South Africa

Moments

Help save South Africa’s wild rhinos on this conservation safari

This South African holiday lodge offers guests the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of rhino conservationists.

06/11/2021

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South Africa celebrates Desmond Tutu's 90th birthday

Desmond Tutu, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon and Nobel peace laureate, marks his 90th birthday with a rare public appearance.

07/10/2021

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Rare snowfall in South Africa caused by a cold front

People enjoy the snow after unusually heavy snowfalls in the mountains and highlands close to the town of Ceres, about 180km from Cape Town

30/08/2021

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Success for South African truffle grower after years of trial & error

South Africa's top truffle grower and supplier, the Miros family, created a joint venture to plant truffles with other farmers.

06/08/2021

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Clashes as looters make a last ditch effort to empty Durban warehouse storing alcohol

Police in the South African city of Durban fire rubber bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at alleged looters to prevent them people from stealing what's left at a warehouse - which stores a large quantity of alcohol

17/07/2021

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South Africa combats unrest after ex-leader Jacob Zuma's imprisonment

Dozens have died and more than 1,200 have been arrested amid weeklong unrest and looting sparked by the jailing last week of ex-President Jacob Zuma.

14/07/2021

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South Africa: Military personnel deployed to end looting and riots

At least 72 people have been killed and up to 1500 injured as people riot in South Africa following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma.

14/07/2021

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'It is undermining everything': Dozens dead in South Africa riots

The unrest follows the jailing of former president, Jacob Zuma, on corruption charges.

13/07/2021

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Tense scenes in ransacked South Africa supermarket

South Africa remained tense on Tuesday, with police and the military struggling to quell the violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces and at least 32 people confirmed killed in the unrest.

13/07/2021

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SA police fire rubber bullets at Jabulani crowds

South African police said on Monday shops and businesses have been looted and vandalised during rioting that broke out following the imprisonment of South Africa's former President, Jacob Zuma.

12/07/2021

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South Africa: violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg

Dozens of people have been arrested after violence and looting erupted in South Africa. Unrest centred on KwaZulu-Natal, where ex-president Jacob Zuma is in jail, and in the economic capital Johannesburg.

12/07/2021

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Former president of South Africa Jacob Zuma hands himself in to police

The former president of South Africa faces 15 months behind bars for defying a court order for him to testify before a judicial commission investigating corruption allegations.

07/07/2021

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South Africa's Jacob Zuma has been given a jail term

Zuma failed to show up for a hearing on corruption charges stemming from his time as leader.

29/06/2021

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Soweto skateboarders speed down iconic street to celebrate Youth Day

Dozens of skateboards take over Vilakazi street in Soweto to celebrate Youth Day, the South African public holiday marking the anniversary of the Soweto uprising in 1976.

16/06/2021

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Crews work to extinguish wildfire on Table Mountain

Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain on Tuesday, as the city came to terms with what officials have described as one of the area's worst blazes in years

20/04/2021

Cry Like A Boy

Podcast | Growing up with absent fathers in the ghost of apartheid

What are the different forms of masculinity that live in South Africa nowadays? And what are the common challenges that overcome the heritage of segregation and apartheid? Join us in our latest #CryLikeABoy podcast episode.

01/04/2021

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Podcast | What can we learn from the men seeking friendship in mines

What are the positive forms of masculinities that emerge from the depths of South Africa’s abandoned gold mines? Listen to the new episode of our original podcast, #CryLikeABoy

18/03/2021

Nature

These female rangers want your help to stop poaching in South Africa

A live stream from this reserve allows you to report suspicious activity to the Black Mambas Anti-Poaching Unit.

08/03/2021

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South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine push over effectiveness fears

A study has suggested that the vaccine is only 22% effective against moderate forms of the virus.

07/02/2021

Earth News

This library is paving the way to lower carbon architecture

The design of the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library is based on a 2,000-year-old building technique.

07/02/2021

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Cape Town residents break beach ban to protest COVID lockdown

South Africa has reported more than 43,000 deaths due to COVID-19.

31/01/2021

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Scientists are now using satellites to count elephants from space

The elephants are counted using a computer algorithm trained to identify the creatures against a variety of backdrops.

21/01/2021

World

'Curtains of death': Conservationists warn on swimming safety nets

There were 100 attacks by sharks on humans last year. In that time, humans killed 100 million sharks. So didn't Jaws have the shark-to-human dynamic the wrong way round?

14/01/2021

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South Africa tests whether vaccines will work on new COVID-19 variant

The South African mutant is more infectious than the original COVID-19 and concerns are growing that it might not be blocked by existing jabs.

05/01/2021

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Tensions rise in South Africa over farm killing

A tense standoff between white farmers and black activists gripped the South African town of Senekal on Friday.

16/10/2020

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South African bikers protest against attacks on farmers

Thousands of bikers from all over South Africa gathered around Pretoria to deliver roses and crosses attached with letters to stop farm murders and racism.

29/08/2020