WorldJul 26, 2026South Africa: Migrants Flee amid Anti-Foreigner DriveThe supplied report states that in South Africa more than 160,000 immigrants have fled after a group identified as the "March and March" movement went house-to-house...South AfricaMarch and March movement
WorldJun 25, 2026Xenophobic Violence Targets Migrants in South AfricaAcross multiple South African cities, anti-immigrant mobs and protest groups have marched, at times armed with sticks and chanting for foreigners to leave. Foreign-o...South AfricaXenophobic violence in South Africa
HealthJun 7, 2026U.S. Aid Shifts Disrupt HIV Programs in AfricaThe essay reports that the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), launched in 2003 and credited by the State Department with saving roughly 26 mil...PEPFARSouth AfricaMozambique
HealthJun 5, 2026South Africa launches biannual Lenacapavir HIV preventionSouth Africa began rolling out lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis given every six months, at 360 health facilities in high-burden dis...South AfricaLenacapavirPEPFAR
EconomyJul 16, 2026U.S. Aid‑to‑Trade Shift Linked to African GrowthThe article reports that a senior State Department official and other sources credit a U.S. policy shift under the Trump administration—from traditional aid toward a...TrumpForeign AidSouth Africa
WorldJun 10, 2026Mass shooting kills 12 near JohannesburgShortly after 11 p.m. on Tuesday, more than ten people exited a minibus and moved through an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg, firing on r...South AfricaIllicit mining
CultureMar 28, 2026Market Theatre in Johannesburg marks 50 years of racially integrated, anti-apartheid theatreThe Market Theatre in central Johannesburg opened in 1976, days after the Soweto uprising, in a converted fruit-and-vegetable market. From its founding it staged pla...South AfricaArt and BeautyCivil Rights+1
CrimeFeb 18, 2026Epstein survivor tells CBS News how she was trafficked, and assaultedThis article recounts the testimony of Juliette Bryant, a South African woman who was trafficked and sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein. Bryant was first introduc...Sex TraffickingSurvivorJeffrey Epstein+2
HealthJan 17, 2026The near death -- and last-minute reprieve -- of a trial for an HIV vaccineThe article describes the near collapse and eventual revival of a promising HIV vaccine trial in sub-Saharan Africa. The BRILLIANT Consortium, composed of African sc...HIVVaccineUSAID+1
ViolenceDec 6, 202511 killed, including 3 children, in shooting at a South African barA mass shooting occurred in an unlicensed bar in the Saulsville township near Pretoria, South Africa, leading to the deaths of 11 people, including three children ag...Mass ShootingsSouth AfricaChildren
ScienceMar 12, 2026Zambian Scientist Opens Drug-Discovery Lab in South Africa to Address Brain DrainA Zambian scientist has founded a modern drug-discovery laboratory in South Africa with the explicit aim of stemming the continent's ‘‘brain drain’’ — the loss of lo...ScienceSouth AfricaBrain Drain+1
CultureJan 21, 2026Greetings from Kalk Bay, a South African fishing village where wild seals await scrapsThis article is part of NPR's 'Far-Flung Postcards' series and offers a snapshot of life in Kalk Bay, a small fishing village near Cape Town, South Africa. The harbo...South AfricaFishingKalk Bay
