Browsing: South Africa

On 1 April, 1955, the African National Congress (ANC) urged South African parents to withdraw their children from schools in protest of the so-called Bantu Education…

Today we celebrate the birthday of the brilliant conscious poet and godfather of rap, Gil-Scott Heron (1949-2011). This brother left a permanent mark on music, poetry…

In 2019, South African surgeon Mashudu Tshifularo made history by becoming the first doctor to perform a 3D-printed middle-ear transplant, successfully restoring the hearing of a…

Since the return of Donald Trump to the White House in January, there has been an upsurge in right-wing propaganda against the government of South Africa…

US Secretary of State Marc Rubio has reiterated Washington’s offer of ‘asylum’ to White South Africans – whom leading Trump-administration officials, including the president himself, falsely…

‘I have no regrets!’ – that was the message of South Africa’s expelled ambassador to the US, addressing supporters who’d come to greet him at Cape…

Has the EU just sent a Trojan Horse to South Africa? An extra few billion dollars to roll out clean energy sounds brilliant. But Brussels’ recent…

After long-time ruling party African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority in South Africa’s 2024 elections, opposition parties Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)…

Much of the world shunned apartheid South Africa in the 1970s. However, one country, Israel, found a natural ally in Pretoria’s racially discriminatory government, according to…

The US has expelled South Africa’s ambassador over his critical remarks about Donald Trump, alleging the president is mobilising fears that White people will become a…