not automatically reinstate the charges against Zuma as a legal team must be set up to decide on whether to charge him or not. 2016-04-29
Authorities in South Africa issue a warrant for the arrest of Julius Malema on charges of corruption. 2012-09-21
Two Dutch women appear in a South African court over an alleged "ambush marketing" stunt after more than 30 people were ejected from the Johannesburg stadium on Monday during the match between Denmark and the Netherlands in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 2010-06-16