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South Africa World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams dies at the age of 25

  • Jul 12

Flight from Newark to South Africa forced to turn around

  • Nov 24, 2025
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Trump confronts South Africa's president in Oval Office

  • May 21, 2025
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Is there a white genocide in South Africa?

  • May 21, 2025

Angry elephant uses tusks to lift safari car into the air, video shows

  • Mar 21, 2024

City Colleges of Chicago students embark on trip to South Africa

  • Feb 15, 2024

St. Sabina youth choir raising money for trip to South Africa

  • Sep 2, 2023

Snake on a plane: Deadly cobra slithers up a pilot's shirt mid-flight

  • Apr 7, 2023

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Trump confronts South Africa's president in Oval Office

  • May 21, 2025
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Methanol in blood of 21 teens who died in South African tavern

  • Jul 19, 2022
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ARCHIVE: Cheryl Burton interviews Desmond Tutu in 2009

  • Dec 27, 2021
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US to lift omicron-linked southern Africa travel ban

  • Dec 24, 2021
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VIDEO: Gunmen attack armored truck in South Africa

  • May 5, 2021
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Lions maul suspected rhino poachers on African game reserve, owner says

  • Jul 5, 2018
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Here's why Cape Town could run out of water

  • Feb 20, 2018
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A look back at the memorable life of Nelson Mandela

  • Jul 17, 2017

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Children as young as 13 among 22 found dead in South African tavern, police say

At least 22 people were found dead in a South African tavern early on Sunday morning, officials said.

  • Jun 26, 2022
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Early indicators suggest omicron symptoms are mild, flu-like; more data needed to be sure

WHO reported cough, sore throat and fever as common symptoms, but it will take many more weeks to collect enough data to be sure.

  • Dec 22, 2021
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Venomous snake found lurking in family's Christmas tree

Rob and Marcela Wild discovered one of Africa's most venomous snakes hiding between the tinsel and baubles at their home in South Africa.

  • Dec 15, 2021

How severe is omicron? Expert says variant's 50 mutations could be its downfall

"Unvaccinated people in South Africa are going to the hospital, but they are not suffering a severe disease. They are not requiring oxygen. Their hospitals stay is about a third as long as it was with delta," a doctor with Gladstone Institutes tells ABC7.

  • Dec 8, 2021

Video captures attempted armored truck robbery in South Africa, highlights dangerous job

An attempted armored truck heist in South Africa was caught on camera recently; it illustrates the dangers of the job.

  • May 5, 2021