International

Dana Brown, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Mission to South Africa, will retire from the Foreign Service in March after 27 years. The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria confirmed her departure,...

South Africa opened its first G20 foreign ministers’ meeting on Thursday, February 20th, calling for multilateral cooperation to address global crises. However, the absence of U.S. Secretary of State Marco...

Muhsin Hendricks, known as the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead in Gqeberha, South Africa, on Saturday, February 15th. Hendricks, 57, was traveling in a car when two...

The United States announced a partial resumption of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in South Africa on Monday, February 10th, following a limited waiver granted by Secretary...

The city of Nyabibwe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was captured by members of the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group on Wednesday, February 5th, despite reports of an...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday, February 7th, halting financial aid to South Africa and introducing a program to resettle white Afrikaners as refugees. The order, which...

The Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) 2025 returns on April 25-26 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) with the theme “Legacy Meets Tomorrow.” The festival brings together...