South Africa Stories
Introduced by the Economic Freedom Fighters during Heritage Month, the proposal argues it’s wrong for a national symbol to honour a figure tied to rac...
Appointed to Paris in February 2024, Mthethwa also served as South Africa's permanent delegate to UNESCO.
Climate finance should ensure fairness by empowering the most affected communities to adapt, receive compensation for losses, and benefit from strong...
Before joining the flotilla, Mandla Mandela compared the plight of Palestinians under Israeli occupation to apartheid in South Africa.
The charges stem from a widely circulated video showing Malema firing between 14 and 15 live rounds into the air while on stage before 20,000 supporte...
According to the Paris prosecutor's office, Mthethwa, 58, had checked into a room on the 22nd floor of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, where investigators fo...
FIFA’s disciplinary committee overturned Bafana Bafana’s 2-0 win from March, ruling that midfielder Teboho Mokoena should not have played as he was se...
Morocco will be first in action, facing Spain in their Group C opener on Sunday at 11:00 pm at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Ñuñoa.
Trump delivered a broadside attack on multilateralism as well as issues that have found common cause among rich and poor countries alike, such as clim...
The review states that Venezuela’s high crime rates have been attributed to factors such as government corruption, a flawed judicial system and the br...
Their travel texts are diverse, many available only in archives. They include speeches, commentaries, handwritten accounts, interviews, letters and me...
Lungu’s family sought to challenge the ruling at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, claiming the Pretoria court wrongly applied Zambian law, but...
Cities need new ways to adapt to climate change. The current system of social, economic and political structures that cities are based on is built on...
Cape Town has seen a surge in gun violence and gang-related killings in recent weeks, prompting warnings from civil society that the Western Cape Prov...
The black wattle is an invasive Australian tree that arrived in South Africa in 1871. It was originally introduced in plantations to create shade and...
The court suspended the current legislation and gave the government two years to amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act.
Ramaphosa stressed that this change is no longer theoretical but a lived reality, citing intensifying geopolitical rivalries, protectionist tariffs, a...
Retired Maj. Gen. Doron Almog, now head of the Jewish Agency for Israel, had been scheduled to meet the local Jewish community but called off the visi...
Works first written and published in African languages are increasingly being translated into English for a broader readership.
In its ruling on Wednesday, the court maintained that Malema "demonstrated an intent to incite harm", noting that while it is okay to criticise someon...
Johannes Mahlangu served as South Africa’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Somalia, and Permanent Represen...
Despite this, many smallholder women farmers are still seen as farmers’ wives, rather than farmers in their own right, and don’t get the support they...
The rhetoric placed Pretoria squarely in the orbit of one of Washington's most sanctioned adversaries—awkward timing, given South Africa's already str...
The 21-page report, released by the US government on Wednesday, claims that "the human rights situation in South Africa significantly worsened during...
Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's burial has been the subject of a two-month dispute between Zambia's government and his family.
Exotic species that combine large, thin leaves with tall, woody growth and high retention of dry or dead foliage are of particular concern.
Last year, about 20 rhinos at a sanctuary were injected with isotopes during early trials that led to the Thursday launch, with tests showing that th...
Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on immediate leave of absence following allegations of interference in law enforcement.
The suspect, identified as 47-year-old Michael Charles Chacha, was arrested while travelling in a public service vehicle.
Additionally, Trump warned that any retaliatory tariff hike by South Africa would be met with an equivalent increase on top of the already imposed 30...
