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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

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

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

South Africa reports imported cases of cholera in two sisters who travelled to Malawi.
2023-02-5

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

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 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

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 Meyl passenger train collides head-on with a goods train in Eastern Cape, South Africa, killing two people and injuring 20.
2015-05-20