South Africa

At least 73 people are dead and dozens more injured after a fire ripped through a five-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa.

A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, killing at least 73 people early Thursday

The Oranje held off Thembi Kgatlana and South Africa’s counter attacks to reach the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals where they will meet Spain.

South African players are committed to playing in the Women’s World Cup following disputes around player and support staff pay, and the team captain has assured fans back home they are fully focused on their upcoming tournament matches.

The U.S. women’s national team will meet South Africa twice in September in their first fixtures after the 2023 FIFA World Cup.

The ex-finance minister is accused of receiving bribes of up to $17 million during a scheme that secured loans for Mozambican state-owned companies from foreign banks and financiers for maritime projects

At least 16 people, including three children, died when toxic gas leaked from a cylinder near Johannesburg, South African police said Wednesday.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or any significant damage. An earthquake of that strength is classified as minor but would be clearly felt and might cause small damage to buildings.

A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat.

Oscar Pistorius’ lawyer says there was an “obvious mistake” in the process to deny him parole last week 10 years after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home.

Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was denied parole Friday after it was decided that he had not served the “minimum detention period” required to be released from prison following his murder conviction for the 2013 killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a farm near Johannesburg over the weekend.

The death toll from the tragic flash flood that swept away members of a church congregation along the Jukskei River in Johannesburg has risen from nine to 14.

In January 2018, after a historic 3 year drought, Cape Town officials announced that the South African capital was just 90 days from “Day Zero,” at which point it would run out of water. The city was spared from disaster, in part thanks to a massive water conservation campaign. What can the U.S., which is now facing its own historic...

The toxic chemical methanol has been identified as a possible cause of the deaths of 21 teenagers at a bar in the South African city of East London last month.

South African former track star Oscar Pistorius has met with the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman he shot to death in 2013, as part of his parole process. Steenkamp family lawyer Tania Koen says in a text message to the AP that Pistorius and Barry Steenkamp met face-to-face on June 22 as part of what’s known in South Africa...

South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 21 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London Sunday and authorities say most of the victims were minors as young as 13-year-old. It is unclear what led to the deaths of the young people, who were reportedly attending a party to celebrate the end of winter...

Afrikaans is a Dutch-based language developed by the country’s white settlers and is associated with South Africa’s apartheid regime of white minority rule that ended in 1994.