Health authorities have begun vaccinating the homeless, one of the country's most vulnerable communities estimated at around 200.000 people; to ensure protection against the coronavirus, single-dose vaccines have been chosen

South African researchers have injected radioactive material into the horns of 20 rhinos as part of a research project to reduce poaching, so that radiation detectors present at national borders can detect horns and help the authorities arrest poachers

Participants in the Beef stock rock fest, a rock music festival held in Broederstroom, a few dozen kilometres north of Johannesburg, will have a special permit to smoke cannabis freely, a first-ever in the country

Russia is open to cooperation with the country in hockey development: matches in South Africa could take place 'even tomorrow'

In the elections, Nelson Mandela's former party lost its absolute majority, as for the first time in history it got less than 50% of the vote, and it will need the support of at least one other party to govern