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Tourist Trampled by Elephant While Trying to Protect Kids

Death occurred Saturday at South Africa's Kruger National Park

(Newser) - The death of a tourist on safari in South Africa is being called a "tragic accident." South African National Parks on Saturday said a tourist was charged and trampled by an elephant while in Kruger National Park and died. A follow-up post identified the deceased as South African...

King's Wife Fails to Block Attempt to Marry 3rd Wife

But insiders say Zulu king has decided against getting married again

(Newser) - The first wife of the king of South Africa's Zulu Kingdom failed in an effort to legally block her husband's attempt to take a third wife—but the marriage was still called off, for undisclosed reasons. King Misuzulu kaZwelithini married Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela in a civil service in...

'Smoke Them Out' Policy Leaves Dozens of Miners Dead
'Smoke Them Out' Policy
Leaves Dozens of Miners Dead
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Jan 16, 2025 12:02 PM CST

'Smoke Them Out' Policy Leaves Dozens of Miners Dead

It's a brutal scene at an abandoned mine in South Africa

(Newser) - At least 87 miners are dead, and dozens more bodies may remain underground—the brutal outcome of a protracted dispute at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa. The issue revolves around the practice of illegal miners— known as zama zamas —venturing down into abandoned mines to look for...

Monkey Gets Hold of Home's Panic Remote, Really Likes It

South African primate hit the button over and over and over again, eventually made off with the remote

(Newser) - What do you get the monkey who has everything? For one South African primate, the answer to that appears to be a home alarm's remote control. Per UPI , the security firm Mi7 National Group received "multiple panic activations" from a home in Northdale on Thursday morning, according to...

YouTuber Graham 'Dingo' Dinkelman Dies From Snake Bite

Conservationist known as 'South Africa's Steve Irwin' died after month in induced coma

(Newser) - A wildlife conservationist and YouTuber known as "South Africa's Steve Irwin" died over the weekend, a month after being bitten by a venomous snake. USA Today reports that Graham "Dingo" Dinkelman, 44, had been in an induced coma in intensive care from anaphylactic shock since he was...

Novo Nordisk's Insulin Change Attracts Critics

Company is no longer making pens containing human insulin

(Newser) - As a teen, Lecritia Roberts injected herself with insulin using a glass vial and a syringe to manage her type 1 diabetes, and not without struggle. The 31-year-old South African woman tells the Guardian the glass vials the insulin came in had some downsides, among them less precision and the...

17 Dead in 2 Mass Shootings in Same Rural Town

Search is underway for suspects in South Africa

(Newser) - Seventeen people were killed in two mass shootings that took place in close proximity to each other in a rural town in South Africa, police said Saturday. A search was underway for the suspects, national police spokesperson Brig. Athlenda Mathe said in a statement, per the AP . The victims were...

US Student, 20, Found Dead on South African Mountain

Brook Cheuvront was hiking in Table Mountain National Park

(Newser) - An American college student who disappeared on a hike in South Africa has been found dead on a Cape Town mountain. Brook Cheuvront, 20, was a University of North Carolina sophomore in South Africa for an internship at the University of Cape Town, CBS 17 reports. A friend says Cheuvront,...

After 40 Years, Former Circus Elephant Goes Back to the Wild

'Our dream is that at his own pace, Charlie will learn to be the elephant he was always meant to be'

(Newser) - After 40 years in captivity, a former circus elephant in South Africa is learning a new trick: living in the wild. Male elephants in the wild don't leave their mothers until they are teenagers, but Charlie was captured in Zimbabwe when he was just two years old. He was...

Tourist Exits Car to Take Photos, Is Killed by Elephants

The Spaniard died Sunday morning in a national park in South Africa

(Newser) - A 43-year-old tourist was trampled to death by elephants Sunday morning while attempting to take photos of them at a South African national park. The AP reports the Spaniard was with his fiancee and two other women at Pilanesberg National Park in North West province when officials there say he...

Termite 'Apartment Complex' Has Been Busy for 34K Years

'We knew they were old, but not that old,' South African researcher says

(Newser) - Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than 30,000 years old, meaning they're the oldest known active termite hills. Some of the mounds near the Buffels River in Namaqualand were...

It's 'Best Idea I've Heard' to Combat Rhino Poaching

South African pilot project could help in the capture of black market traders

(Newser) - South African poachers seeking to kill rhinoceroses for their horns now risk detection via a secret alarm. Scientists on Tuesday injected tiny radioactive chips into the horns of live rhinos at the Limpopo rhino orphanage in the northeast of the country "in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching,...

South African Rivals Agree to Work Together, Buoying Nation

Ramaphosa is reelected president after dramatic, marathon parliamentary session

(Newser) - South Africa's main political rivals are now partners in government after they came together in a last-minute coalition deal that ensured President Cyril Ramaphosa was dramatically reelected with cross-party support, and a struggling country was given a boost. The agreement was only sealed on the sidelines of a marathon...

Spain to ICJ: We Want in on Genocide Case Against Israel

South Africa case before UN court accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza

(Newser) - Spain will ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign minister announced Thursday. Spain is the first European country to take the step after South Africa filed its case with the International Court of Justice late last...

Salvage Firm Loses to South Africa Over $43M Treasure

But a 'confidential settlement' has been reached over silver found on SS Tilawa, sunk in WWII

(Newser) - A salvage company has lost its claim to $43 million in silver recovered from a passenger cargo ship that sunk during World War II, the UK's highest court ruled Wednesday, siding with South Africa's government. The Japanese navy sunk the SS Tilawa, later dubbed the "Indian Titanic,...

Aquarium Overwhelmed by Hundreds of Baby Sea Turtles

Sea turtle hatchlings got caught up in a storm off South Africa, leaving them sick and injured

(Newser) - An aquarium in South Africa is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by members of the public. The little turtles are mostly endangered loggerheads and should be cruising the ocean, per the AP...

Nestle Allegedly Pumps Sugar Into Baby Products in Poor Nations

The food giant is being accused of a 'harmful double standard' that could lead to obesity

(Newser) - The Nestle brand may be associated with comfort food and drink, but its infant eats are getting an uncomfortable amount of scrutiny over sugar content. Per a new report from the nonprofit Public Eye and the International Baby Food Action Network, the Swiss food conglomerate adds more sugar to its...

'Digital Nomads' Flock Here, and Locals Aren't Thrilled

Cape Town, South Africa, illustrates a global trend

(Newser) - A category of workers known as digital nomads is growing in ranks around the world, and the BBC reports that Cape Town, South Africa, illustrates both the positive and negative aspects of the trend.
  • The term: Digital nomads are typically younger people who can work wherever they have an internet
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Olympian Killed in Gas Station Carjacking
6 Arrested Over
Olympian's Murder
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Apr 10, 2024 8:13 AM CDT

6 Arrested Over Olympian's Murder

Luke Fleurs was waiting at a gas station when 2 men approached, police say

(Newser) - Arrests have been made in last week's murder of a South African soccer star and Olympian. Police on Wednesday said six people have been arrested in connection with Luke Fleurs' murder at a gas station. Two men reportedly ordered the 24-year-old out of his Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI at...

8-Year-Old Is Sole Survivor of Fatal Bus Plunge in S. Africa

The tragedy killed at least 45 people

(Newser) - A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 45 people, authorities said. The only survivor of the crash was an 8-year-old child, who was receiving medical attention, according to...

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