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South Africa: Shark Goes After Tourist in Cage off coast

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Tourist from U.S. raped at national park in South Africa

rnews.co.za reported an American tourist has been admitted to a hospital in Knysna after she was raped along the coast in the Tsitsikamma National Park – allegedly by two illegal fishermen. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Gerda Swarts said that the suspects are believed to have pounced on her while she was jogging along the coast. […]

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Hawaii: Kayak fisherman killed in shark attack

NBC News reports that a man fishing from a kayak in Hawaii was attacked by a shark off the coast of Maui on Monday and died of his injuries as he was being brought to shore, marking the second fatal shark attack in the area this year, officials said. The man had been kayak fishing […]

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South Africa: Police discover second time in month explosives on bus from Zimbabwe

South African police on Tuesday discovered explosives inside an overhead luggage compartment on a bus travelling from Zimbabwe, authorities said. This was the second time that explosives were discovered at the South African-Zimbabwean border in one month. The stockpile of 13 blasting cartridges and 13 connectors cap fuses were uncovered during a routine search at […]

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Traveler survives fall from tourist viewpoint in South Africa

Timeslive.co.za reports that a tourist who survived a 90m fall from a viewpoint at God’s Window near Graskop has been moved from the ICU to a general ward in the Nelspruit Medi Clinic in Mpumalanga. Sipho Lubisi, 30, climbed over a railing at the famous tourist attraction on Saturday morning, lost his balance and fell […]

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Two Bangladeshi men found murdered in a shop in South Africa

According to iol.co.za, two foreigners were found murdered inside their shop in Manama Kgotleng village, Mogwase, on Thursday, North West police said. The two Bangladeshi men, aged 26 and 27, were discovered by residents who went to the shop in the morning, Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said. “Police found a hammer next to their bodies.” Read […]

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South Africa: Four foreign workers killed in work accident in Ladysmith

According to news24.com, four of the six men who died in an accident at an Eskom site near Ladysmith were foreigners, Eskom said on Friday. “Of the six fatalities, four are foreign nationals and two are South Africans,” Eskom general manager Gerrie Bronkhorst said. He would not divulge their nationalities. Read article

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South Africa: Safari plane crash kills two New Zealand tourists

AOL Travel UK reports that two New Zealanders have died after their plane crashed in South Africa during a tourist safari. Father-of-two Richard Primrose and John Walton both died when their Cessna 182 crashed into mountain in the remote area of Mpumalanga, 300km north east of Johannesburg, their destination. It is thought the pair were […]

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Saudi family robbed by armed gang while traveling in South Africa

Arabnews.com reports that an armed gang robbed a five-member Saudi family that was headed to a zoo while touring South Africa, the Saudi mission in Johannesburg has said. The family, a mother and four children, was surprised to find out that the driver took a different path. Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to South Africa, Abdullah Al-Madi, […]

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American actor attacked by cheetah on safari in South Africa

According to 3news.co.nz, Adam Sandler had a close encounter with a cheetah during a recent trip to South Africa when the wild animal turned on the actor and attacked him during a feeding session. The Grown Ups star was in town filming new movie Blended with Drew Barrymore when he took a day off to […]

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