Sources: France 24
Ghanaian foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announces plans to evacuate about 300 citizens from South Africa following attacks targeting sub-Saharan African migrants. 2026-05-13
At least 260 miners are trapped after a collapse at the KDC gold mine near Carletonville, Gauteng, South Africa. 2025-05-23
Eight people are killed in a mass shooting by unidentified gunmen inside a tavern in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A manhunt for the suspects has been launched. 2025-05-17
Hundreds of White South Africans hold a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's claims that the South African government is discriminating against the country's white minority. 2025-02-15
Twenty people are killed and 68 others injured in a head-on collision between a tour bus and an armoured cash-in-transit van in Makhado, Limpopo, South Africa. 2023-02-14
Arizona reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant, which was originally detected in South Africa. 2021-03-26
Australia suspends their travel bubble with New Zealand for the next 72 hours after New Zealand's first community case in months was confirmed to be of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa. 2021-01-25
Japan's Health Ministry detects a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 partially similar to those from South Africa and the United Kingdom in four people that travelled from Amazonas in Brazil. 2021-01-10
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
A memorial service is held for South African Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot dead at the home of athlete Oscar Pistorius last week. Pistorius faced murder hearings. 2013-02-19