A German court issued an arrest warrant against the former boss of scandal-hit retail giant Steinhoff after he failed to appear for the start of his trial, a court spokesman said Wednesday.
A blaze ripped through a dilapidated building in Johannesburg on Wednesday, killing two children aged under 10 who were locked in an apartment, South African emergency workers said.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday hailed an African mission to broker peace in Ukraine as "historic" upon returning from talks in Kyiv and Saint Petersburg that however did not yield any immediate results.
South Africa said on Friday a plane carrying the security personnel accompanying President Cyril Ramaphosa on a peace mission to Ukraine was held up in Poland, in an incident that sparked a diplomatic squabble.
Under a scorching sun, 200 South African firefighters wrapped up a last round of training on Tuesday before flying out to help Canada battle unprecedented forest blazes there.