Reports of assault were first reported last weekend by South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, which claimed to have seen a ...

The researchers and base personnel remain in Antarctica for approximately 15 months working through the cold and dark winter ...

One of them is a madman — accused of violently beating, threatening and sexually harassed at least two of his teammates.

Exclusive: For Lodrick Hlungwane, who spent three years at the isolated base, a recent crisis there was disturbing—but not surprising.

A researcher at a South African base in Antarctica has been accused of physical assault and sexual harassment. South Africa said it had no immediate plans to remove the accused or any colleagues.

South Africa is investigating after a member of a research team at an isolated station in Antarctica was accused of physical ...

South African officials say a member of a research team at an isolated Antarctica base has been put under psychological ...

A team of nine scientists stationed in Antarctica will remain there despite an alleged attack and threats from a colleague, ...

But this was real. An urgent email was sent by a researcher at South Africa's isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accusing a man, one of the nine team members, of becoming violent and mentally ...

A screengrab from a July 2020 video of South Africa's Antarctic Sanae IV base, showing the kitchen. A screengrab from a July ...

A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa's isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one of its nine team members of becoming violent. The Conversation Africa ...

South Africa’s Marion Island station, which is close to Antarctica rather than on it, reported a violent incident in 2017 after a team member smashed up a colleague’s room with an axe over ...