World Sep 01 Authorities begin identifying bodies as emergency services leave South Africa fire scene A spokesperson says emergency services conducted three searches through all five stories of the building and believe that all bodies and body parts have now been removed.
World Aug 31 At least 73 dead after nighttime fire rips through building in South Africa occupied by squatters Authorities say at least 73 people have died in Johannesburg when a nighttime fire ripped through a five-story building that had been used by homeless people and squatters.
World Aug 24 Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Egypt among 6 nations set to join China and India in BRICS economic bloc Iran and Saudi Arabia are among six nations that have been invited to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies.
World Aug 22 Putin remotely attends BRICS summit in South Africa while facing war crimes warrant Russia, India, China and South Africa is holding its first in-person meeting since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Putin's travel to Johannesburg was complicated by an outstanding International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest over the abduction of children from Ukraine.
World Jul 06 The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing rises to 17 The death toll in a toxic gas leak in South Africa blamed on an illegal gold processing operation in a settlement of closely packed shacks has risen to 17. At least three children are among the dead.
World May 22 Over 3,000 schools in South Africa still use pit toilets, rights groups push for improvement Human rights groups have been pressuring the government for a decade to get rid of pit toilets in schools, with the issue given added urgency by several tragic cases of young children falling into the pits and drowning.
World Mar 20 Protesters in South Africa call on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign South African police on Monday monitored protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Politics Dec 11 Biden aims to narrow trust gap between U.S. and African leaders at summit President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa — one that has grown wider over years of frustration about…
World Dec 04 South Africa’s president awaits party decision on his political future amid farm scandal South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's future hangs in the balance as he faces calls from within the ANC and from opposition parties to step down from his position amid a scandal involving the president's animal farm.
World Nov 02 Ethiopian government, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years of conflict Ethiopia's warring sides have formally agreed during talks in South Africa to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a 2-year conflict whose victims could be counted in the hundreds of thousands.