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July 26, 2021 at 4:05 am

South Africa’s virus cases decline, liquor sales allowed

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's government has lifted a ban on liquor sales and relaxed other pandemic restrictions, reporting that a recent spike in coronavirus...

Business

July 23, 2021 at 7:42 am

South Africa’s vaccination drive regains pace after unrest

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's COVID-19 vaccination campaign is regaining momentum after being disrupted earlier this month by a week of riots sparked by the...

July 21, 2021 at 4:55 am

South African firm to make Pfizer vaccine, first in Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the first time that the shot will be produced in Africa,...

Business

July 19, 2021 at 10:32 am

EXPLAINER: What caused South Africa’s week of rioting? VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has been rocked by the worst violence since the nation achieved democracy in 1994. Here is a closer look at...

July 18, 2021 at 7:51 am

South Africa’s leader vows to restore order, catch plotters VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's leader went to Johannesburg's Soweto township Sunday to view badly damaged shopping centers where people were trampled to death in...

July 16, 2021 at 7:00 am

Leader backs order in South Africa, vows to catch plotters VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Standing before a looted mall and surrounded by soldiers, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed Friday to restore order to the country...

South African Defence Force soldiers on patrol alongside the male single sex hostels in Alexandra Township, north of Johannesburg, Thursday, July 15 2021. The army has begun deploying 25,000 troops to assist police in quelling the weeklong riots and violence sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. (AP Photo) ALX103 ALX103

July 15, 2021 at 4:31 am

25,000 troops deployed to quell South Africa riots, 117 dead VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In one of the largest deployments of soldiers since the end of white minority rule, 25,000 South African troops began taking up...

July 14, 2021 at 9:58 am

‘I was in tears’: South Africans take stand against rioting VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Surveying the uneasy standoff between South African soldiers and huddles of young men faced off Wednesday across the rubble-strewn street in front...

A road is barricaded in Soweto near Johannesburg, Tuesday July 13, 2021 as ongoing looting and violence continues. South Africa’s rioting continued Tuesday with the death toll rising to 32 as police and the military struggle to quell the violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The violence started in various parts of KwaZulu-Natal last week when Zuma began serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) JOH112 JOH112

July 13, 2021 at 3:19 am

Deaths climb to 72 in South Africa riots after Zuma jailed VIEW

The death toll from rioting in South Africa rose Tuesday as police and the military tried to halt the unrest in poor areas of two...

July 12, 2021 at 3:59 am

10 dead in South Africa riots over jailing of ex-leader Zuma VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rioting triggered by the imprisonment of former South African President Jacob Zuma escalated Monday as shopping malls in Johannesburg were looted, major...