News from South Africa

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about South Africa, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 103 stories have been published about South Africa which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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ABC News

ABC News

World

World

Trump showed old videos, took crosses out of context in South Africa genocide claims

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CityNews

CityNews

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World

Trump seizes on videos of a fringe South African politician as evidence of threats to white farmers

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PBS

PBS

Business

Business & Economics

Trump says there's a 'genocide' in South Africa, but white Afrikaner farmers reject that claim

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ABC News

ABC News

Sports

Sports

Trump hosts Ramaphosa for talks as South African leader looks to salvage relationship with US

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CBS News

CBS News

Sports

Sports

8 people shot dead in a bar found "lying in a pool of blood," South Africa police say

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CNBC

CNBC

Sports

Sports

Grok's 'white genocide' auto responses show AI chatbots can be tampered with 'at will'

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Sports

Sports

xAI blames Grok's obsession with white genocide on an 'unauthorized modification' | TechCrunch

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BBC

BBC

Sports

Sports

Former South Africa winger Cornal Hendricks dies aged 37

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BBC

BBC

Technology

Technology

Do Afrikaners want to leave South Africa for the US?

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Guardian

Guardian

Technology

Technology

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot repeatedly mentions ‘white genocide’ in unrelated chats

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Ars Technica

Ars Technica

Entertainment

Entertainment

xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa

Ars Technica

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Mashable

Mashable

Sports

Sports

Uh, is Grok OK? Elon Musk's AI chatbot develops South Africa fixation

Mashable

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Wired

Wired

Technology

Technology

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup Grok repeatedly brought up white genocide in South Africa in response to users' questions

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ScienceDaily

ScienceDaily

Science

Science

Dexterity and climbing ability: how ancient human relatives used their hands

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CNBC

CNBC

World

World

Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok is posting about 'white genocide' and South Africa

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BBC

BBC

Sports

Sports

British and Irish Lions: The dark side of squad announcement day

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DPA International

DPA International

Entertainment

Entertainment

South Africa reopens famous caves holding secrets of human origin

DPA International

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Only Good News Daily

Only Good News Daily

Entertainment

Entertainment

Here's some good news to perk up the day

Only Good News Daily

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Space

Space

Science

Science

NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' using X-ray observatory

Space

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Live Science

Live Science

Entertainment

Entertainment

A whole 'population' of minimoons may be lurking near Earth, researchers say

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AFP.com

AFP.com

Sports

Sports

South African men, New Zealand women win Rugby Sevens World Championships in LA

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ESPN

ESPN

Sports

Sports

Scheffler ties PGA Tour scoring mark in CJ Cup win

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BBC UK

BBC UK

World

World

South Africa will defend sovereignty, ANC chair says amid US tensions

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BBC

BBC

World

World

Dr Celiwe gets South Africa talking about financial abuse

BBC

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Reuters

Reuters

World

World

Global roundtable sees rising debt risks for low-income countries as uncertainty mounts

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