South Africa

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...

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...

On January 27, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order suspending U.S. foreign aid for 90 days, sparking chaos among organizations dependent on these funds. The directive, announced by...

Tensions within South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) continue to escalate as the Democratic Alliance (DA) declared a dispute with the African National Congress (ANC) following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s...

On Friday, January 24th, police raided the offices of Cape Town mayoral committee members JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg, both from the Democratic Alliance (DA), as part of an ongoing...