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South Africa’s main opposition party called for mass demonstrations this week to protest against a new employment law that critics say will lead to job losses, Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday. The 2020 Employment Equity Act – due to take effect in September – will require companies...

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June 07, 2023

Musical Chairs

South Africa

Apartheid, or legal segregation based on race, ended in South Africa almost 30 years ago. Yet anyone walking around Johannesburg could be forgiven for believing the hateful policy was still in place, according to Catalyst, a free-market-oriented news publication. The deeply segregated city is only...

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The World Briefly

May 26, 2023

Nowhere To Hide

South Africa

South African police and United Nations investigators captured the most wanted fugitive involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a man who had eluded justice for more than 20 years, CNN reported Thursday. Authorities discovered Fulgence Kayishema in the town of Paarl in western South Africa on...

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February 10, 2023

Lights Out

South Africa

André de Ruyter launched investigations into corruption and organized crime at South Africa’s state-owned energy company, Eskom, where he was CEO. Soon after he tendered his resignation in December, he says someone slipped cyanide into his coffee, Quartz reported. He survived the alleged attempt on...

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December 02, 2022

The Sinkhole

South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls for his impeachment this week after an independent panel said he violated anti-corruption law during the investigation of a robbery at his farm, CNBC reported Thursday. The issue centers on the “Farmgate” scandal in which Ramaphosa – who...

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November 01, 2022

Meet The New King

South Africa

Tens of thousands of people attended the coronation of South Africa’s Zulu king over the weekend, the first crowning of a monarch in more than five decades, Agence France-Presse reported. The celebrations took place at a football stadium in Durban, which saw the new ruler, Misuzulu...

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The World Briefly

August 12, 2022

Conspiracy to Impeachment

South Africa

A South African parliamentary inquiry is investigating a bizarre case of theft connected to President Cyril Ramaphosa to determine whether he should be impeached in what is becoming a growing scandal rocking the country, South Africa’s Daily Maverick reported. Parliament Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said an independent...

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June 24, 2022

Broken and Betrayed

South Africa

A years-long judicial reckoning of corruption during the tenure of former South African President Jacob Zuma ended this week, prompting questions over whether the government will prosecute individuals who stole more than $31 billion from state coffers, Bloomberg reported. The 5,000-page report showed a web of...

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June 21, 2022

Country First

South Africa

At a recent demonstration against foreigners in South Africa, Mary Lowe said she was marching because an undocumented immigrant killed her nephew. "We are basically fighting against all the crime committed by foreigners who are illegally in the country," Lowe, a member of the anti-immigrant...

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The World Briefly

June 15, 2022

Loaded Language

South Africa

European budget airline Ryanair caused an uproar in South Africa this week after it required its South African customers to prove their citizenship by taking a written test in Afrikaans, a derivative of the Dutch language developed by European colonists of the country, the Washington...

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The World Briefly

June 08, 2022

The Tiny Victory

South Africa

Emirati authorities arrested two brothers at the center of a government scandal in South Africa, offering a boost for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his anemic anticorruption drive, the Wall Street Journal reported. Police detained Atul and Rajesh Gupta in Dubai on an Interpol red...

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May 12, 2022

When the Show Doesn’t Go On

South Africa

Environmentalists on the Wild Coast, a region of South Africa, are demonstrating and litigating against a proposed seismic survey that would help Shell’s oil offshore explorations. The activists said the survey will include loud sound waves that will hurt marine life, including legendary migrations of...

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The World Briefly

April 21, 2022

The Deluge

South Africa

More than 448 people have died during South Africa’s devastating floods, according to government officials, as the country moved to deploy the military in the affected eastern regions, Fox News reported. Last week, torrential rains caused flooding and mudslides that destroyed nearly 4,000 homes and displaced...

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