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Police in South Africa are investigating two bar shootings, one in a township close to Johannesburg and another in the country's east at the weekend. At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured.

South Africa police say a shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition

Police investigating reports men arrived in taxi before opening fire on those inside venue

Around the middle of 2013 a series of stories appeared in the South African press about a new phenomenon called ‘plasma gangs’, presented as the latest iteration of the country’s crime crisis. Journalists, broadcasters, police and government spokespeople, social media users and local residents shared tales online and in mainstream…

Qantas will launch direct flights from Perth to Johannesburg and Jakarta as Western Australia continues its reopening after years of border closures.

People living in South Africa’s biggest city Johannesburg have been subject to pungent smells in the air similar to rotten eggs. It’s not the first time citizens have complained about the smell which is related to polluted air. We asked Rebecca Garland an expert in air quality and climate change…

On the morning of Wednesday, 16 June 1976, young students from schools across Soweto set out on a march through the sprawling black township outside Johannesburg. The march was to amplify their opposition to the apartheid government’s new school-language policy that would see Afrikaans replace English as their main medium…

EFF rallied with survivors of Marikana shooting in Johannesburg where a lawsuit against the president is being heard.

His famous victory over McIlroy came on the third extra hole in the 2017 South African Open in Johannesburg