Unknown assailants carried out a robbery on South African Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga and her security detail while they were traveling along one of the nation's primary highways.According to a statement from Collen Msibi, a spokesperson for the Transport Ministry, the minister's vehicle had its tires punctured by spikes, forcing it to come to a halt and allowing the criminals to rob the occupants of their valuables. This incident occurred in the early hou...

No fewer than 63 people have died in a fire incident that occurred in a multi-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, emergency services said.Emergency Management Services said another 43 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out early on Thursday.The building has been evacuated, and spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said a search and recovery operation was underway. It was likely the death toll would rise, he said, and it was not immediately...

It was a shocking experience for many South Africans as a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Johannesburg, waking up people and causing damage to some buildings, seismologists and residents say. Shaking was widely felt across the city and the region as a whole.The earthquake happened at 2:38 a.m. on Sunday and was centered just 6 kilometers south of Alberton, or roughly 16 kilometers southeast of central Johannesburg, according to seismologists.The U.S. Geo...