South Africa

Defending champions South Africa edged hosts France 29-28 in a thrilling seven-try encounter on Sunday to reach next weekend's Rugby World Cup semi-finals.

Sbu Nkosi, a rugby star who had recently won the Rugby World Cup in 2019, was announced by his team in South Africa to be missing, with at least three weeks of no contact from the young man since they last saw him.

An elderly British couple was savagely murdered with their bodies thrown to crocodiles in a South African nature reserve four years ago.

A South African official called on Tuesday for Israel to be branded an "apartheid state" due to the many human rights violations over the decades that the country has committed against the Palestinians who live there.

A man reportedly died after he tried to chug down an entire bottle of Jagermeister where he could have won a measly $12.

Another mass shooting has reportedly taken place, this time at a tavern in South Africa that claimed the life of 15 people.

A well-known animal game hunter in South Africa was killed on Wednesday, in an "execution style" killing that happened as he was about to hunt again in a nearby reserve.

South African couple Joseph Modime and Emily Mashaba were arrested on Monday after police officers found them in possession of a severed lion's head in their bag with the intention of selling it off to a witch doctor.

Health care experts have started to report the symptoms commonly seen in Omicron patients.

A South African family found a strange and dangerous surprise in their Christmas tree when they found a venomous boomslang snake hiding inside of it.

The protection given by the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 has allegedly dwindled a bit against the Omicron variant.

Nigeria has reportedly seen millions of COVID-19 vaccines go to waste due to lack of people to administer the vaccine and proper storage facilities.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said cases of Omicron were reported in Queens, Long Island, and Brooklyn but has reassured the public this is no cause for alarm.

Two patients have been diagnosed with the South African Covid-19 variant in India. Government is not prepared to authorize boosters.

A man reportedly decapitated a 6-year-old girl after a heated confrontation with the victim's uncle.

Studies are being conducted to determine if the variant is vaccine-resistant. Travel restrictions are being imposed as WHO has named it a variant of concern along with variants like Delta.

A man who was arrested after human remains were found in his refrigerator reportedly attempted suicide to evade court.

A hungry girlfriend who was searching for food at her boyfriend's apartment reportedly found human remains inside his refrigerator.

A popular fitness trainer was gunned down by a burglar, all of which were caught on camera in South Africa because he was in the middle of an online class at the time.

A man from the Netherlands ended up getting bitten by a snout cobra in South Africa, leaving him with plenty of health complications after getting bitten at his private part.

A South African judge has sentenced a serial killer female cop to six life sentences and 95 years behind bars on Friday for the murders of her ex-flame and five relatives in a chilling scheme to cash in insurance claims.

A suspected elephant poacher was found dead on Thursday in the Kruger National Park in South Africa after he was reportedly stomped to death by an elephant.

Three young women were shot in the head in South Africa as gender violence rages in the country.

An unidentified teenager's body was reportedly discovered buried in a shallow grave with his heart and genitals missing.

A 23-year-old woman was hammered to death by his boyfriend in South Africa with the motive yet to be revealed.

A 42-year-old woman confessed to killing and cutting up his husband to pieces after she had sleepless nights being haunted by her late hubby.

South African scientists have issued a stern warning as a new coronavirus variant has been detected, noting it can be worse than the already highly transmissible Delta virus strain that's currently wreaking havoc across the globe.

A 24-year-old woman is charged with the murder of his 36-year-old boyfriend. she allegedly killed with a broken beer bottle after finding him with another woman.

A man has been sentenced for fatally shooting his partner at the school where she was working at the time of the incident.

Men in South Africa can already take multiple wives, soon women may be legally able to take multiple husbands. The proposal has been met with objections.