Southern Africa news and stories by mail.com

Please enable JavaScript to experience the full functionality of mail.com.

Southern Africa

In major move, South Africa to end captive lion industry

South Africa says it will end its captive lion industry in a major move for conservation that would outlaw the heavily ...

General: China's Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic

The top U.S general for Africa is warning that a growing threat from China may come not just from the waters of the Pacific ...

The Latest: Sri Lanka receives 1st batch of Sputnik V shots

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has received its first batch of the Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. The 15,000 doses were flown ...

Ramaphosa denies wrong in raising election campaign funds

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has claimed there was “nothing sinister” about the funding for his 2017 political ...

The Latest: Iowa plans vaccine clinics at markets, games

DES MOINES, Iowa — With interest in coronavirus vaccines lagging in much of Iowa, public health officials plan to make shots ...

South Africa resumes giving J&J jabs to health care workers

South Africa has resumed giving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to health care workers after a more than two-week pause in the ...

Southern African countries may help Mozambique fight rebels

The 16-nation Southern African Development Community is considering a proposal to deploy more than 2,500 regional troops to ...

In Africa, vaccine hesitancy adds to slow rollout of doses

Some Africans are hesitating to get COVID-19 vaccines amid concerns about their safety, alarming public health officials as ...

France's Total halts its gas project in northern Mozambique

The French energy firm Total announced Monday that it has halted all operations on its $20 billion investment in a liquified ...

Zimbabwe air force helicopter crashes near capital, 4 killed

An air force helicopter crashed into a house in Zimbabwe on Friday, killing three crew members and a child at the crash site, ...

Floyd verdict sparks hope, inspiration for activists abroad

The guilty verdict in the trial over George Floyd's death was not just celebrated in America. It signaled hope for those ...

Cape Town wildfire largely contained, damage is assessed

Fire crews had largely contained a big wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain on Tuesday as the city started ...

40,000 displaced in north Mozambique after assault on Palma

Some 40,000 displaced and urgently needing food, work suspended on a multi-billion-dollar gas investment, and scores of dead ...

Fire on Cape Town's Table Mountain under control, smoldering

Firefighters in Cape Town finally brought a wildfire under control Monday after it swept across the slopes of the city's ...

The Latest: Fauci says he expects fast decision on J&J shots

WASHINGTON — Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to meet this coming Friday to discuss the pause ...

Cape Town fire burns university library, students evacuated

A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic ...

Patients evacuated after fire in Johannesburg hospital

Nearly 700 patients have been evacuated Saturday from Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, where a fire blazed through ...

The Latest: Pakistan lowers age for vaccinations

ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan have decided to start vaccinating people aged 50 to 59 next week, hours after the country ...

Zimbabwe frees some inmates to reduce COVID-19 risk in jails

Zimbabwe has begun releasing about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion to reduce the ...

South Africa takes first step to offer jabs to the elderly

South Africa took the first step in its mass vaccination campaign on Friday by starting online registrations for the elderly ...