ICJ decides genocide by Israel in Gaza plausible
Israel was ordered to take all measures to prevent all genocidal acts, punish inciting genocide and allow humanitarian aid
In a landmark ruling on Friday, the International Court of Justice (...
Pistorius release touches a nerve in country scarred by violence against women
South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius’ release on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, provoked a raw response in a country scarred by ...
Fire kills 73 in Johannesburg apartment block (Updated)
73 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-storey apartment block in a poor area of Johannesburg, officials said on Thursday, adding that some of the victims may have ...
BRICS welcomes new members in push to reshuffle world order
The BRICS bloc of developing nations agreed on Thursday to admit Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates in a move aimed at accelerating its push ...
South Africa gas leak kills 17; official blames illegal mining
The death toll from an overnight gas cylinder leak in a South African shantytown rose to 17 on Thursday, as one local official blamed the accident on an illegal mining operation ...
BRICS ministers put on show of strength as Putin arrest warrant looms large
BRICS foreign ministers on Thursday asserted their bloc’s ambition to rival Western powers but their talks in South Africa were overshadowed by questions over whether Russia’s president would ...
Gunmen ambush family in South African homestead, kill 10
Gunmen stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing 10 people, police said on Friday.
Police did not give a motive ...
Eight shot dead at birthday party in South Africa
Eight people were shot dead and another three injured in a mass shooting at a birthday party in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province on Sunday, police said on Monday.
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Johannesburg tanker explosion death toll rises to 15, driver charged
The death toll from a gas tanker that exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday has nearly doubled to fifteen, authorities said, adding that they’d arrested the driver and charged him ...
Ramaphosa heckling triggers backlash in South Africa’s ANC
Party allies, and even some rivals, of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday condemned opponents who disrupted his opening speech with chants and shouting at a conference of the ...
In meat-loving South Africa, climate concerns whet appetite for veggie burgers
By Tim Cocks
In South Africa, a country where ‘braai’ all-day barbecuing is a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and ...
South Africa elected to UN rights council, South Korea, Venezuela lose seats
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday elected South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council for a ...
South Africa’s floods a ‘teachable moment’ for climate adaptation
By Kim Harrisberg
As downpours swamped South Africa’s third-largest city last week, residents lucky enough to still have internet access and power shared harrowing videos of highways turned into ...
South Africa braces for more flooding as rains restart in east
Rains that have killed around 400 people and left thousands homeless in South Africa this week began pounding the east coast again on Saturday, threatening more flooding and forcing many to ...
S.Africans search for survivors in ruins of floods that killed nearly 400
South Africans were searching for survivors on Friday of floods that killed almost 400 people, according to the latest tally, washing away homes and roads and leaving thousands without shelter, water ...
Firefighters battle new blaze at South African parliament, suspect charged with arson (Update 2)
A new blaze broke out on Monday at the complex housing the two chambers of South Africa’s national parliament in Cape Town, one day after a devastating fire swept ...
Christmas plans in disarray for South African Cypriots
Omicron travel ban has separated families and disrupted business
Like dozens of South African Cypriots, Michalis Polyviou was appalled by the government’s decision last Friday to ban all flights ...
Coronavirus: EU says travel ban was vital to buy scientists time
European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Monday that stopping flights to the EU from countries in the southern part of Africa was a necessary step in trying to deal ...
Coronavirus: Cyprus bans travellers from eight African countries (Update 2)
Entry from eight African countries has been banned as of Friday after a new coronavirus variant was detected.
The latest decree by the health minister bans the arrival and entry ...
S.Africa’s last white president, FW de Klerk, dies at home
South Africa’s last white president Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk died on Thursday morning at his home in Cape Town, the FW de Klerk Foundation said in a statement.
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South African leader says he will end mayhem as unrest flares again
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday he would not allow “anarchy and mayhem” to prevail in South Africa and suggested that a wave of violent unrest that has destroyed hundreds ...
South African crowds rampage, defying calls for end to violence
Crowds looted shops and businesses in South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people, wrecked hundreds of businesses and ...
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as grievances unleashed by the jailing ...
A sense of continuity for the South African Cypriot diaspora
The Cyprus Brotherhood of South Africa has served its expatriate community for decades, but the pandemic and the growing desire for Cypriots to return to Cyprus has taken its toll
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