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South Africa

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

  • Apr 7, 2023
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22 people were found dead in a South African tavern: police

  • Jun 26, 2022

Venomous snake found lurking in family's Christmas tree

  • Dec 15, 2021

50 mutations in omicron could be its downfall, data shows

  • Dec 8, 2021

Giant squid washes ashore on South African beach

  • Jun 22, 2020

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

  • Mar 26, 2020

Latest Videos

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Desmond Tutu, leader in battle against South African apartheid, dies at 90

  • Dec 26, 2021
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NY philanthropist helping to bring drinking water to South Africa

  • Nov 28, 2019
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Part 1 of 'Here and Now: Journey to South Africa-Mandela's Centennial'

  • Aug 6, 2018
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Part 3 of 'Here and Now: Journey to South Africa-Mandela's Centennial'

  • Aug 6, 2018
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Part 2 of 'Here and Now: Journey to South Africa-Mandela's Centennial'

  • Aug 6, 2018
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Part 4 of 'Here and Now: Journey to South Africa-Mandela's Centennial'

  • Aug 6, 2018
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Part 5 of 'Here and Now: Journey to South Africa-Mandela's Centennial'

  • Aug 6, 2018
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Part 6 of 'Here and Now: Journey to South Africa-Mandela's Centennial'

  • Aug 6, 2018

Latest Stories

Hippopotamus wanders through South Africa gas station

People didn't have to go far in South Africa to feel like they were on safari.

  • Feb 27, 2020
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Orphaned albino elephant recovers from poacher's snare

Albino elephant Khanysia cut her mouth, face and underneath her ear and chin on a poacher's sharp wire snare.

  • Feb 14, 2020

New York philanthropist helping to bring fresh drinking water to South Africa

One in nine people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water and part of the solution comes from a New York-based philanthropist.

  • Nov 28, 2019
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Surfers, lifeguards rescue baby great white shark stranded on rocky coastline

Surfers and lifeguards hoisted the animal onto a surfboard and carried it to a part of the coast where it could swim to safety.

  • Apr 10, 2019
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Suspected poacher killed by elephant, eaten by lions in South African park: Police

Rangers were only able to locate the man's skull and tattered pants, leading them to conclude that he had likely been eaten overnight by a pride of lions.

  • Apr 7, 2019