Cyril Ramaphosa
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- 6d ago
Foreign national beaten to death by a crowd of about 50 at Durban anti-migrant march
Police say a group of about 50 people beat a foreign national to death on Thursday, 22 October, during a protest march in central Durban. His nationality and the motive remain unknown, and a murder investigation is under way.
- Oct 1
South Africa summons US ambassador for third time following policy dispute
Pretoria summoned US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III after he criticized the government, following White House demands to alter land and economic empowerment policies.
- Sep 26
Police find tenth woman's body in Ekurhuleni as South Africa probes killings
South African police discovered the body of a woman at a cemetery in Tembisa on Saturday, marking the tenth female victim recovered in the Ekurhuleni area since mid-July.
- Sep 23
Shooting at KwaMakhutha house party in South Africa leaves 11 dead
Three armed assailants killed 11 people, including a pregnant woman, during a late-night attack on a house party in KwaMakhutha township south of Durban.
- Sep 15
South Africa charges two women over murder among nine bodies found near Johannesburg
Two women appeared in court on 21 September 2026 charged with the murder of Jabulile Ntimba, the ninth woman found dead in Ekurhuleni over a two-month period.
- Jul 11
South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams found dead at 25, police open investigation after World Cup
The 25-year-old’s body was discovered at a residence in Schotsche Kloof, Cape Town, on Saturday; no cause of death has been released.
- Jul 3
Ebola outbreak in Congo kills 438, reaches Kisangani 600 km from epicentre; WHO starts clinical trial
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 438 people out of 1,406 cases, with a newly confirmed case in Kisangani, 600 km from the Ituri epicentre, raising fears of wider spread. The World Health Organization has launched a clinical trial for the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccine or treatment exists.
- Jun 30
South African cities shuttered as anti-migrant protest deadline triggers mass exodus
On June 30, businesses stayed shut, public transport stopped, and security forces patrolled streets across South Africa as anti-immigrant vigilante groups held marches to enforce a self-imposed deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave.
- Jun 15
Abdullah Ibrahim, South African jazz pianist whose 'Mannenberg' became anti-apartheid anthem, dies at 91
The pianist fused African traditions with American jazz to challenge apartheid. He died peacefully in Germany aged 91.
