Browsing: South Africa

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…

On 16 December, South Africa’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party marks its first year of existence. Since its formation, the new political force has been riding high,…

Africa needs a permanent voice at the UN Security Council, but it won’t make much difference for ordinary Africans given the unimaginative political status quo plaguing…

Three African nations are already part of alternative-economic-order project BRICS – and Nigeria wants to be the fourth. It’s also looking to join the G20 -…

The US government had Nelson Mandela on terrorist watch list until 2008, 14 years after he became president of South Africa. Why, you might ask? Because…

South Africa is being accused of using one hand to fight Israel’s military onslaught on Gaza while using the other hand to count the money it…

South Africa-based civil society organisation Open Secrets’ investigation has revealed Africa’s corrupt political elites have laundered embezzled public funds through South Africa’s real estate sector while…

Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, recently told South Africa’s @podcastwithmacg (X) how his ex-wife Maye’s father, Joshua N. Haldeman, was a pro-apartheid white Canadian who moved…