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47 minutes ago

Justice denied: why families of apartheid victims are still searching for answers

The four men were pulled over by three white security police officers, handcuffed, and driven back towards Gqeberha. Mkonto was shot after a struggle, while the others were attacked from behind.
Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
47 minutes ago

South Africa appoints former apartheid-era negotiator as US ambassador

Roelf Meyer, who played a crucial role in ending white minority rule in South Africa, has been appointed as the new ambassador to the United States, indicating a shift in diplomatic strategy.
Right-wing politics
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US Elections
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Zimbabweans fear planned constitutional change will kill political choice

Zimbabwe is debating a bill to extend presidential term limits and change election processes, raising concerns about political power consolidation.
US Elections
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Zimbabweans fear planned constitutional change will kill political choice

Zimbabwe is debating a bill to extend presidential term limits and change election processes, raising concerns about political power consolidation.
#south-africa
Right-wing politics
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Why have US-South Africa relations soured?

Cyril Ramaphosa criticized global right-wing forces, particularly Trump, amid deteriorating South Africa-US relations and a shift towards BRICS countries.
Los Angeles Rams
fromDefector
2 weeks ago

South Carolina Forgets But Doesn't Forgive | Defector

South Carolina's focus is on current performance, exemplified by Joyce Edwards' strong game against TCU despite previous challenges.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

UN's landmark slavery ruling energises African Union's fight for reparations

John Mahama successfully led a UN resolution declaring transatlantic chattel slavery a crime against humanity, despite opposition from several Western nations.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The violence of racist tyranny': African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece

African Guernica by Dumile Feni parallels Picasso's work, reflecting the impact of apartheid through its disturbing imagery and themes of violence and innocence.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Goodbye Graaff-Reinet: South African town's name change stirs racial tensions

Supporters of renaming Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe argue that it is a necessary step in transforming South Africa away from its colonial past and white-minority rule.
Social justice
France politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

It's going to give us closure': could there finally be justice for the murder of Patrice Lumumba?

Patrice Lumumba's assassination symbolizes the suppression of pan-African liberation by colonial forces, with a Belgian diplomat now facing trial decades later.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

South Africa was on the cutting edge of LGBTQ+ equality. Why hasn't it banned conversion therapy? - LGBTQ Nation

Conversion therapy has damaging effects on transgender individuals, and Africa's historical acceptance of queer identities contrasts sharply with current intolerance.
Social justice
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

The iconic South African theater that took on apartheid

The Market Theater in Johannesburg played a crucial role in anti-apartheid activism and celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

The City Where Coetzee Is God

A writer travels to Cape Town to explore J. M. Coetzee's literary legacy and discovers an enduring communal literary obsession centered on the reclusive Nobel Prize-winning author.
Social justice
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

UN calls for reparations to remedy the 'historical wrongs' of trafficking enslaved Africans

The U.N. General Assembly declared the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity and called for reparations.
History
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Kill the people'

Trapped artisanal miners in a South African gold mine were abandoned underground for weeks without food, water, or supplies after surface operations ceased, leading to starvation and death.
#south-africa-crime-crisis
Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Why South Africa is sending soldiers into cities

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides across the country, with gang violence and organized crime concentrated in densely populated townships like Mitchells Plain, prompting military deployment to combat illegal mining and crime.
Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

South Africa deploys troops in cities to tackle crime

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides across the country, with gang violence and organized crime concentrated in densely populated townships like Mitchells Plain, prompting military deployment to combat illegal mining and crime.
Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Why South Africa is sending soldiers to cities

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides, with military deployment to Gauteng province aimed at combating organized crime and illegal mining amid widespread gang violence and poverty.
Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Why South Africa is sending soldiers into cities

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides across the country, with gang violence and organized crime concentrated in densely populated townships like Mitchells Plain, prompting military deployment to combat illegal mining and crime.
Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

South Africa deploys troops in cities to tackle crime

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides across the country, with gang violence and organized crime concentrated in densely populated townships like Mitchells Plain, prompting military deployment to combat illegal mining and crime.
Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Why South Africa is sending soldiers to cities

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides, with military deployment to Gauteng province aimed at combating organized crime and illegal mining amid widespread gang violence and poverty.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

What does 'sawabona' mean? And why does it matter to your team?

Every time we see someone fully, not just their role but in their humanity, we have the experience of learning and growing together. People lean in, share what they know, and risk showing what they don't. In that mutual recognition, performance becomes a natural outcome of belonging.
Social justice
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

What to know as Africans welcome UN vote on slavery reparations but questions remain

The U.N. resolution on trafficking of enslaved Africans calls for reparations and restitution of cultural items, widely welcomed across Africa and by advocates.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa's persecution

Orania, a segregated South African town established in 1991, maintains racial exclusivity through private property designation while conducting an experiment in self-sufficiency without relying on people of color for labor.
SF politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Segregation': Multimillion-dollar crime wall causes uproar in S Africa

Cape Town's proposed N2 highway wall to combat crime highlights inequality, as residents lack basic services while authorities fund security infrastructure instead of housing and sanitation improvements.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Poor in an oil-rich country: Republic of Congo's youth hope for change

