Eight shot dead at birthday party in South Africa
Eight people were shot dead and another three injured in a mass shooting at a birthday party in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province on Sunday, police said on Monday.
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Johannesburg tanker explosion death toll rises to 15, driver charged
The death toll from a gas tanker that exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday has nearly doubled to fifteen, authorities said, adding that they’d arrested the driver and charged him ...
Ramaphosa heckling triggers backlash in South Africa’s ANC
Party allies, and even some rivals, of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday condemned opponents who disrupted his opening speech with chants and shouting at a conference of the ...
In meat-loving South Africa, climate concerns whet appetite for veggie burgers
By Tim Cocks
In South Africa, a country where ‘braai’ all-day barbecuing is a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and ...
South Africa elected to UN rights council, South Korea, Venezuela lose seats
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday elected South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council for a ...
South Africa’s floods a ‘teachable moment’ for climate adaptation
By Kim Harrisberg
As downpours swamped South Africa’s third-largest city last week, residents lucky enough to still have internet access and power shared harrowing videos of highways turned into ...
South Africa braces for more flooding as rains restart in east
Rains that have killed around 400 people and left thousands homeless in South Africa this week began pounding the east coast again on Saturday, threatening more flooding and forcing many to ...
S.Africans search for survivors in ruins of floods that killed nearly 400
South Africans were searching for survivors on Friday of floods that killed almost 400 people, according to the latest tally, washing away homes and roads and leaving thousands without shelter, water ...
Firefighters battle new blaze at South African parliament, suspect charged with arson (Update 2)
A new blaze broke out on Monday at the complex housing the two chambers of South Africa’s national parliament in Cape Town, one day after a devastating fire swept ...
Christmas plans in disarray for South African Cypriots
Omicron travel ban has separated families and disrupted business
Like dozens of South African Cypriots, Michalis Polyviou was appalled by the government’s decision last Friday to ban all flights ...
Coronavirus: EU says travel ban was vital to buy scientists time
European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Monday that stopping flights to the EU from countries in the southern part of Africa was a necessary step in trying to deal ...
Coronavirus: Cyprus bans travellers from eight African countries (Update 2)
Entry from eight African countries has been banned as of Friday after a new coronavirus variant was detected.
The latest decree by the health minister bans the arrival and entry ...
S.Africa’s last white president, FW de Klerk, dies at home
South Africa’s last white president Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk died on Thursday morning at his home in Cape Town, the FW de Klerk Foundation said in a statement.
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South African leader says he will end mayhem as unrest flares again
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday he would not allow “anarchy and mayhem” to prevail in South Africa and suggested that a wave of violent unrest that has destroyed hundreds ...
South African crowds rampage, defying calls for end to violence
Crowds looted shops and businesses in South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people, wrecked hundreds of businesses and ...
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as grievances unleashed by the jailing ...
A sense of continuity for the South African Cypriot diaspora
The Cyprus Brotherhood of South Africa has served its expatriate community for decades, but the pandemic and the growing desire for Cypriots to return to Cyprus has taken its toll
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J&J to send 2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to S.Africa by end-June
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson would send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the country by the end of the month, making up for ...
South Africa wants to return 1 mln vaccine doses, eyes Sputnik V
South Africa has asked the Serum Institute of India to take back the one million COVID-19 vaccine doses the company had sent in early February, The Economic Times reported on ...
South Africa’s ex-president Zuma fails to show at corruption inquiry
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma did not show up on Monday at an inquiry into corruption during his time in office despite the country’s top court ordering ...
Global health officials back Astra jab after S. Africa study (Update)
Health officials around the world gave their backing to the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after a study showing it had little effect against mild disease caused by the variant now ...
South Africa puts AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold over variant data
South Africa will put on hold use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot in its vaccination programme, after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild-to-moderate infection caused by the country’...
South African probe finds evidence of political pressure, fraud in COVID-19 contracts
A probe into public spending on coronavirus in South Africa has found evidence of political pressure, price inflation, and fraud in many of the contracts, fuelled by an “insatiable pursuit ...