Tag: Southern Africa
Georgia rugby coach hospitalized with COVID in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Georgia national rugby coach was in serious condition in the hospital in South Africa on Saturday after contracting...
Key highway reopens as South African army helps restore calm
JOHANNESBURG — After being closed for a week by the violent unrest that rocked parts of South Africa, a strategic highway has reopened, officials...
South Africa’s army starts large deployment to restore order
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's army has begun deploying 25,000 troops to assist police in quelling the weeklong riots and violence sparked by the imprisonment...
Rioting, looting continues in South Africa, deaths up to 32
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's rioting continued Tuesday with the death toll rising to 32 as police and the military struggle to quell the looting...
6 dead in South Africa riots over jailing of ex-leader Zuma
JOHANNESBURG — Six people have been killed and 219 arrested amid escalating violence during rioting that broke out following the imprisonment of South Africa's...
South Africa ramps up vaccine drive, too late for this surge
JOHANNESBURG — Some in wheelchairs, others on canes, hundreds of South Africans waited recently on the ramps of an open-air Johannesburg parking garage to...
South Africa faces rioting over jailing of ex-leader Zuma
JOHANNESBURG — Violent rioting has erupted in two South African provinces against the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma, with supporters blocking roads and...
Violence erupts over jailing of South Africa’s ex-president
MOOI RIVER, South Africa — Supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma are protesting his imprisonment, burning trucks, commercial property, and blocking major...
Rights groups hail imprisonment of South Africa’s ex-leader
NKANDLA, South Africa — Former South African President Jacob Zuma has begun serving a 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court after handing himself...
In Africa, virus ruins Olympic dreams and tests dedication
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The dreaded test results came back positive for COVID-19 and the illness descended on South African swimmer Erin Gallagher.
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