Sources: The Guardian
A tavern owner is killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting during a live music performance at a tavern in Marble Hall, Limpopo, South Africa. No arrests were made. 2025-04-19
The death toll from the floods in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, during the last five days increases to 300. 2022-04-13
South Africa expands the country's vaccine age eligibility to all adults over the age of 18 in order to increase the vaccination rate as the country deals with an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant. 2021-08-20
Manitoba reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in Winnipeg. 2021-03-2
Cuba reports their first case of a variant from South Africa in an asymptomatic person who travelled from the country. 2021-01-22
President Cyril Ramaphosa announces that the country will move from level 1 to level 3 from midnight until January 15. This means that all alcohol sales are banned, wearing of masks in public places is compulsory, most gatherings other than funerals are banned, and the nationwide curfew will be extended from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. local time. 2020-12-28
Julius Malema, formerly of the African National Congress Youth League, loses an appeal against a decision by South Africa's ruling African National Congress party to suspend him. 2012-02-4
South Africa is invited to join the BRIC group of emerging markets. 2010-12-24
Producers on the South African version of the "Big Brother" TV series evict a male housemate who punched a female housemate, bowing to pressure from women's rights activists after initially accepting the physical confrontation. 2010-09-17
Jeremy Ractliffe, former head of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, admits he kept possible blood diamonds to protect the reputations of Mandela, Naomi Campbell and the fund but that he gave them to South African police and is willing to testify at Charles Taylor's trial. 2010-08-6