Apr 29 South Africa likely seeing new COVID wave, says health minister By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press South Africa's health minister says it is likely the country has entered a new wave of COVID-19 earlier than expected as new infections and hospitalizations have risen rapidly over the past two weeks. Continue reading
Apr 20 Experts say human-caused climate change is putting African wildlife at risk By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press Devastating floods in South Africa this week, as well as other extreme weather events across the continent linked to human-caused climate change, are putting marine and terrestrial wildlife species at risk, according to biodiversity experts. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 6:06 News Wrap: BA.2 variant drives new wave of COVID cases in the U.S. By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, new COVID-19 numbers provided the latest evidence of another wave fueled by the BA.2 variant, crews in South Africa spent another day searching for survivors after floods killed nearly 400 people, Palestinian youths battled Israeli… Continue watching
Mar 09 WATCH: Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's sunken ship found after a century By Associated Press Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice. Continue reading
Jan 02 Fire ravages South Africa's historic Parliament complex By Andrew Meldrum, Gerald Imray, Associated Press Around 70 firefighters were still battling the fire hours after it started in the early morning, Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Jermaine Carelse said. Some were lifted up on a crane to spray water on the blaze from… Continue reading
Jan 01 'Moral compass': Requiem for South Africa's Archbishop Tutu By Associated Press Tutu died last Sunday at age 90. His plain pine coffin, the cheapest available at his request to avoid any ostentatious displays, was the center of the service, which also featured African choirs, prayers and incense. Continue reading
Dec 27 Young South Africans learn of Tutu's activism for equality By Mogomotsi Magome, Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press The legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s activism for equality continues to reverberate among young South Africans, many of whom were not born when the clergyman battled apartheid. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 7:13 Remembering Desmond Tutu's life and legacy By PBS NewsHour Former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, died Sunday at 90. Tutu’s passionate voice helped end South Africa’s brutal apartheid regime that oppressed its Black majority for decades. World leaders, South Africans and people around the globe… Continue watching
Dec 26 Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace winner, dies at 90 By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Tutu worked passionately, tirelessly and non-violently to tear down apartheid — South Africa’s brutal, decades-long regime of oppression against its Black majority that only ended in 1994. Continue reading
Dec 24 South African minister objects to sale of Mandela's cell key By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press The key is among Mandela memorabilia being sold by Guernsey’s auction house in New York on Jan. 28. Continue reading