The Latest Breaking News from Johannesburg

The KG Halli police on Saturday arrested a 29-year-old for allegedly peddling drugs and recovered 500 grams of MDMA worth ₹25 lakh from him. The accused, identified as Nelson Onwugbuo, hails from Johannesburg, South Africa, and had taken rooms in a hotel at Kalyan Nagar, said the police. He was…

South Africa’s world famous singer and activist Miriam Makeba (1932-2008) would have turned 90 on 4 March 2022. Born Zenzile Miriam Makeba in Johannesburg’s Prospect township, she had a life of remarkable global impact. She contributed to black people’s struggle for liberation and defended the integrity of African identity and…

The girls' mum had gone out to buy meat from the butcher's in Johannesburg, South Africa, so the girls panicked when they woke up alone and climbed out of the third-floor window

Robert Gay, 52, was on a layover from Heathrow in South Africa when, during a night out with colleagues, he became separated from the group and was found unconscious

An investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding his death

Mystery surrounds the tragic death of a British Airways crew member who was found dead in the South African streets with “no visible injuries”.

Francois Van der Zee paid £537 to Dream World Travel in August, 2019 to fly from Scotland to Johannesburg the following April but was cancelled due to the pandemic.

What is it like to discover a new coronavirus variant? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear the inside story from one of the South African scientists who first alerted the world to the omicron variant. And a South African vaccine expert explains what lessons the country’s…

Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA) announced that its subsidiary Kannaway has opened a new office and warehouse in South Africa.

Scholars disagree about whether the formerly whites-only neighbourhoods of Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest and most economically important city, have become substantially desegregated since the end of apartheid in 1994. Some argue that racial residential segregation has declined only slightly, while others argue that it is substantial.

Robin said he would not wish the ordeal on his “worst enemy” after a nurse handed him to the wrong mother by mistake at a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa