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Cheering, hugging, fans return to stands

SOWETO—“Welcome back,” speakers blasted from the entrance of South Africa’s main sports stadium in Soweto as excited football fans—vaccination cards in hand—arrived for the...

Silent disco helps South Africans beat virus blues

Watching the sun go down on a warm spring day while listening to soundtracks playing on headphones, dozens of people on Sunday danced in...

South Africa teen pregnancies surge during COVID pandemic

Coronavirus lockdown measures in South Africa have limited young girls' access to contraception and abortion, resulting in a surge in teenage pregnancies, Save the...

South Africa’s ‘crazy’ mountain farmers bet on truffles

By Saawmiet Moos and Rodger Bosch CERES, South Africa"•Only shrubs grew naturally in the sandy acid soil that farmer Volker Miros chose as a site...

Zuma graft trial to resume despite deadly South Africa protests

The dragging corruption trial of South Africa's jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday despite deadly violence that swept the nation after his imprisonment...

Death toll in South Africa unrest climbs to 72 as violence spreads

Stores and warehouses in South Africa were hit by looters Tuesday for a fifth day running despite the troops President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed to...

South Africa COVID vaccinations face delay after pharmacy lootings

South African chemists helping the government's COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Monday warned that the unrest gripping the country would slow inoculations in the continent's...

South Africa tops 60,000 coronavirus deaths

South Africa, the worst virus-hit country in the continent, on Monday crossed the threshold of 60,000 coronavirus deaths, health officials announced, a day after...

S. African mystery stones are quartz and not diamonds

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Gemstones that sparked a diamond rush to eastern South Africa last week have turned out to be just quartz, according to preliminary...

Oosthuizen, Hughes, Henley share 54-hole US Open lead

La Jolla—South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen closed with a stunning 52-foot eagle putt to grab a share of the lead with Canada’s Mackenzie Hughes and...

Surgeons to reconstruct face of boy, 9, after Zimbabwe hyena attack

Plastic surgeons in South Africa are preparing to reconstruct the face of a nine-year-old Zimbabwean boy mauled by a hyena in an attack last...

Mystery stones spark diamond rush in South African region 

By Claire Doyen KWAHLATHI, South Africa—Single mother Lihle Magudulela spat out a mouthful of dirt as she sucked on a stone dug up from a...

More than five million COVID cases in Africa: AFP tally

More than five million people have contracted the COVID-19 virus in Africa since it emerged in China in late 2019, data compiled by AFP...

S. Africa to ban breeding lions in captivity for hunting

South Africa on Sunday revealed plans to ban the breeding of lions in captivity for trophy hunting or for tourists to pet, advocating a...
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