South Africa

South African brothers are now being hunted down after disappearing with close to $3.6 billion worth of bitcoins after the value rose in April. Both are still at large.

A Siberian tiger fatally mauled a zookeeper after it climbed over an electric fence while the power was down. It also killed another male tiger by climbing into its enclosure during the incident.

A young African lesbian was allegedly raped and murdered by a man in an apparent hate crime in South Africa.

Gosiame Thamara Sithole reported that she underwent a lot of pain and had “extreme morning sickness early on, and leg pains as the bump got bigger.”

Victims and their families wept in relief as Pretoria High Court ordered the convicted man to serve five life sentences for raping multiple women.

A mother who allegedly sold her 13-year-old daughter with Down syndrome and her 15-year-old son for sexual exploitation has been arrested along with the two shopkeepers to who she sold them.

A 21-year-old Lampopo man has been sentenced for raping his 62-year-old aunt in 2017 despite claiming it was consensual sex.

Moderna claims that their booster has proven effective against the new COVID-19 strains which reportedly originated from Brazil and South Africa.

A 28-year-old woman survived when the vehicle she was riding overturned. However, she was hit by another vehicle as she was looking for her phone and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Four bodies were found burned to death while two others were discovered hanging at a forest in South Africa. A seventh victim also died from injuries at the hospital. The case is still under investigation.

South African police have been able to arrest a man suspected of the horrific murder of a woman and her teenage daughter last year.

In a bizarre ritual in South Africa, a pastor sits on the faces of devotees and farts to ‘heal’ them.

Roughly 60 people that included foreigners are still missing following attacks made by Islamic military on civilians trying to flee the Hotel Amurala.

A 15-year-old girl from South Africa was sexually assaulted by a man but managed to kill her attacker with his own gun.

A man from South Africa got poured with boiling water and then stabbed after an argument with his girlfriend at the his pad.

A 52-year-old man confessed to the murder of his girlfriend from 20 years ago, alleging he was being haunted by the late woman's spirit.

A 25-year-old woman who boarded a minibus to visit her boyfriend ended up getting raped. She reveals she was HIV-positive but did not reveal it for fear of getting killed by the attackers.

A female police officer killed his boyfriend and 5-month old baby after discovering that his former partner had a new flame. After shooting the boyfriend and the baby, she turned her service pistol on herself.

“People have to take lessons from this,” Kazi said, adding, “God is testing everybody.

In South Africa, more than 13,350 cases were recorded on July 18, marking the fourth-largest tally of cases in a single day. 

Despite Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s current South African tour being seen as successful, critics have found another reason to target the duchess. This time, it’s because of a necklace she wore during the royal tour.

Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s rumored feud has reached its boiling point with a recent fight claimed to have furthered the tension between the Cambridges and Sussexes.

News of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s love for their child and their little family has sparked rumors of them adding on to their family.

From being our "black step-dad" to "taking jobs Americans don't want to do," Trevor Noah brings fresh veins of humor as the Daily Show's new front-man.

Recent xenophobic violence in South Africa has caused deaths, injuries and forced evacuations of many immigrants. A backlash to the violence has put supported positive messages on social media, including a three-year-old french-fry commercial.

Oscar Pistorius, the famous Olympic sprinter known to the world as "Blade Runner" has been sentenced to just 5 years in prison by a South African judge. Experts believe that Pistorius may only spend 10 months behind bars for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. Read More

The verdict is a victory for Pistoruis and his defense and a huge blow to the prosecution and Reeva Steenkamp's family. Read on for more...

The verdict is a victory for Pistoruis and his defense and a huge blow to the prosecution and Reeva Steenkamp's family. Read on for more...

Over one year later after admitting he shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius hears his fate. Watch the live stream from the courtroom!

See some of Nelson Mandela's greatest moments in history from his early beginnings to his 27 years in a South African prison. Relive his legendary fight for racial justice, and discover 10 facts about the former South African president.