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Seventeen people are killed and ten others are hospitalized by a nitrate gas leak from illegal mining in an informal settlement in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
2023-07-5

A truck crashes into several minibus taxis at an intersection in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa, killing five people and injuring nine others.
2023-01-12

Cyprus reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in three Greek Cypriots who travelled from South Africa in Limassol.
2021-12-10

Delhi reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant, which was originally detected in South Africa. The patient is a 33-year old man from Kerala.
2021-03-16

President Cyril Ramaphosa announces that South Africa's alert level will be lowered to level one effective midnight following a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases.
2021-02-28

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

Hundreds of endangered species from Madagascar are found in a South African airport.
2014-02-1

South Africa declares eight of its nine provinces disaster areas following the deaths of 41 people during floods.
2011-01-18

South African trade unions state that a court injunction successfully sought by the government is intended to "intimidate" workers who are striking in the hope of receiving better pay.
2010-08-22

The Independent Democrats and Democratic Alliance opposition parties in South Africa agree to merge against the ruling African National Congress.
2010-08-15