WASHINGTON: “Turn the lights down,” President Donald Trump said. It was showtime in the Oval Office. Sitting next to him on Wednesday was South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was visiting in hopes of reaching new agreements on trade. But Trump wanted to talk about baseless allegations that white farmers in his country were being […]
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa with US counterpart Donald Trump (AP Photo) The atmosphere in South Africa was tense ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s meeting with US counterpart Donald Trump, worrying that its leader might face public humiliation similar to what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy experienced. Even a local newspaper captured the mood with the […]
African Parks, a non-profit organisation that manages protected areas in Africa, has admitted to human rights abuses under its watch in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of the Congo, reported New York Post. The charity, which had Prince Harry as its president until 2023 and still counts him as a board member, acknowledged […]
Workers advertise their skills looking for work outside a hardware store in a Johannesburg suburb (Image: AP) JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s second biggest political party launched a legal challenge Tuesday against a new labour law aimed at boosting the hiring of Black people and other groups in some industries, arguing it is unconstitutional, discriminatory and dampens […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) JOHANNESBURG: South African police said Thursday they had rescued 44 Ethiopian nationals, 17 of them minors, who were being held against their will in an upscale neighbourhood of Johannesburg.The incident is the latest in a string of human-trafficking cases in Africa’s most industrialised nation, a magnet for undocumented migrants from across the […]
Mr. Mudimbe was unapologetic. “To the question ‘what is Africa?’ or ‘how to define African cultures?’ one today cannot but refer to a body of knowledge in which Africa has been subsumed by Western disciplines such as anthropology, history, theology or whatever other scientific discourse,” he told Callaloo. “And this is the level on which […]
JOHANNESBURG: Washington’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25-percent hike on car imports, analysts say.The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which provided duty-free access to the US market for some African products — had enabled certain sectors […]
South Africa’s communications minister Solly Malatsi is under fire for proposing changes to local equity laws that critics say would favour foreign tech giants such as Elon Musk’s Starlink.Khusela Sangoni Diko, chairperson of the portfolio committee on communications and digital technologies, said the minister is “seeking to erode hard-won transformation goals.”“It appears these proposed directives […]
Sentebale chairperson Sophie Chandauka said she was asked to defend Meghan Markle from negative publicity. A Zimbabwean corporate finance lawyer, Sophie Chandauka, who heads the African charity that was co-founded by Prince Harry, has accused the royal of “harassment and bullying at scale” after Prince Harry and others involved in the charity quit this week. […]
Prince Harry, the Duke of Essex, and Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso have resigned as patrons of Sentebale, a charity they co-founded in Lesotho, due to internal disputes over fundraising strategies. Trustees resigned in protest against the chair, Dr Sophie Chandauka, who emphasized ‘fairness and integrity’ in her actions. UK’s Prince Harry, the Duke of Essex, has […]
