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Ebrahim Rasool being greeted upon his arrival at Cape Town International Airport. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

South Africa’s expelled US ambassador returns home with ‘no regrets’

Ebrahim Rasool was expelled after he described Trump’s Maga movement as a supremacist reaction to diversity in the US.

United States

Opinion | Only a global ‘de-risking’ from the US can stop Trump’s trade war

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United States

67,000 white South Africans express interest in Trump’s plan for refugee status

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US-China relations

Trump cut off aid to South Africa. Will it tilt the balance in China’s favour?

Washington’s ‘self-centred foreign policy’ may push Pretoria and others closer to Beijing, observer says.

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Donald Trump

US expels South African ambassador, saying he ‘hates’ Trump

Trump has cut US financial aid to South Africa, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its World Court genocide case against Israel.

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China-Africa relations

China still leads the pack in Africa’s critical minerals race as US falls behind

Beijing has spent years – and billions – investing in Africa’s mining sector, and it is now paying off, experts say.

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16 dead, dozens hurt as bus overturns on South Africa highway

The early-morning crash happened on a highway near Johannesburg’s main O.R. Tambo International Airport.

An emergency official walks past a bus that overturned on a highway in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing multiple people and injuring some. Photo: AP
Israel-Gaza war

Israel refuses entry to 2 EU lawmakers, accuses 1 of promoting boycotts

Lynn Boylan, who chairs European Parliament EU-Palestine delegation, and French politician Rima Hassan ordered to return to Europe.

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China-Australia relations

‘Deeply surprised’ China slams Australia for ‘hype’ over PLA drills off coast

Canberra’s claim that Beijing failed to give enough notice is ‘completely inconsistent with the facts’, Chinese defence ministry says.

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Ukraine war

UK foreign secretary questions Russia’s ‘appetite’ for peace at G20 meeting

‘We’ve not got anywhere near a negotiated settlement,’ said David Lammy on Thursday. The Ukraine war’s third anniversary is next week.

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UK Foreign Minister David Lammy attends the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Africa

Rwanda-backed rebels reach major east DR Congo city

The Rwanda-backed M23 took control of the South Kivu province administrative office after little resistance from government forces.

M23 rebels enter Bukavu, on Sunday. Photo: AP
China-Africa relations

Will China fill gap left by the US at G20 meeting in South Africa?

Analyst says China emphasis on working together on international issues is the opposite of ‘America first’ as espoused by Trump.

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Donald Trump

White South Africans echo Trump’s claims of racism

The South African government denies its new law is tied to race and says Trump’s claims have been full of misinformation and distortions.

Tourism

A Balkans tour led by a Serbian and a Bosnian? The rise of peace tourism

Mejdi Tours takes groups to places like Uzbekistan and Israel led by pairs of locals with opposing religious, political or ethnic views.

Aziz Abu Sarah is a co-founder of Mejdi Tours, a tour operator intended to bridge the divide between two populations at odds with each other - such as Uzbeks and Russians, and Israelis and Palestinians. Photo: Instagram/mejdi_tours
Brics

Brics summit to tackle AI governance, global health and financial reform: Brazil

Note from bloc’s chair this year reflects plan to promote equitable global governance rather than control by ‘just big corporations’.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the next annual Brics summit in July. Photo: Reuters
China-UK relations

Wang Yi sends free trade message at revived UK-China Strategic Dialogue

Ministerial talks brought back to life in London as Starmer’s government pursues a more pragmatic China policy.

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Obituaries

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies at 95

Nujoma built ties with China, North Korea, Cuba, Russia - some of which had supported his liberation movement by providing arms and training.

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United States

Trump cuts South Africa funding over land policy, ICJ case

Trump signed an executive order to cut US help to South Africa over its land policy and its genocide case at the ICJ against Israel.

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) and US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP
Belt and Road Initiative

‘Game changer’: why Chinese rail contractors have East Africa in their sights

Business case is stacking up for the export-driven railway network that China’s companies are building with African finance.

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Taiwan

South Africa presses Taiwan to vacate liaison office in Pretoria

Taiwanese foreign ministry says demand to move out by the end of next month violates agreement.

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Africa

Trump claims South Africa ‘treating certain classes of people’ badly, cuts funds

The US president has surrounded himself with powerful Silicon Valley figures who came of age in apartheid-era southern Africa.

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A supporter waves a South African flag during a cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan in Cape Town last month. Photo: AFP
Africa

Rwanda ‘welcomes’ proposed summit on DR Congo conflict

The UN and several nations claim that M23, which has taken the major eastern mining city of Goma, is backed by Rwanda.

African heads of state and senior government officials pose for a photo ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) extraordinary summit in Harare, Zimbabwe on Friday. Photo: AFP
Africa

Congo’s M23 rebels control Goma airport, embassies attacked

The UN and global powers fear the conflict could spiral into a regional war akin to those of 1996-1997 and 1998-2003 that killed millions.

Brics

Opinion | Trump’s America will be forced to grapple with a rising Brics

Brics has become an alternative power base outside the reach of the US and its allies, and a rising counterweight to US influence globally.

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Africa

South African peacekeepers killed in DRC as fighting rages

Fighting has intensified in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the Congolese army and Rwandan-backed M23 fighters.

Smoke billows from an armored personnel carrier (APC) of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Africa

South Africa mine rescue ends with at least 87 dead and 246 survivors

Police finished clearing out illegal miners who had been underground for months, some badly emaciated.

Forensic service workers carry body remains in blue body bags. Photo: AP
Africa

At least 100 miners dead after being trapped for months in South Africa mine: group

South Africa starts rescuing illegal gold miners stranded in deep shafts as footage shows dozens of dead bodies underground.

China-Africa relations

China, Congo draw up a road map for Xi’s US$50 billion Africa investment pledge

Foreign Minister Wang Yi sas China ‘will help Africa to develop and revitalise itself and move towards modernisation’.

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