Countries Motsepe’s secret mission to sway Trump Cape Town – Businessman Patrice Motsepe is reported to have played a behind-the-scenes role in improving South Africa’s diplomatic... Read more 25 May
Countries WATCH | ‘Let me mourn’ – Ramaphosa shuts down Trump talk at funeral Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa says the issues raised by US President Donald Trump during their Oval Office... Read more 25 May
Countries ‘A true boss’: McKenzie commends Ramaphosa’s diplomatic efforts in US Cape Town – Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie took to his X (formerly Twitter) account this... Read more 24 May
Countries ‘We’re in govt to keep Malema out!’ – Steenhuisen after explosive Trump meeting Cape Town – South Africa’s delegation to the White House has returned optimistic about resetting diplomatic ties with the... Read more 23 May
Countries Fourth Senegal ex-minister charged in corruption sweep Sénégal – A Senegalese court on Thursday indicted a fourth minister from the country’s former government on corruption charges... Read more 23 May
Countries Kenya FM says Tanzania has released activist Nairobi – Kenya’s foreign minister told AFP on Thursday that Tanzanian authorities had released a prominent activist, who rights groups... Read more 23 May
Countries DRC ex-leader Kabila loses immunity to ‘treason’ probe Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Senate on Thursday voted to lift the immunity of ex-president Joseph Kabila,... Read more 23 May
Countries Rupert wins Gayton’s heart at the White House: ‘I was wrong about him’ Cape Town – Minister of Arts, Sports and Culture Gayton McKenzie has publicly praised billionaire Johann Rupert as a “true... Read more 22 May
Countries Kenya slammed as ‘rogue’ state’ over Uganda opposition kidnap role Nairobi – Kenya has admitted to assisting in the kidnapping of a Ugandan opposition leader on its soil last year,... Read more 22 May
Countries Trump’s Afrikaners are SA opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand South Africans are wearily attuned to governments’ Orwellian misuse of language. After all,... Read more 22 May