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South Africa’s long-awaited apartheid crimes probe hits legal snag on opening day
South Africa’s long-awaited inquiry into claims that successive post-apartheid governments interfered with investigations into apartheid-era crimes was delayed on its opening day after a dispute arose over one of its lead lawyers. The inquiry, commissioned by President Cyril Ramaphosa in April, follows years of frustration from families of apartheid victims who argue that successive administrations…
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Businessman who exposed South Africa’s biggest bribery network gets plea deal
A South African businessman who admitted to being a key player in one of the country’s...
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South Africa says some of its citizens are trapped after joining the Russia-Ukraine war
South Africa’s government has revealed that calls from 17 of its citizens who joined...
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South Africa blasts Trump’s refugee policy favoring white Afrikaners
South Africa’s government has criticized the United States’ decision to prioritize...
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South African court rules that Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli’s death was “assault” by apartheid police
A South African court has ruled that the 1967 death of Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli was caused by an “assault” by apartheid police, overturning the long-held claims that it was an accident....
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Court orders former South African president Zuma to refund $1.6 million in legal costs or face asset seizure
The Pretoria High Court has ordered former South African President Jacob Zuma to repay 28.9 million rand (approximately $1.6 million) to the Office of the State Attorney, covering years of legal expenses...
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South Africa’s Julius Malema vows to fight conviction after guilty verdict over 2018 rifle firing
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has been convicted of breaching firearm laws over a 2018 rally incident where he was caught on video firing a rifle before cheering supporters. The East London...
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South Africa’s ambassador to France found dead outside Paris hotel
South Africa is mourning the sudden death of its ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa, who was found dead outside a Paris hotel under troubling circumstances, French prosecutors...
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South African court blocks Lungu family appeal, orders burial in Zambia
South Africa’s Pretoria High Court has refused to allow the family of Zambia’s late president Edgar Lungu to challenge an earlier ruling that his body must be returned home for burial. Lungu,...
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Netflix film about SA prison escapee who faked his own death released after he tried to block it
Thabo Bester, the convicted rapist and murderer who faked his death before escaping a South African prison, lost a court bid to block Netflix from releasing a documentary about his life. Bester and...
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South Africa’s highest court rules that men can take wife’s surname
South Africa’s highest court has ruled that husbands can now adopt the surname of their wives, overturning a law that prevented that from taking place in the nation. The Constitutional Court ruled...
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South Africa: Meet Basani Maluleke, the first Black woman to be CEO of a major bank
For a long time, Basani Maluleke wanted to be like her father, so she became an attorney. But soon, she realized that this was not something she wanted to do. In law, she felt like she was just documenting...
