Category: South Africa

South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent, marked by several distinct ecosystems. Inland safari destination Kruger National Park is populated by big game. The Western Cape offers beaches, lush winelands around Stellenbosch and Paarl, craggy cliffs at the Cape of Good Hope, forest and lagoons along the Garden Route, and the city of Cape Town, beneath flat-topped Table Mountain.
Capitals: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein
Currency: South African rand
Population: 57.78 million (2018) World Bank

South Africa to probe spy cables leak

February 25, 2015 Global AuthorKayumba Nyamwasa, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, spies

. View photo Rwanda’s former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa walks into court in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 21, 2012 (AFP Photo/Alexander Joe) Johannesburg (AFP) – South Africa has launched an investigation into the leak of espionage secrets to an international television news channel and a British newspaper, the state security minister said Wednesday. “A full investigation… Read More

South Africa: The State versus identity Document (ID)

February 6, 2015 Global AuthorGender Justice, Sex Change, South Africa, South Africa ID's

Cape Town, 6 February: South African citizens can do almost nothing without an Identity Document (ID). People whose ID particulars do not match their gender identity, gender expression and ultimately who they are, face obstruction, regular ridicule and discrimination. When the power of the state and the public sector control, rather than serve an individual’s most fundamental resource— their body—... Read More

Sonke Gender Justice condemns the outbreak of xenophobic violence in Gauteng

January 27, 2015 Global AuthorGauteng, South Africa, xenophobic violence

Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) joins fellow human rights activists around the globe to condemn in the strongest possible terms the violence against non-South African individuals living and working within our borders and calls on our government to take urgent action to both protect all people in South Africa, and to prosecute strongly those perpetrating violence against others. . Read More

SA heads for new DRC war

January 14, 2015 Global AuthorDRC, FDLR, Kagame, Kerry, Obama, Rebels, Rwanda, South Africa, UN, Zuma

South Africa has 1000 troops in the DRC as part of the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade, which is tasked with “neutralising” threats to the region. File photoImage by: SIPHIWE SIBEKO / REUTERS The government yesterday announced that a confrontation with Forces for Democratic Liberation of Rwanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo was “inevitable”. Four thousand FDLR soldiers, many of… Read More

SA deports Malawians for staying illegally as more wait at detention immigration centre

March 13, 2014 Global AuthorHudson Mankhwala, Malawi, Malawi Migration to SA, South Africa

BLANTYRE--Malawians who were staying in South Africa without valid travel documents have arrived in the country following the sweeping exercise which is taking place in richest African country. Malawi’s Chief Immigration Officer Hudson Mankhwala has confirmed the development. According to Mankhwala, the deportees were staying in South Africa without ‘valid work permits and travel documents. . Read More

South Africa drops the Traditional Courts bill from legislation

February 22, 2014 Global Author

Sonke Gender Justice notes with great elation the lapsing from the legislative processes of the mooted Traditional Courts Bill (TCB). We particularly note the gallant resistance by the Alliance for Rural Democracy, and in particular, rural women who stood to be the most affected. "The campaign against the TCB saw a rare moment of politics of principles triumphing those of... Read More

Malawi Politician says President Joyce Banda no longer inspiring to women

February 22, 2014 Global AuthorDPP, Joyce Banda, Lillian Kaliati, Malawi, People's Party, PP

BLANTYRE --Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the only party with highest number of female candidates for Parliamentary and Local Government Elections slated for May 20 this year, says President Joyce Banda's sentiments and her style of leadership are no longer inspiring especially to women. DPP will field 43 female candidates in Parliamentary Elections while over 70 others are vying for... Read More

South African opposition vow to impeach President Zuma

February 19, 2014 Global AuthorANC, Election, South Africa, Zuma

South Africa's opposition have criticised President Zuma's "good news" state of the nation address this week with some using the ongoing debate to call for his impeachment. Zuma delivered the eagerly awaited address last week and opposition parties have been given the opportunity to raise issues that they feel were lacking from the speech. with the election looming, some... Read More

Winnie left wanting in Nelson “Madiba” Mandela’s will

February 6, 2014 Global AuthorDikgang Moseneke, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Will, Winnie Mandela

JOHANNESBURG – Former President Nelson Mandela has not left any money or assets to his former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Mandela’s final will and testament was released publicly today. In it Mandela detailed endowments to his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Executors of his estate, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, Eastern Cape Judge President Themba Sangoni and Advocate George Bizos SC,... Read More

President Jacob Zuma’s 2014 New Year message

December 31, 2013 Global AuthorJACOB ZUMA, Madiba, Nelson Mandela, South Africa

Fellow South Africans,The year 2013 has come to an end. It has been a momentous year, filled with both successes and challenges, as we continued to work together to build a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa. We will tomorrow, on 1 January, begin an important year, during which the country will celebrate 20 years of freedom and democracy... Read More