Browsing: South Africa

In January 1879, three columns of British colonial forces invaded the Zulu kingdom. This followed King Cetshwayo KaMpande’s refusal to adhere to a ridiculous order by…

A months-long operation by South African authorities to end illegal artisanal mining at an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein, southwest of the commercial…

Did you know that apartheid still exists in supposedly post-apartheid South Africa? The towns of Kleinfontein and Orania are Whites only. Illegal, you’d think – but…

In 2024, South Africans were among the more than 3-billion people who went to the polls in more than 60 countries in national elections. For South…

In August 2024, British seven-time Formula-1 champion Lewis Hamilton, speaking at the Dutch Grand Prix, said it was high time that African locations were added to the…

2024 marked three decades since the fall of the apartheid system in South Africa. You might think whites-only settlements are a thing of the past in…

A British migrant campaigning to separate Western Cape from the rest of South Africa says he wants to create the equivalent of an ‘Israel for the…

2024 was a year of elections. Voters in more than 60 countries went to the polls. Some incumbents hung on to power, while others got the…

Many will remember 2024 for South Africa’s landmark g*nocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In January, the ICJ issued a provisional…

According to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), 64 per cent of Black South Africans are living in poverty. However, only one per cent of…