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Six people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting after eight gunmen open fire on a group of community patrollers in Godini village near Qumbu, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The shooting took place on the day of the memorial service for the victims of the Lusikisiki shootings, which also occurred in the Eastern Cape.
2024-10-6

Seventeen people are killed in two mass shootings at homes in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2024-09-28

Six people are killed and four others are injured during a mass shooting at a home in Kwanobuhle, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2023-07-11

Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2023-01-29

South Africa lifts its midnight curfew, allowing alcohol sales to return to normal hours in certain premises, and also allowing gatherings of up to 1,000 people indoors and 2,000 people outdoors, due to a decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases.
2021-12-30

The South African city of Port Elizabeth is formally renamed "Gqeberha" (ᶢǃʱɛ̀ɓéːxà, the Xhosa name for the Baakens River which flows through the city. Port Elizabeth International Airport is also renamed Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport, after David Stuurman. These name changes are part of a wider campaign to remove colonial and apartheid-era names in the Eastern Cape.
2021-02-24

Spain reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant in a 30-year-old man who travelled from South Africa to Vigo.
2021-01-28

King Khoebaha Calvin Cornelius III declares independence from South Africa to form the "Sovereign State of Good Hope", encompassing the states of Northern Cape, Western Cape, and the western parts of Eastern Cape. The state raised their own flag after taking down the South African flag.
2018-07-16

A Shosholoza train collides with a vehicle at a crossing near Kroonstad in the Free State, South Africa, killing 19 and injuring at least 100 people.
2018-01-4

A bus traveling between Butterworth and Willovale in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, drives off a cliff killing thirty-five people.
2015-08-29