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South African president Cyril Ramaphosa suspends national police commissioner Fannie Masemola pending investigation into allegations of procurement violations linked to a R332 million (US$20 million) police health services tender.
2026-04-23

Headed by Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, left-wing heads of government gather at the IV Meeting in Defense of Democracy and Progressive Global Mobilization in Barcelona. Participants include Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, Kosovo's Albin Kurti, Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum, South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa, and Uruguay's Yamandú Orsi.
2026-04-18

Iceland and the Netherlands announce they will both intervene on the side of South Africa in the International Court of Justice's genocide case against Israel.
2026-03-12

Five miners are trapped underground and presumed dead in a diamond mine after a mudslide in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
2026-02-19

At least 19 people are killed and hundreds are evacuated across South Africa in flooding caused by torrential rains in several provinces, including Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
2026-01-15

South African police arrest nearly 1,000 undocumented miners at a gold mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
2025-08-1

An vehicle crashes in Cato Ridge, Durban, South Africa, killing five and injuring one.
2025-04-27

A bus overturns on a highway in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing at least 16 people and injuring 35 others, including 11 critically.
2025-03-11

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

Four more South African peacekeepers are killed after M23 forces launch a mortar attack on their position at Goma Airport, bringing the total number of foreign peacekeepers killed in recent clashes to 17.
2025-01-28