South Africa
Researched articles and historical events related to South Africa.
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- Muhsin Hendricks was shot dead in Gqeberha, South Africa, as he left to officiate an interfaith wedding. Tw… (2025)
- Athol Fugard, South African playwright who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath in works like 'Master Har… (2025)
- South African actress Connie Chiume, known internationally for her role as a tribal elder in "Black Panther… (2024)
- South Africa held a general election in which the African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority… (2024)
- South Africa's Springboks defeated New Zealand 12-11 in the Rugby World Cup final, winning a record fourth… (2023)
- South Africa filed a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over its conduct in… (2023)
- Kiernan Forbes, the South African rapper known as AKA, was shot dead outside a restaurant on Florida Road i… (2023)
- Shona Ferguson, the Botswana-born South African actor and film producer, died. (2021)
- Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, Nobel Peace laureate and anti-apartheid icon, died at age 90. (2021)
- Zindzi Mandela, South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela, died in Johannesb… (2020)
- Gita Ramjee, Ugandan-South African HIV/AIDS researcher, died of complications from COVID-19. (2020)
- Sydney Brenner, South African biologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2002 for wo… (2019)
- South Africa held its sixth democratic general election, in which the African National Congress retained it… (2019)
- South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled that laws criminalizing private adult use and cultivation of cann… (2018)
- Jabulani "HHP" Tsambo, pioneering South African Motswako rapper, died in Johannesburg. (2018)
- A passenger train collided with a truck at a level crossing between Hennenman and Kroonstad in South Africa… (2018)
- Hugh Masekela, South African jazz trumpeter and outspoken anti-apartheid voice through music, died at age 78. (2018)
- Jacob Zuma resigned as President of South Africa under pressure from his own party. (2018)
- Seymour Papert, the South African-born mathematician and computer scientist whose work on constructionist l… (2016)
- Adam Small, the South African writer whose Afrikaans poetry and plays gave powerful voice to Coloured ident… (2016)
- André Brink, acclaimed South African novelist and playwright, died. (2015)
- Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist and Nobel laureate, died in Johannesburg. (2014)
- Lesotho's Prime Minister Tom Thabane fled to South Africa amid an alleged military coup attempt. (2014)
- Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle-distance runner and 2009 world champion in the 800 metres, died in… (2014)
- Senzo Meyiwa, South African international goalkeeper and captain of Orlando Pirates, was shot and killed du… (2014)
- Dan Jacobson, the South African-born novelist and critic who spent most of his working life in Britain, die… (2014)
- Pius Langa, who served as Chief Justice of South Africa and helped shape the country's post-apartheid const… (2013)
- Nelson Mandela died at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, at 95, after a long respiratory illness. Preside… (2013)
- South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at Lonmin's platinum mine near Marikana, the deadli… (2012)
- Lawrence Anthony, South African conservationist known as 'The Elephant Whisperer,' died. (2012)
- Tropical Storm Irina crossed western Madagascar and then drifted south down the Mozambique Channel. Seventy… (2012)
- The FIFA World Cup kicked off in South Africa, the first time football's premier tournament was held on Afr… (2010)
- South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashed shortly after takeoff near Durban International Airport, killing… (2009)
- Helen Suzman, South African anti-apartheid activist and long-serving opposition member of parliament, died… (2009)
- Thabo Mbeki left office as president of South Africa after the African National Congress recalled him; parl… (2008)
- Billy Nair, South African anti-apartheid activist, Umkhonto we Sizwe operative and former Robben Island pri… (2008)
- South African singer Miriam Makeba, known worldwide as "Mama Africa," died in Italy after collapsing on sta… (2008)
- Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer known for his messages against apartheid and violence, was murdered… (2007)
- Adelaide Tambo, South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and wife of ANC leader Oliver Tambo, die… (2007)
- Lebo Mathosa, South African kwaito singer and founding member of the pioneering group Boom Shaka, died in a… (2006)
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