Saudi Arabia will be hosting the G20 summit next year, state news agency SPA said WednesdayAnadolu reports. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 15th annual G20 Leaders’ Summit...

Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita has urged South Africa to work with Morocco to achieve a better climate for cooperation, in an interview with the South...

As the Secretary-General of the Pan African Women’s Organisation (PAWO) and the International Relations Secretary of the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) I am humbled and commend the thousands of...

Former South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday denied reports claiming he has been hiding about $30 million of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s money at his Nkandla compound. Zuma...

A group of Palestinian youth from Palestine, US, the Arab region, Europe and South Africa come together for a study programme in Johannesburg

The five rescued lions will make their way to South Africa

Israel is planning to withdraw its ambassador to South Africa after Pretoria began steps to downgrade its relations with Tel Aviv, Israeli radio reported yesterday. According to the station,...

Since its launch in 2005, Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) has evolved into one of the most effective campaigns against racism. This year’s IAW kicked off in South Africa earlier...

South Africa has downgraded its embassy to Israel, the first phase in reducing diplomatic relations between the two countries at the request of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress...

Israel Apartheid Week kicked off in Northern Cape, South Africa, yesterday in participation with civil society organisations including the Boycott, Divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement and political and trade...

Nigerians and South Africans joined tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in commemorating the first anniversary of the Great March of Return and Palestinian Land Day...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that his government is planning to downgrade its diplomatic mission to Israel. This, he said, comes in response to recommendations from the...

The African National Congress Youth League has affirmed its support for the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Speaking to Middle East Monitor on Monday, the Secretary General...

Saudi Arabia is planning to build an oil refinery in South Africa, as part of a huge investment in the country. Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy, Khalid Al-Faleh, said...

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has hailed the decision of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) Parliamentary Caucus to sign an agreement with Hamas. BDS welcomed the...

As has been elucidated by many people – including my colleague Ben White in one of his excellent books, and myself in this column – Israel is an apartheid...

Pressure from Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists has led South Africa’s University of Stellenbosch to withdraw invitations for Israeli academics to attend a major conference, it was reported...

In the field of medicine, we often speak of the social determinants of health. In Palestine, not only social, but political determinants of health have a grave impact on...

I have just been to Soweto in South Africa, where I was surprised by how well-versed people are about what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Arabian...

I wish to express my support for the two students who refused to stand to attention as their school choir sang Hatikva – the Israeli national anthem. Instead, as the...

Disciplinary action is being taken against two Jewish students in South Africa who kneeled down while the Israeli anthem played instead of standing in a display of support for...

The Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI), Andreas Schwer, stated that Saudi Arabia is holding talks with South Africa’s largest arms manufacturer and is considering buying...

South Africa’s proactive foreign policy often punches way above its weight. It draws its confidence from the country’s political history and what many still refer to as a “political...

The South African ambassador returned to Israel this weekend, four months after he was recalled in protest at Israel’s killing of Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip. According to...

The newly-elected president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Zingiswa Losi, has called on the South African government to downgrade its relations with Israel, the Afro-Palestine...

Palestinian solidarity groups in South Africa have welcomed the decision by music duo Black Motion not to perform in Israel. The pair were due to take part in the...

Palestinian Union of Muslim Scholars mourns the death of Moulana Sheikh Ihsaan Hendricks, the anti-apartheid activist who died on Friday in Cape Town. In a statement, the Palestinian Union...

The prominent South African scholar Mawlana Shaykh Ihsaan Hendricks al-Nadwi passed away on Friday night at the age of 54 years after a lengthy illness. International human rights and...

Palestinian teen, Ahed Tamimi, released from Israeli prison

A South African model, who has given her backing to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is the latest celebrity to be banned from entering Palestine by Israeli...

The Zionist movement has always been a schizophrenic one. The mainstream ruling factions of the movement, and later of the state of Israel, once claimed to be “socialist” in...

South Africa has rejected Saudi and UAE pressure to severe relations with Qatar, Al-Khaleej Online reported Pretoria’s envoy to Doha saying. During a celebration to remember South African freedom...