World Jul 07 South African security official accuses police minister of colluding with crime syndicates A South African security official has accused top police leaders of colluding with crime syndicates.
World Jun 25 Court order stops former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s burial in South Africa on the day of his funeral The Zambian government wants Lungu's body repatriated for a state funeral but his family have refused to allow that because of his political feud with current Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema.
World Jun 16 A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa’s farm killings Nearly 3,000 white crosses on a hill in South Africa are a memorial to white people killed on farms over the last three decades. It's a visceral snapshot seized on by some in South Africa to drive a discredited narrative…
World May 21 Trump says there’s a ‘genocide’ in South Africa, but white Afrikaner farmers reject that claim Both white and Black farmers and even conservative white Afrikaner groups denied the Trump administration’s “genocide” and land seizure claims that led the U.S. to cut all financial aid to South Africa.
World Feb 20 UK foreign secretary questions Russia’s ‘appetite’ for peace at tense G20 meeting U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia's top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who led…
World Jan 17 South African miner describes horrors endured by those who spent months underground A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging for gold.
World Jan 16 Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police tactics Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.
World Nov 14 South African government says it won’t help thousands of illegal miners facing hunger inside closed mine The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, and water after police closed off the entrances used to transport their supplies underground.
World Sep 28 17 people killed in pair of mass shootings in same neighborhood of rural South Africa town Seventeen people, including 15 women, were killed in two mass shootings that took place in close proximity to each other in a rural town in South Africa, police said Saturday.
World Jun 14 South African President Ramaphosa reelected after his party makes last-minute coalition deal with rival Ramaphosa won convincingly in a Parliament vote against a surprise candidate who was also nominated Julius Malema, the leader of the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters. Ramaphosa got 283 votes to Malema's 44 in the 400-member house.