The Latest Breaking News from Johannesburg

In early September 2019, xenophobic attacks escalated dramatically in two large South African cities, Johannesburg and Pretoria, as well as adjoining areas.

South African gold miner Harmony Gold said on Monday that a mine-worker had died of an accident at one its mines in Johannesburg on Friday.

Robert Gay, 52, was on a layover from Heathrow in South Africa when, during a night out with colleagues, he became separated from the group and was found unconscious

An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding his death

Mystery surrounds the tragic death of a British Airways crew member who was found dead in the South African streets with “no visible injuries”.

Francois Van der Zee paid £537 to Dream World Travel in August, 2019 to fly from Scotland to Johannesburg the following April but was cancelled due to the pandemic.

What is it like to discover a new coronavirus variant? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear the inside story from one of the South African scientists who first alerted the world to the omicron variant. And a South African vaccine expert explains what lessons the country’s…

Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA) announced that its subsidiary Kannaway has opened a new office and warehouse in South Africa.

Scholars disagree about whether the formerly whites-only neighbourhoods of Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest and most economically important city, have become substantially desegregated since the end of apartheid in 1994. Some argue that racial residential segregation has declined only slightly, while others argue that it is substantial.