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Three people have tragically lost their lives in a shooting in Soweto, raising concerns about rising crime rates in Gauteng.
Sixty-five years after the Sharpeville Massacre, residents share compelling evidence of uncounted victims while UNESCO's heritage status brings hope for preserving the sanctity of victims' final resting place. Local witnesses and families challenge the official death toll of 69, revealing stories of those who died later from their injuries and unmarked graves that tell a deeper story of that fateful day.
Sixty-five years after the Sharpeville Massacre, residents share compelling evidence of uncounted victims while UNESCO's heritage status brings hope for preserving the sanctity of victims' final resting place. Local witnesses and families challenge the official death toll of 69, revealing stories of those who died later from their injuries and unmarked graves that tell a deeper story of that fateful day.
On the 65th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, South African political leaders from across the spectrum unite in response to escalating US diplomatic tensions. EFF's Malema, ActionSA's Ngobeni, and ACT's Magashule deliver powerful messages about sovereignty and unity at this crucial moment in SA-US relations.
Political unity crumbled at the Sharpeville Massacre's 65th anniversary when PAC supporters stormed the commemoration venue, forcing provincial leaders to abandon proceedings. The dramatic turn of events overshadowed initial calls for solidarity, even as political parties across the spectrum gathered to honour the 69 victims of the historic 1960 tragedy that shaped South Africa's human rights journey.
Tragedy strikes as nine people die from a mass shooting at a tavern in Mpumalanga, with two suspects arrested in connection to the gang-related incident.
No definitive death toll has been established but Mugabe's Fifth Brigade, trained by North Korean instructors, is estimated to have killed up to 20,000 people between 1983 and 1987.
The storm of inequality and injustice continues. There is no Rainbow in sight for the wretched of the earth, writes Kim Heller.
Convicted mass murderer Louis van Schoor, known as the ‘Apartheid Killer’, has died.
On March 8, 2020, seven people were gunned down, three others injured, including a six-year-old in Khayelitsha.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says in August he will table the progress report into the implementation plan of the Farlam Commission Report into the Marikana massacre and the Professor Sandy Africa Report into the July 2021 riots.
One person has been killed in a shootout with police while two more have been arrested following the massacre of 10 people aged between 13 and 63 in KwaZulu-Natal.
It’s believed the man who carried out the mass shooting, which has left at least 10 people dead, took his own life.
The gunman opened fire amid Lunar New Year celebrations at a Monterey Park dance hall, with witnesses saying he shot indiscriminately with a semiautomatic weapon.
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden marked the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in which on this day exactly 10 years ago, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people, including 20 young children.
Issa Sallet Adoum, Ousman Yaouba and Tahir Mahamat were accused of taking part in an attack by the 3R armed group in May 2019 in which 46 villagers in north-west CAR were massacred.
Nine people have been arrested in India as part of the investigation into the collapse of a recently renovated bridge in Gujarat, including managers of the maintenance company, local police said on Monday.
A mass shooting at a childcare centre on Thursday in Thailand's Nong Bua Lamphu province has killed at least 36 people, including 24 children, local authorities said.
KZN SAPS say resources have been mobilised following the murders of twelve people in Marianhill on Saturday night.
KZN SAPS say resources have been mobilised following the murders of seven people at an establishment in Marianhill on Saturday night.
During his speech at the pro-gun conference for the National Rifle Association (NRA) at the weekend, former US president Donald Trump called on the Washington government to prioritise funding for school security in the country instead of sending aid to war-torn Ukraine.
Nearly 20 countries have reported outbreaks of the monkeypox viral disease, and Taylor Swift, Steve Kerr and various other celebrities share their reactions online to the primary school mass shooting in Texas. Follow IOL’s world news live coverage for updates on global news throughout the day.
OPINION: Germany may have issued an apology to the descendants of the Herero and Nama people of Namibia last year for the genocide its officials carried out, but it has failed to make appropriate amends from the perspective of the victim’s families, writes Shannon Ebrahim.