South Africa

The African Union is to discuss granting Israel observer status during its meeting starting today, a step condemned by Palestine along with many member states. The Palestinian Authority (PA)...

There are those who believe that the African Union's decision to grant Israel observer member, in spite of its crimes against Palestinians, is a natural evolution of relations. This...

Israel's apartheid regime became the subject of a dispute recently in the Hebrew edition of the Haaretz newspaper between leading Israeli human rights attorney Michael Sfard and South Africa's Chief Rabbi...

Africa is a symbol of the future and Africa stands with us," declared Yasser Arafat, then chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) at a meeting of the Organisation...

Last week marked 22 years since the African Union (AU) replaced the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) which was created in 1963 with only 32 members. The other 22...

Morocco has called on South Africa to work with Rabat on a number of files and issues, foremost is the Western Sahara file, strengthening Africa's position on the international...

When you do an online search for South Africa's Robben Island, one of the suggested words used is "escapes". It is obviously a common research topic. Robben Island was...

The United Arab Emirates said today residents who had been fully vaccinated with a shot approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) could return as of 12 September from...

Israel's return to the African Union (AU) as an observer state has sparked a huge backlash in the continent with as many as 14 countries said to be ready...

The plans to sneak Israel quietly into the African Union as an observer state appear to have backfired spectacularly. Israeli celebrations may be premature as Algeria, one of Palestine's...

An Israeli columnist has linked the ongoing Israeli spyware scandal to previous Israel arms sales made to regimes that carried out genocides and war crimes. Commenting on the spyware...

South Africa's government on Wednesday announced that it was "appalled" by the African Union (AU) Commission's decision last week to grant Israel observer status at the African bloc. "Israel...

The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Shameem Khan, has announced the appointment of three members of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East...

Dubai Ports World (DP World) has submitted an offer to acquire Imperial Logistics, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, for $890 million. DP World said in a statement yesterday...

The UK plans to boycott a UN sponsored anti-racism conference in South Africa citing anti-Semitism concerns

Israel is committing the crime of apartheid, two former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa have said in an article drawing parallels with the system of racial segregation in South...

Egypt is one of ten countries where Apple Inc will not be offering its new private relay service, a feature which will prevent service providers and advertisers from being...

The United Arab Emirates has ratified a 2018 extradition treaty with South Africa, its embassy in Pretoria said on Wednesday, a move that President Cyril Ramaphosa's government hopes will...

An evocative French film set in a Hiroshima destroyed by the United States atomic bomb in 1945 haunted me throughout the latest dreadful days of carnage in Gaza. I...

The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) decided to boycott Israeli cinematic productions, in protest against the recent aggression on the Gaza Strip and the continuing violation of Palestinian rights. DIFF...

It is common these days to compare the institutional racism in Israel, and its occupation of Palestine, to Apartheid South Africa. Up to a point, it's a reasonable comparison....

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the situation in Gaza reminds him of the apartheid era in his own country

South African civil society organisations have submitted an urgent legal application to the National Prosecuting Authority to probe and charge Israeli leaders for crimes committed against Palestinians. The legal...

Nakba Day – 73 years since the onset of the 'catastrophe'​, with Apartheid Israel having believed Palestinian memories would fade away, has witnessed unity and courage of a people...

The Syrian People's Assembly yesterday agreed to invite friendly Arab and foreign parliaments to observe the presidential elections scheduled in May, local media reported. SANA news agency said the parliaments...

Hamas has revealed that it has met with the ambassadors of Russia, Turkey, Iran, and South Africa in Qatar — Nur Muhammad Khulov, Mustafa Goksu, Hamid Reza Dehghani, and...

South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was yesterday ordered to apologise after being found guilty of violating the country's judicial code of conduct for pro-Israel comments he made in...

A classified report prepared by UN investigators revealed that the founder of the private security company Blackwater, Eric Prince, violated the arms embargo in Libya and tried to overthrow...

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Tuesday said the UN is deeply concerned by the situation of nearly 31,000 foreign children detained in Al-Hawl and Rouge refugee camps in...

The African Union last weekend reaffirmed the continent's support for the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation, and strongly condemned Israel's violence against Palestinians, its construction of illegal settlements, and...

Israel's repression of its own Palestinian citizens, as well as Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and even African refugees, has become ever more brutal, despite...

The petition for South Africa's ANC-led government to lift punitive visa restrictions on Palestinians wanting to travel to the country is an embarrassing but necessary exercise. Many people, including...