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‘We are prey’: discovery of seven women’s bodies fuels anger over femicide in South Africa

String of female murder victims found near Johannesburg’s international airport, including five in the past week

The Guardian - UK

Man Accused of Killing Wife and Daughters Allegedly Planned to Shoot Himself Before International Arrest

Ndodana Tshuma, accused of murdering his family in the UK, was arrested in South Africa. He faces extradition for murder charges while also dealing with local firearm possession charges.

International Business Times UK

Man wanted for killing wife, two daughters in UK arrested in South Africa after international manhunt

A 45-year-old British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage has been arrested in South Africa on suspicion of murdering his wife and two young daughters in the UK, bringing a swift international manhunt to a close.

The Times of India

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Mass shooting in unlicensed bar leaves 12 dead including three children

The motive for the killings was not clear, according to authorities

The Independent UK

Gunmen kill at least 12 people including three-year-old in hostel in South Africa

Police launch ‘manhunt’ after 25 people are shot in early morning in township attack west of Pretoria

The Guardian - UK

Daughter of South Africa’s ex-president accused of luring men to fight for Russia

The affidavit alleges they were handed over to a Russian mercenary group

The Independent UK

South African police say ringleader in illegal gold mining disaster allowed to escape by officers

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 survivors were rescued and 78 bodies were retrieved last week

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South African union calls Stilfontein mine siege a 'state-sponsored massacre'

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a months-long police siege. The Giwusa labour union called the operation the "worst state-sponsored massacre" since the end of apartheid.

Radio France Internationale

S.Africa Rescuers Say Clearance Of Clandestine Miners Now Over

Rescuers retrieving illegal miners from a disused South African gold shaft said on Thursday a final sweep appeared to show nobody was left underground, after 78 bodies and more than 200 miners were lifted out this week.

International Business Times

Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87

The Independent UK

South African officials weigh up rescue mission for illegal miners underground

Police say 350-400 people have stayed in Stilfontein mine to avoid arrest after minister vowed to ‘smoke them out’

The Guardian - UK

South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know

Police officials surrounded the mine and cut off suppliers to the illegal miners, hoping to force them out.

Al Jazeera

Miners holed up in abandoned South Africa shaft ‘starving’

Rescue operations involving volunteers ongoing in Stilfontein amid reports that hundreds are still trapped underground.

Al Jazeera

Manhunt after 17 killed in double mass shooting in South Africa

The shooting victims, including 15 women, were killed while attending a family gathering near the town of Lusikisiki in a rural area of Eastern Cape province. South Africa, a country of 62 million, recorded 12,734 homicides in the first six months of this year, according to official crime statistics from…

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The Independent UK

17 people have been killed in 2 mass shootings in the same town in South Africa

Police in South Africa say 17 people have been killed in two mass shootings that took place in close proximity to each other in a rural town

Radio France Internationale

Manhunt underway after 17 people killed in 2 mass shootings in South Africa

Police in South Africa are hunting for suspects after 17 people including 15 women were killed in two mass shootings that took place in close proximity to each other in a remote town in Eastern Cape province.

Al Jazeera

South Africa’s Operation Dudula vigilantes usher in new wave of xenophobia

The vigilante group turned political party increases its xenophobic rhetoric amid rising unemployment in South Africa.

The Independent UK

Outrage erupts in South Africa over video of deputy president's security officers stomping on man

A group of armed plainclothes officers assigned to protect South Africa’s deputy president were caught on video dragging a man out of a car and then stomping on his head until he lies motionless, sparking outrage and drawing more attention to the country’s problems with police brutality

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