We are told that the country is rich in oil. But I don't see that wealth in my daily life. Look at Pointe-Noire, formerly nicknamed as Ponton la Belle [Beautiful Pointe-Noire]. Today, the city is unrecognisable. Around the Grand Marche, the main roads are potholed, and when it rains, the streets get flooded, making it almost impossible to drive.
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World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

South African soldiers deploy in Johannesburg to tackle crime and gangs

South African military troops deployed in Johannesburg suburbs to combat organized crime, gang violence, and illegal mining following presidential declaration of crime as democracy threat.
#us-south-africa-relations
Right-wing politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

South Africa summons new US ambassador over undiplomatic remarks'

South Africa summoned the US ambassador over claims of white persecution that the government denies, escalating tensions between Pretoria and Washington under Trump's administration.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

South Africa summons new US ambassador over undiplomatic remarks'

South Africa summoned the US ambassador over claims of white persecution that the government denies, escalating tensions between Pretoria and Washington under Trump's administration.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Our children were sold off': The South Africans sent to fight Russia's war

African men, including South Africans, were deceived into traveling to Russia for security training but were instead conscripted into paramilitary forces and sent to fight in Ukraine, with African soldiers reporting worse treatment than others on the front lines.
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fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Family at centre of protest deported back to South Africa

Ireland deported 63 people including nine children to South Africa on a charter flight, including a family who fled xenophobic violence and had their asylum application rejected despite safety concerns.
#gang-violence
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Light in this darkness': communities push back against Cape Town gang culture

Cape Flats townships experience devastating gang violence that destroys families, yet community members like Lindy Jacobs persist in creating positive change through youth programs and sports initiatives despite personal tragedy.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Light in this darkness': communities push back against Cape Town gang culture

Cape Flats townships experience devastating gang violence that destroys families, yet community members like Lindy Jacobs persist in creating positive change through youth programs and sports initiatives despite personal tragedy.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

South Africa's president calls Trump's policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners racist'

South African President Ramaphosa criticizes Trump's refugee policy for white Afrikaners as racist, citing Trump's false claims about white genocide and land seizure in South Africa.
US news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

South Africa: A year after USAID cuts

US government USAID funding cuts in 2025 caused widespread job losses in South Africa, with health workers and patients continuing to experience severe impacts a year later.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Et Tu, South Africa?

South Africa's culture minister canceled Gabrielle Goliath's Venice Biennale performance about Gaza, prompting accusations of censorship and erasure of Palestinian suffering.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

History longs to heal': how Africa hopes to advance campaign for reparative justice

The African Union declared 2025 the year of reparations and extended it through 2036, advancing a continental push for justice and redress for colonialism, slavery, and their lasting impacts.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Quote of the day by Nelson Mandela: "It always seems impossible until it is done" - Silicon Canals

Perceived impossibility often reflects mental magnification and fear; reframing challenges as uncomfortable permits small initial steps that enable major life change.
fromThe South African
1 month ago

US nomad praised Cape Town's quality of life

After swapping it for a "better option" in South Africa, he now makes travel videos that he posts on YouTube. Henry lives in a fully furnished R19 000 penthouse apartment in the upmarket neighborhood of Gardens. His outdoor balcony comes with views of Table Mountain.n "This is a view I will never get tired of waking up to every morning", he said.
Digital life
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

South Africa secures return of 11 men lured' into Russia-Ukraine war

South Africa successfully repatriated 11 men who were fraudulently recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, with diplomatic support from President Putin.
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

South Africa tells Israel's ambassador to leave

South Africa declared Israel's ambassador Ariel Seidman persona non grata and ordered him to leave within 72 hours over alleged diplomatic norm violations.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Christina Sharpe's Appeal to South Africa

South Africa's Arts Minister canceled Gabrielle Goliath's Venice Biennale pavilion, a decision criticized as censorship that contradicts the government's international stance on Israel.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

The key elections in Africa in 2026

Elections across multiple African countries in 2026 will determine domestic leadership, policy direction, democratic legitimacy, and influence regional alliances and international security cooperation.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

South Africa orders expulsion of Israeli envoy, declared persona non grata

South Africa declared Israel's charge d'affaires persona non grata for diplomatic violations; Israel reciprocated by declaring South Africa's diplomat to Palestine persona non grata.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I thought it was going to perish': the remarkable revival of an endangered language in Lesotho

siPhuthi, a minority language in southern Lesotho and northeastern South Africa, has undergone a revival through local collaboration with linguists documenting speakers and traditions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Marwan Barghouti, Palestine's Mandela', to publish book from prison

A collection of writings by the imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti will be published in November, bringing together prison letters, interviews, personal material and documents from the last three decades of Barghouti's political life and incarceration. As deadly attacks on Gaza continue despite a nominal ceasefire, the 66-year-old is seen by many as the best hope for a leader of any future Palestinian state.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Seven in 10 Africans are under 30 invest in them and they will change the world | Monica Geingos

For the first time in our history, more than 70% of Africans are under the age of 30. This, along with entrenched inequalities, poverty, unemployment and socioeconomic fault lines, is reshaping how our societies interact with one another and the world. This is Africa's most consequential decade. Leaders who take office over the next 10 years will have to deliver on difficult mandates within a political, economic and social landscape that has been fundamentally altered.
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