South Africa

A mass for the late Pope Francis was held at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday. The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) gathered …

A significant step by South Africa’s legal system in confronting the atrocities of the country’s dark political past.  A judge this week approved the trial of two apartheid-era police officers …

The South African government is still embroiled in a tax row between the ruling African National Congress party (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA).  The DA party has taken the …

An American pastor kidnapped by armed men during a church service in South Africa has been freed following a “high-intensity shoot-out” that left three people dead, police say. Josh Sullivan …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a former deputy finance minister as a special envoy to the United States on Monday. The ambassador was expelled last month by the Trump …

An informal meeting of the United Nations General Assembly plenary was held today in New York to hear a briefing by South Africa’s G20 Sherpa, Zane Dangor, as the country …

South Africa will target a victory over Lesotho when the teams meet in a Group C 2026 World Cup Qualifier, set for the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Friday …

The State Department has announced that South Africa’s ambassador to the United States must depart the country by Friday. This decision came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded that …

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to Washington had been declared persona non grata, signaling worsening relations between the two countries. In a post …

President Donald Trump has taken aim at a new South African law meant to address the nation’s apartheid legacy of racially unequal land distribution, threatening to withdraw funding, including to …