Michelle Gumede

A jetliner flies over the stadium ahead of a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo)

Dramatically low flyby by passenger jets over packed South African stadium sparks safety debate

August 31, 2026 at 10:03 a.m.

A pregame stunt involving two passenger jets flying dramatically low over a sports stadium in South Africa drew huge cheers from the estimated crowd of around 56,000 people, but also...

South African police gather at the scene of a mass shooting where gunmen killed nine and injured at least 10 in a pub in Bekkersdal, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/ Alfonso Nqunjana)

Multiple gunmen open fire at a South African pub, killing 9 and wounding 10

December 21, 2025 at 9:09 a.m.

A group of gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of Sunday, authorities said.

US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini

July 16, 2025 at 3:09 p.m.

The United States sent five men it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program,...

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