World Jun 13 South Africa’s president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb The head of the provincial government said the rescue effort was “paralyzed” in the first few hours of the floods because of a lack of resources like specialized search and rescue teams, divers and K-9 dog units in one of…
World Jun 12 South Africa floods leave at least 78 dead as official says rescue attempts were ‘paralyzed’ The death toll in floods in one of South Africa’s poorest provinces rose to at least 78 on Thursday as a top official said rescue attempts in the first hours after the disaster had been “paralyzed” by a lack of resources.
World May 21 WATCH: Trump confronts South African president over baseless claim of targeted killings of white farmers President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers.
World May 15 South Africa’s Ramaphosa and Trump will meet next week after white South Africans as arrived in U.S. for resettlement The U.S. welcomed 59 white South Africans as refugees this Monday, the start of what the Trump administration said is a larger relocation plan for minority Afrikaner farmers who Trump has claimed are being persecuted in their homeland because of…
World May 12 WATCH: White Afrikaners from South Africa arrive at Dulles airport to seek U.S. resettlement Many in South Africa are puzzled by claims that Afrikaners are persecuted and meet the requirements to be relocated as refugees.
World Mar 24 Persecution of South Africa’s whites a ‘false narrative,’ president says as Musk repeats genocide claim South African-born Musk repeated a claim this weekend in a social media post that some of the country's political figures are "actively promoting white genocide."…
Arts Mar 10 Athol Fugard, Tony Award-winning South African playwright whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92 The South African government confirmed Fugard's death and said South Africa “has lost one of its greatest literary and theatrical icons, whose work shaped the cultural and social landscape of our nation.”…
World Mar 05 Trump said ‘nobody has ever heard of’ Lesotho, but Musk is trying to do business there “It is surprising and disappointing that he claimed no one knows Lesotho, especially given that the U.S. has an embassy here,” minster Lejone Mpotjoane said, a day after Trump’s dismissive comment in a speech to Congress caused some laughter.
World Mar 04 In the wake of Trump administration aid cuts, UN food program closes its southern Africa office A WFP spokesperson says Monday the WFP had launched a plan to streamline its structure in 2023 but as “the donor funding outlook becomes more constrained, we have been compelled to accelerate these efforts.”…
World Feb 20 UK foreign secretary questions Russia’s ‘appetite’ for peace at tense G20 meeting U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia's top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who led…