JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A South African activist lambasted Germany’s ambassador at a conference because of Berlin’s support for Israel. Zackie Achmat criticized Andreas Peschke who was included as a panelist at the 6th International Social Justice Conference at Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Social Justice. “Sir, have you no shame. You...
South Africa’s former Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor has been appointed the new chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. She will take over from Professor Njabulo Ndebele. Pandor will be the third person to hold this title since the foundation’s inception by Nelson Mandela himself in 1999. The organization aims to...
ANKARA (AA) – Chile has officially filed a declaration of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip. Chile’s intervention, submitted under Article 63 of the ICJ Statute, asserts its interest in the ...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa has condemned the assassination by Israel of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran on Wednesday. The group’s political bureau chief was in the Iranian capital to attend the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Pretoria said it is concerned that the killing of Haniyeh and the ...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa said Saturday it canceled the visas of 95 Libyan nationals who were arrested Friday at a suspected “secret military camp” in White River, a holiday town in the northeastern Mpumalanga province. Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said he welcomed the arrests of the Libyans whom he said acquir...
White River, South Africa — AFP South African authorities rounded up 95 Libyans in a raid at a farm that appeared to have been converted into an illegal military training base, the police said. The raid was in a remote area outside the town of White River in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, about 360 […]
United Nations, United States – AFP A leading South African judge has said that “hardly anything” will deter Israel’s Gaza offensive, but Pretoria’s case against it at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) remains vital to highlight the dire situation. South Africa’s case brought in December 2023 alleges ...
ANKARA (AA) – Cuba on Friday decided to join South Africa’s case against Israel before the International Court of Justice. According to Radio Havana Cuba, under its obligations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Cuba will exercise its right as a third state to present its interpretation of [&hell...
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 ...
South African police have arrested a man for attacking a family because of their support for Palestine. Grayson Beare appeared before the Durban Magistrate on charges of killing Halima Hoosen-Preston and critically injuring her husband. In a social media video, Beare admitted using a knife in the attack, claiming Hoosen-Preston mocked his fa...
