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South Africa

Afrikaner refugees settle in Raleigh after disputed claims of genocide

  • May 23, 2025
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Trump confronts South Africa's president in Oval Office

  • May 21, 2025
AP Photo/Evan Vucci

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

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

  • Apr 7, 2023

22 people were found dead in a South African tavern: police

  • Jun 26, 2022

Omicron symptoms: Early indicators suggest variant causes mild COVID

  • Dec 22, 2021

Venomous snake found lurking in family's Christmas tree

  • Dec 15, 2021

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Trump hosts South Africa's president in Oval Office

  • May 21, 2025
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Duke professor highlights importance of global vaccine equity

  • Nov 30, 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

Latest Stories

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

Triangle family stuck in limbo as travel restrictions implemented due to new COVID variant

A Triangle family's vacation to Africa has been extended for reasons out of their control--new travel restrictions due to the omicron variant.

  • Nov 29, 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
Adele Grosse

Giant squid washes ashore on South African beach: 'I was in awe'

"It looked like a majestic prehistoric animal as I have never seen anything like that in our oceans...I was in awe," one witness said.

  • Jun 22, 2020

Nelson Mandela's 2003 hand-washing PSA serves as good reminder today

The public service announcement shows the late activist and former South African president using soap and water while instructing the boy to wash and rinse thoroughly.

  • Mar 26, 2020