JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The South African government will provide 50 million Rand (approximately $2.7 million) in humanitarian aid to Gaza, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola announced at a conference in Jordan. “In addition to our International Court of Justice (ICJ) case, our government has approved a contribution of 50 million Rand for ...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa’s anti-apartheid stalwart Aziz Pahad has died, his family and the ruling African National Congress Party (ANC) have announced. He was 82. Pahad passed away on Wednesday evening at his home in Johannesburg. His brother Essop Pahad, also a veteran of the struggle against white minority rule, died in J...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has described its permanent membership in BRICS as a “strategic victory” after South Africa’s president announced on Thursday the induction of six new members. Mohammad Jamshidi, the deputy chief of staff for political affairs to Iran’s president, took to social media to announce Iran’s pe...
