A South African electoral court on Tuesday overturned a decision to ban former President Jacob Zuma from running in this year’s general election, reshuffling the deck ahead of the most competitive vote in the nation’s democratic history, Al Jazeera reported. Zuma, 81, was barred by an...
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South Africa's election authorities this week disqualified former President Jacob Zuma from running in the upcoming May election, intensifying political tensions ahead of what analysts predict could be the nation’s most competitive electoral contest since the end of apartheid 30 years ago, Al Jazeera reported. Zuma,...
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The foreign minister of South Africa this week said that citizens of the country taking part in Israel’s war on Gaza will face prosecution when they return home, adding to tensions with Israel after South Africa accused it of genocide at the International Court of...
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Residents of Rabie Ridge, sick and tired of criminals running rampant through their township outside Johannesburg, South Africa decided to take matters into their own hands. They went house to house and rounded up six people they accused of crimes. Then they stoned five of...
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A South African judge annulled the president’s recognition of the Zulu king on Monday, prolonging a royal saga over the succession involving one of Africa’s most influential monarchies and the country’s largest ethnic group, the New York Times reported. After the death in 2021 of King...
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A South African court began hearing a case this week over the leadership of the country’s influential Zulu nation, as factions within its royal family battle over who should be king of South Africa’s largest ethnic group, the Associated Press reported. The case has pitted current...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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