1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men ...
South Africa's WW1 servicemen finally honoured at new memorial
Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in ...
The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
South Africa not worried about relationship with US under Trump, Ramaphosa says
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that he was not worried about the country's relationship with the ...
South African retail sales rise 7.7% year on year in November
South African retail sales rose 7.7% year on year in November after rising by a revised 6.2% in October, Statistics South ...
Informal mining persists in South Africa despite police crackdowns
In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...
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Foreign Nationals Outnumber Locals in Some South African Prisons, Citizens Furious With Government
South Africans are furious with the ANC government after it was announced that foreign nationals outnumber locals in some of ...
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial
More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no ...
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Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
South Africa 2024 Inflation Lowest In Four Years
South Africa's annual inflation rate for 2024 dropped to 4.4 percent, the lowest level since 2020, the national statistics bureau announced Wednesday.
Princess Anne's Husband Suddenly Cancels Royal Trip to South Africa After Suffering Injury
Anne's international trip will also involve the unveiling of the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial, which will "commemorate ...
The Key Laws on the South African Parliamentary Agenda in 2025
South Africa’s parliament reconvenes next week to process a host of outstanding legislation that will have a major bearing on ...