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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 Afrikaners, white South Africans of Dutch descent, in its refugee admissions. The criticism followed an announcement from the Trump administration on Thursday setting a new refugee cap of 7,500 people for the next fiscal year, down from 125,000, and specifying that Afrikaners would be…
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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South Africa’s Julius Malema found guilty of hate speech over fiery 2022 rally remarks
South African politician Julius Malema has once again landed in legal trouble, this time after a court ruled that fiery remarks he made at a 2022 rally amounted to hate speech. The Equality Court on Wednesday...
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South Africa’s army chief facing criticism for pledging military support to Iran
The army chief of South Africa is facing criticism and backlash after he reportedly pledged military and political support to Iran during a recent visit to the country. In South Africa, members of the...
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South Africa opens ‘National Dialogue’ to tackle poverty, inequality, corruption, and more
South Africa is embarking on a nationwide conversation aimed at confronting its most urgent challenges, as President Cyril Ramaphosa launches a “national dialogue” in Pretoria. The two-day...
