Nov 02 Wealthy nations partner to help South Africa ditch coal By Associated Press One focus of the initiative will be helping to create new jobs for tens of thousands of people in South Africa’s coal mining industry. Continue reading
Jul 15 South Africa deploys 25,000 troops to end week of rioting By Andrew Meldrum, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press South Africa’s army has begun deploying 25,000 troops to assist police in quelling the weeklong riots and violence sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 2:12 Chaos in South Africa as riots, looting follow Zuma's jailing By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin In South Africa, rioting and looting rocked parts of the country again overnight. The trouble began last week after the country’s former leader Jacob Zuma was jailed, and police say more than 70 people have been killed and 1,200 arrested. Continue watching
Jul 13 Death toll mounts in South Africa rioting after Zuma jailing By Mogomotsi Magome, Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Sporadic violence broke out after Zuma on Thursday began serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court for refusing to testify at an investigation of allegations of corruption while he was president. Continue reading
Jul 11 South Africa ramps up vaccine drive, too late for this surge By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Some in wheelchairs, others on canes, hundreds of South Africans waited recently on the ramps of an open-air Johannesburg parking garage to get their COVID-19 vaccine shots. Despite the masks, social distancing and blustery weather of the Southern Hemisphere winter,… Continue reading
Jul 07 South Africa's ex-leader turns himself in for prison term By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press Zuma decided to hand himself over to authorities to obey the order from the country's highest court, the Constitutional Court, that he should serve a prison term for contempt of court. Continue reading
Jun 29 South African court orders ex-president to jail for contempt By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 15 months in prison for defying a court order to appear before an inquiry probing wide-ranging allegations of corruption during his tenure from… Continue reading
May 28 Visiting South Africa, France's Macron pledges vaccine help By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press Macron also pledged that France will help South Africa and other African countries to develop the capacity to produce their own vaccines to fight the pandemic. Continue reading
Feb 24 South Africa to spend $712 million on mass vaccination drive By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press South Africa plans to spend $712 million to vaccinate some 67% of its 60 million people to control the country’s COVID-19 battle and get the economy to rebound from its decline of 7.2% last year. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 6:58 South Africa battles to contain a mutant strain of COVID-19 By Chris Ocamringa South Africa is battling to contain a mutant strain of COVID-19 that has now been found in more than 30 other countries, including in the U.S., which has prompted a raft of travel bans on South Africa. But across Africa… Continue watching