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Virgin passengers stranded for 30 hours and counting after flight diverts to Spain and rescue plane breaks down

Exclusive: ‘After two hours wandering around an empty airport asking local staff if they could help, we eventually found a desk which gave us a bus and hotel voucher,’ passenger tells The Independent

The Independent UK

The real Johannesburg: 6 powerful photos from a gritty new book on the city

Wake Up, This is Joburg is a collaboration between photographer Mark Lewis and urban planner and writer Tanya Zack. Striking images and beautiful texts follow 10 stories the team discovered in urban Johannesburg, South Africa. Each chapter captures many overlapping stories that come together around a character, a place or…

The Conversation

South African Scientists Use Bugs in War against Water Hyacinth Weed

The Hartbeespoort dam in South Africa used to be brimming with people enjoying scenic landscapes and recreational water sports. Now, the visitors are greeted to the sight of boats stuck in a sea of invasive green water hyacinth weed. The spike in Harties - as Hartbeespoort is known - can…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Warriors plotting a hit-and-run mission to South Africa

FROM wet and windy Scotstoun on Friday night to sunny Ellis Park in Johannesburg next Saturday, Glasgow Warriors will experience the two extremes of…

The National (Scotland)

Popular S.African rapper AKA shot dead

JOHANNESBURG: One of South Africa's hottest rap artists, Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA, has been shot dead outside a restaurant in the southeastern city of Durban, his family said Saturday.

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Brit collapses and dies after 11 hours on flight from Heathrow with wife

Michael Joseph Morris, who was travelling with his wife, suddenly collapsed in the international arrivals toilet while waiting for his luggage to be returned after flying from Heathrow to OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg

Daily Mirror

Radio in South Africa turns 100 – and collides with podcasting and streaming

This year marks 100 years since radio was introduced in South Africa, through “the first experimental broadcast at the Railway Headquarters in Johannesburg” on 18 December 1923.

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Woman baffled after blue water flows out of her tap as she asks if it's safe

A spokesperson for the local water utility firm, Johannesburg Water, said it suspects the blue water was contaminated by copper in the building, but samples had been taken for testing in South Africa

Daily Mirror

Tigers in South Africa: a farming industry exists – often for their body parts

A tiger escaped from a residence and roamed the countryside outside Johannesburg, South Africa, for four days this month. It attacked a man and killed several animals, and was eventually shot by the authorities. Tigers aren’t native to South Africa and are considered an alien species. Its escape highlights the…

The Conversation

Tiger euthanised in South Africa after escaping from private home

South African authorities euthanised a tiger on Wednesday after she escaped from an enclosure in a private home, killed several animals and injured a man, raising questions about whether exotic animals should be allowed to be kept as pets.

Reuters

Tiger kills dog and mauls man after escaping from enclosure at private farm

Authorities in South Africa are trying to locate a tiger after it escaped from its enclosure near Johannesburg. It killed a dog and mauled a man who survived but was taken to the hospital

Daily Mirror

South Africa: Search on after tiger escapes, attacks man

Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a farm near Johannesburg over the weekend

The Independent UK

How migrant entrepreneurs find their way in South Africa

The pros and cons of the informal economy and how migrant business spaces are initiated and expanded.

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Ponte City: How Johannesburg's notorious towerblock cleaned up its act

Ponte City was built as a Johannesburg landmark, and became one for all the wrong reasons. Clara Wiggins goes on a tour

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South Africa gas truck explosion death toll rises to 34

South African officials say the death toll from an explosion of a tanker truck on Christmas Eve near eastern Johannesburg has risen to 34, including 10 health workers at a nearby hospital

Reuters

South Africa mourns victims of tanker blast as death toll jumps to 34

The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has increased to 34 from an earlier estimate of 27, the provincial health department said on Friday.

Reuters

South Africa tanker explosion death toll jumps to 27

The death toll from a gas tanker blast in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has climbed to 27, the provincial health department said on Thursday.

Reuters

South African tanker blast death toll climbs to 18

The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has climbed to 18, officials said on Tuesday, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to support people affected by the blast.

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Johannesburg tanker explosion death toll rises to 15

The death toll from a gas tanker that exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday has risen to fifteen, authorities said, from an earlier estimate of eight.

The Independent UK

Truck with liquified gas explodes in South Africa; 8 killed

A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas has exploded in the South African town of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, killing at least 8 people and injuring 50 others on Saturday

ABC News

Tanker explosion kills eight in South Africa, injures scores more and damages hospital

A gas tanker stuck under a bridge explodes in Johannesburg, killing eight people and damaging nearby buildings, including a nearby hospital, according to emergency services.

Reuters

Tanker explosion kills 8 in Johannesburg

A gas tanker apparently stuck under a bridge exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday, killing eight people, injuring scores more and damaging nearby buildings, emergency services said.

Daily Mirror

Amazing places in South Africa as holidays become cheaper than ever for Brits

Visitors to South Africa have plenty of big, cultural cities such as Johannesburg and Cape Town to get stuck into, as well as fames wildlife parks such as Kruger

Asharq Al-Awsat

African Team Can Reach 2026 World Cup Final, Says CAF Boss Motsepe

African football boss Patrice Motsepe told a press conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday he believes a team from the continent can reach the 2026 World Cup final. "Morocco opened the door by reaching the semi-finals this month and I am confident an African nation will go further at the next…

Reuters

South Africa's Ramaphosa: wounded president re-elected to party helm

President Cyril Ramaphosa, the anti-apartheid champion who become one of South Africa's wealthiest businessmen, survived a challenge for the leadership of his party on Monday, days after he was spared impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed "Farmgate".

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