World & Nation
Newspapers in Nigeria breathlessly reported a few years ago that the South African army planned to bomb Africa’s most populous country because of Nigeria’s tough stand against apartheid.
April 21, 1994
South Africa said Friday it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court at The Hague, raising fears of an African exodus from a tribunal established to prosecute the worst crimes against humanity.
Oct. 21, 2016
South Africa’s foreign minister says her country’s citizens who fight in the Israeli armed forces or alongside them in Gaza will be arrested when they return home.
March 13, 2024
Sports
Sept. 16, 2014
Olympics
1956--The International Table Tennis Federation expels the all-white South African Table Tennis Union. 1960--South Africa fields a team in the Olympics for what turns out to be the last time.
July 10, 1991
“Out of Africa,” said the ancient Romans, “there is always something new.”
July 10, 1994
South Africa’s health minister says the country will begin administering the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers next week.
Feb. 10, 2021
The husky white diplomat sped into town from his South African jet, past the big road sign reading “Apartheid Is a Crime Against Humanity,” and embraced a roomful of black dignitaries as “my African brothers.”
Dec. 27, 1988
Stark inequalities persist as South Africa — with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Africa — battles the new coronavirus.
April 27, 2020
An international ratings agency has downgraded one of South Africa’s credit ratings to junk for the first time since 2000, triggering a dive in the currency, the rand, and sparking calls from senior figures in the governing African National Congress for President Jacob Zuma to resign.
April 4, 2017