Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
Human Rights Watch5h
Southern Africa: Growing Authoritarianism Threatens Rights
Several governments across Southern Africa grew increasingly authoritarian and intolerant of dissent throughout 2024.
Al Jazeera on MSN23h
South Africa accused of ‘horrific’ crackdown as 78 bodies pulled from mine
The Democratic Alliance, the second-biggest party in the governing coalition, calls for an independent inquiry.
Bureau of Meteorology22h
South Coast Forecast
A high pressure system centred over southern Tasman Sea is combining with a trough off the north coast to direct a moist east to northeasterly flow across eastern New South Wales , bringing wet ...
kyivindependent20h
Russia-Ukraine War
Key developments on Jan. 15: * Ukraine's military now totals 880,000 soldiers, facing 600,000 Russian troops, Zelensky says * Russia launches mass missile attack against Ukraine * Ukraine, Russia have ...