Cholera kills 17 in South Africa and a further 9 in neighboring Zimbabwe
At least 17 people have died in a cholera outbreak in the Hammanskraal township outside South Africa's capital of Pretoria.
It's an indicator of South Africa's profound problems with poverty and inequality. Besides being unhygienic, the latrines present a much more direct danger.
Police say 10 members of the same family were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa. It is being described as...