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Rescue workers search the site of a building collapse in George, South Africa, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Nearly 40 construction workers were still missing Wednesday in the rubble of a building that collapsed in South Africa on Monday as rescue teams continued to search for survivors for a third day in the wreckage of the unfinished five-story apartment complex. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Dozens still missing after South African building collapse; 7 confirmed dead
Rescue teams are continuing to search for dozens of construction workers who are believed to be buried in the rubble of an unfinished five-story apartment building that collapsed in South Africa on Monday.
 
People attend Freedom Day celebrations in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday April 27, 2024. The day marks April 27 when the country held pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of the racial segregation and oppression of apartheid. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent
South Africa has marked 30 years since the end of apartheid with a ceremony in the capital. But any sense of celebration on the momentous anniversary was set against a growing discontent with the current government.
 
The wreckage off a bus lays in a ravine a day after it plunged off a bridge on the Mmamatlakala mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken, around 300km (190 miles) north of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, March 29, 2024. A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said. The only survivor was an 8-year-old child who was receiving medical attention for serious injuries. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Girl, 8, only survivor of bus crash that kills 45 Easter pilgrims on South Africa’s deadly roads
An 8-year-old girl was the lone survivor after a bus full of Easter pilgrims from Botswana making their way to a popular church festival in rural South Africa crashed off a bridge on a mountain pass and plunged into a ravine before bursting into flames.
 
FILE - Oscar Pistorius leaves the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 15, 2016, after his sentencing proceedings. Oscar Pistorius is due on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 to be released from prison on parole to live under strict conditions at a family home after serving nearly nine years of his murder sentence for the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius freed after serving nearly 9 years in prison for killing girlfriend
Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee who became a global star competing at his sport’s highest level while running on carbon-fiber blades, has been released from prison after serving nearly nine years for killing his girlfriend, the model Reeva Steenkamp.
 
Mineworkers at the entrance of a goldmine in Springs, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2025. A company official says more than 100 miners have escaped from the mine after being held underground for three days by fellow employees in a union dispute. (AP Photo)
Hundreds of miners leave South Africa gold mine after being underground for 3 days in union dispute
Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground because of a union dispute have left a gold mine in South Africa.
 
Delay in ex-South African leader’s case as appeal planned
Court proceedings for former South African president Jacob Zuma have been pushed back to Feb. 4 as his legal team says it will appeal a ruling dismissing its attempt to halt prosecution on graft charges for good.
 
Former South African president Zuma to face corruption trial
Former South African president Jacob Zuma will face trial on corruption charges after a court dismissed his application to halt the case for good.
 
1st cholera cases confirmed in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit city
Mozambican authorities say the first cases of cholera have been confirmed in the cyclone-ravaged city of Beira, raising the stakes in an already desperate fight to help hundreds of thousands of people sheltering in increasingly squalid conditions.
 
South Africa’s leader cuts short UK visit after protests
South Africa’s president has cut short a visit to Britain to return home and deal with violent protests in a provincial capital.