Nelson Mandela
Skateboarder Dallas Oberholzer, 46, poses for a photo at the Germiston Lake Skateboard Park, near Johannesburg, Saturday, July 3, 2021. The age-range of competitors in skateboarding's Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games is remarkably broad and 46-year-old Dallas Oberholzer will go wheel-to-wheel with skaters less than half his age. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
At 46, African skateboarder finally wows mom at Tokyo Games

By John Leicester Jul. 31, 2021 07:54 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Jun. 20, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, June 20, the 171st day of 2021. There are 194 days left in the year. This is Father’s Day. Summer begins...

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2019, file photo, Golden State Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown gestures during an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers in San Francisco. Brown is the coach of the Nigerian men’s Olympic basketball team this summer, and that team starts preparations for the Tokyo Games with training camp beginning this weekend in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
As Olympics near, Warriors' Brown eager for Nigerian chance

By Tim Reynolds Jun. 18, 2021 01:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday Sept. 14, 2019 file photo, former Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda is supported by former Nigerian President Olusegan Obasanjo, left, at the state funeral of former Zimbabwean leader, Robert Mugabe in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zambia’s first president Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97, the country's president Edward Lungu announced Thursday June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
Zambia's 1st president, Kenneth Kaunda, dies at age 97

By Noel Sichalwe And Andrew Meldrum Jun. 17, 2021 12:05 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 02, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2021. There are 243 days left in the year. Today’s...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, April 26, the 116th day of 2021. There are 249 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 file photo, President John Magufuli gestures during an election rally in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. President John Magufuli of Tanzania, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic whose populist rule often cast his country in a harsh international spotlight, has died aged 61 of heart failure, it was announced Wednesday, March 17, 2021 by Vice President Samia Suluhu. (AP Photo/Khalfan Said, File)
Tanzania's populist President John Magufuli has died at 61

By Tom Odula And Rodney Muhumuza Mar. 17, 2021 05:05 PM EDT

FILE — In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 file photo, former South African President, Jacob Zuma, appears at a hearing of the Zondo Commission of Enquiry into State Capture. A special unit in the country is now investigating nearly $900 million worth of possible corruption in the procurement of COVID-19 contracts at the same time that allegations of widespread government graft continues. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, file)
Hope that South Africa's COVID-19 corruption inspires action

By Gerald Imray Mar. 15, 2021 04:26 AM EDT

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address to a restricted parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Prior to his address Ramaphosa lit a candle for the some 46,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the country. (Esa Alexander/Pool via AP)
South Africa's president fights own party over corruption

By Mogomotsi Magome Feb. 19, 2021 09:19 AM EST

Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 02, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2021. There are 332 days left in the year. Today’s...

Copies of Dorah Sitole's cook book "40 Years of Iconic Food", seen at centre, in Exclusive Books in Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. South Africa's pioneer Black food writer Sitole, portrait on cover, who quietly defied apartheid to win respect and a readership for African cuisine, died of COVID-19, in Jan. 2021. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
South Africa's trailblazing Black food writer dies of virus

By Mogomotsi Magome Jan. 19, 2021 03:37 AM EST

Frontline workers attend a candlelight ceremony on New Year's Eve on the famed Nelson Mandela Bridge in downtown Johannesburg Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Many South Africans will swap firecrackers for candles to mark New Year's Eve amid COVID-19 restrictions including a nighttime curfew responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa's call to light a candle to honor those who have died in the COVID-19 pandemic and the health workers who are on the frontline of battling the disease. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
South Africans swap firecrackers for candles amid pandemic

By Mogomotsi Magome Dec. 31, 2020 12:00 PM EST

Frontline workers attend a candlelight ceremony on New Year's Eve on the famed Nelson Mandela Bridge in downtown Johannesburg Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Many South Africans will swap firecrackers for candles to mark New Year's Eve amid COVID-19 restrictions including a nighttime curfew responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa's call to light a candle to honor those who have died in the COVID-19 pandemic and the health workers who are on the frontline of battling the disease. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
The Latest: Tens of thousands on Vegas strip despite warning

By The Associated Press Dec. 31, 2020 02:28 AM EST

New York police officers move in on the scene of a shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in New York. A man was shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of the Manhattan cathedral Sunday afternoon. It's unclear if the gunman was killed or if any others were injured. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. at the church which is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and seat of its bishop. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
NYC cathedral gunman's note says he planned to take hostages

By Michael R. Sisak Dec. 16, 2020 04:35 PM EST

New York police officers move in on the scene of a shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in New York. A man was shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of the Manhattan cathedral Sunday afternoon. It's unclear if the gunman was killed or if any others were injured. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. at the church which is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and seat of its bishop. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Gunman shot by police at NYC cathedral Christmas concert

By Ted Shaffrey And Mary Esch Dec. 13, 2020 05:58 PM EST

A grave digger looks into a grave at the Motherwell Cemetery in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 that the country is now experiencing a Covid-19 pandemic second wave. (AP Photo/Theo Jeftha)
South Africa sees sharp rise in virus, part of African wave

By Mogomotsi Magome Dec. 10, 2020 05:29 AM EST

South Africa says yearend school parties are superspreaders

By Mogomotsi Magome Dec. 07, 2020 10:45 AM EST
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has identified yearend school parties as COVID-19 superspreader events and ordered all students who have attended them to...

FILE — In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 file photo, people queue to be tested for COVID-19 at the Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. In a television address to the nation Thursday, Dec. 3, President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke of a drastic surge in coronavirus cases and urged people to take the necessary precautions to prevent the pandemic's spread while re-imposing restrictions in the region. (AP Photo/Theo Jeptha)
South Africa begins return to tougher lockdown measures

By Mogomotsi Magome Dec. 03, 2020 02:22 PM EST

President Donald Trump participates in a Veterans Day wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The Latest: Aide says Biden will appoint 'COVID coordinator'

Nov. 12, 2020 12:36 PM EST

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:29 PM EST
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...