Weather tracker: South Africa floods kill at least 11 people
Cape Town mayor declares major incident as roads closed and 80,000 people left without electricity Extreme rain and strong winds across South Africa’s Western Cape...
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South African anti-migrant ‘vigilantes’ register as party for next year’s polls
Operation Dudula changes tactics from evictions and violence, with plans to fight elections on platform of expelling foreigners An anti-migrant vigilante organisation in South Africa...
South Africa launches ‘unprecedented’ investigation of Johnson & Johnson over TB drug prices
Competition watchdog probes claims of profiteering by US drugmaker in country where tuberculosis is biggest killer South Africa’s Competition Commission will investigate the American drugmaker...
South Africa holds state funeral for divisive Zulu politician Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Mourners pay tribute to controversial former leader of Inkatha Freedom Party who died last week aged 95 Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa’s eastern...
Grief and anger after Johannesburg blaze that killed at least 74
Mourners gather outside 80 Albert Street amid criticisms of government response and lack of support for victims and families South African authorities were on Friday...
Johannesburg fire: survivors describe jumping from windows, as death toll rises to 74
Blaze at five-storey block puts spotlight on dangerous state of ‘hijacked’ city buildings occupied by vulnerable residents Survivors of a fire that ripped through a...
Dozens killed in fire in multi-storey building in Johannesburg
Death toll is likely to rise, emergency services in South Africa say, with 42 injured, as search and recovery operation gets underway At least 52...
Brics to more than double with admission of six new countries
Major expansion as economic bloc that includes Russia and China attempts to provide counterweight to the US and western allies The Brics group of big...
Brics group looks to expand at summit despite divisions among key members
Experts say India concerned about expansion and any overt anti-west turn as leaders fly into South Africa Leaders from developing countries representing almost half the...
African penguins could be extinct by 2035, campaigners say
Population has declined dramatically due to overfishing and environmental changes in the Indian Ocean African penguins are on track for extinction by 2035 if measures...
