World Nov 23 G20 summit in South Africa ends with glaring U.S. absence after Trump’s boycott The Group of 20 summit in South Africa ended Sunday with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to lead the bloc — after the Trump administration boycotted the two days of talks involving leaders of the world's richest and…
World Nov 20 U.S. now wants to reverse its boycott and join the G20 summit, South African president says The United States government has indicated that it has had a “change of mind” and wants to participate at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa in a reverse of its boycott, the South African president said Thursday.
World Sep 17 South African police official testifies on criminal syndicate infiltration in government A top police official in South Africa has testitified on his claims the police and justice system has been infiltrated by criminal syndicates.
World Jul 07 South African security official accuses police minister of colluding with crime syndicates A South African security official has accused top police leaders of colluding with crime syndicates.
World Jun 25 Court order stops former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s burial in South Africa on the day of his funeral The Zambian government wants Lungu's body repatriated for a state funeral but his family have refused to allow that because of his political feud with current Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema.
World Jun 16 A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa’s farm killings Nearly 3,000 white crosses on a hill in South Africa are a memorial to white people killed on farms over the last three decades. It's a visceral snapshot seized on by some in South Africa to drive a discredited narrative…
World May 21 Trump says there’s a ‘genocide’ in South Africa, but white Afrikaner farmers reject that claim Both white and Black farmers and even conservative white Afrikaner groups denied the Trump administration’s “genocide” and land seizure claims that led the U.S. to cut all financial aid to South Africa.
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…
World Jan 17 South African miner describes horrors endured by those who spent months underground A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging for gold.
World Jan 16 Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police tactics Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.