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South Africa

July 22, 2026
South Africa/World

South African Rights Commission Launches Probe After 43 Die in Winter Initiation Season

South Africa’s Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) has launched an investigation following the deaths of 43 young men during

Human Rights/South Africa/World

South Africa’s Anti-Immigration Campaign Shifts to Door-to-Door Searches as Weekly Protests Spread

Anti-immigration groups in South Africa have shifted their campaign from large public demonstrations to door-to-door neighborhood searches targeting suspected undocumented migrants, marking a new phase in protests that organizers say will continue every Thursday until the government takes further action

July 10, 2026

How a Green Energy Mineral is Devastating Ecosystems and Communities in South Africa

Geopolitics/South Africa/World

South Africa’s manganese-rich Kalahari basin has become the center of a rapidly expanding mining boom driven by global demand for materials critical to the

Mandela’s Grandson Warns of Unfinished Liberation as South Africa’s Promise Frays

South Africa/World

Ndaba Mandela grew up in the long shadow of one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century, but he insists that

South African Rights Commission Launches Probe After 43 Die in Winter Initiation Season

July 22, 2026
South Africa/World

South Africa’s Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) has launched an investigation following the deaths of 43 young men during

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South Africa’s Anti-Immigration Campaign Shifts to Door-to-Door Searches as Weekly Protests Spread

July 10, 2026
Human Rights/South Africa/World

Anti-immigration groups in South Africa have shifted their campaign from large public demonstrations to door-to-door neighborhood searches targeting suspected undocumented migrants, marking a new phase in protests that organizers say will continue

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How a Green Energy Mineral is Devastating Ecosystems and Communities in South Africa

July 5, 2026
Geopolitics/South Africa/World

South Africa’s manganese-rich Kalahari basin has become the center of a rapidly expanding mining boom driven by global demand for materials critical to the energy transition, even as local communities report environmental

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Mandela’s Grandson Warns of Unfinished Liberation as South Africa’s Promise Frays

June 2, 2026
South Africa/World

Ndaba Mandela grew up in the long shadow of one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century, but he insists that legacy is not a monument—it is an obligation.

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Malema’s Political Future Hangs in the Balance as Supporters Rally Outside Court

January 24, 2026
South Africa/World

Thousands of supporters gathered outside the East London Magistrate’s Court on Friday as Julius Malema, South Africa’s most polarizing opposition figure, awaited sentencing for firing a rifle into the air at a

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South Africans Lose Faith in Democracy, Look to Military Rule

October 31, 2025
South Africa/World

Almost half of South Africans say they would support military rule over their current democratic government, according to new findings that reveal deep disillusionment with the country’s political system. The results, reported

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Helen Zille Battles to Rescue Johannesburg from Decades of Decline

October 4, 2025
South Africa/World

In the heart of downtown Johannesburg, taps have been dry for three months, factory machines sit idle, and broken lavatories leave workers with no choice but to rely on costly trucked-in water.

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South Africa pushes for law to deport foreign inmates amid soaring prison costs

September 28, 2025
South Africa/World

The South African government is advancing consultations to introduce legislation that will allow foreign nationals serving prison sentences in the country to be transferred to their countries of origin. Correctional Services Minister

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South Africa Proposes Law Change to Accommodate Elon Musk’s Starlink

May 24, 2025
South Africa/World

South Africa has unveiled a proposed overhaul of its Black economic empowerment laws in an effort to enable Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Starlink, to operate in the country, according to the

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Trump Clashes With Ramaphosa Over White Farmer Genocide Claims in Tense Meeting

May 22, 2025
Geopolitics/South Africa

A high-stakes diplomatic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa took a contentious turn Wednesday, as Trump publicly rejected Ramaphosa’s insistence that there is no genocide against

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US Declares South African Ambassador ‘Persona Non Grata’ After Trump Criticism

March 15, 2025
Geopolitics/South Africa/World

The United States has declared South Africa’s ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, persona non grata, effectively expelling him from the country after he criticized President Donald Trump in an online lecture. Secretary of State

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South African Court Rejects White Genocide Myth, Invalidates Far-Right Bequest

February 26, 2025
Human Rights/South Africa/World

A South African court has ruled that the fear of a “white genocide” in the country is a baseless and “clearly imagined” threat, invalidating a bequest from the will of Grantland Michael

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Trump Orders Prioritization of U.S. Resettlement for White South Africans

February 9, 2025
South Africa/United States/World

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at prioritizing the resettlement of white South Africans in the United States, citing what he described as “government-sponsored race-based discrimination” in South Africa. The

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Trump Threatens to Cut US Aid to South Africa

February 3, 2025
South Africa/United States/World

US President Donald Trump has vowed to halt all future US assistance to South Africa over its newly enacted land expropriation law, a move that has rattled markets and caused the South

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South Africa tiptoes towards coalition politics

June 3, 2024
Diplomacy/South Africa

The results of the election to the South African parliament on Friday confirmed the widely-held belief that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) which spearheaded the country’s liberation from apartheid in 1993

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