JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa summoned the Israeli Ambassador to Pretoria, Eliav Belotsercovsky, in connection with his recent alleged conduct relating to Israel’s war against Palestine war. Belotsercovsky is accused of making disparaging remarks about those who are speaking out against attacks on Palestinians. “Ambassador Belotsercov...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa has called on the United Nations to deploy a rapid protection force to protect the civilian population in Gaza. “All countries genuinely committed to a rules-based system underpinned by international law must act immediately,” South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation or foreign...
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...
Johannesburg, South Africa – AFP BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries from next year as the club seeks to reshape the Western-led global order and expand its geopolitical influence. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agreed at their annual summi...
ANKARA (AA) – Morocco has not applied to join BRICS and will not attend its forthcoming summit in Johannesburg, state news agency MAP has stated. Quoting an unnamed source at the Foreign Ministry, the agency said there “has never been any question of responding positively to the invitation” or of “taking part in this meeting ...
