President Donald Trump ambushed South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday by playing him a video that he claimed proved genocide is being committed against white people, driving farmers to flee to the United States.The extraordinary stunt turned the usually staid diplomatic setting of the Oval Office into a stage for Trump’s contention that white …
For world leaders an invitation to the Oval Office used to be a coveted prize. Under Donald Trump it’s become a ticket to a brutal political ambush.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa became the latest victim in a long line that started with Trump’s notorious row with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in February.Trump has turned what were …
A Chadian judge on Wednesday ordered former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra placed in detention, nearly a week after his arrest on suspicion of inciting hatred, his lawyers said.Masra faced off against President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno in a presidential election last year. While the official result gave him 18 percent of the …
US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles at the White House Wednesday that he claimed documented a genocide taking place against white people in South Africa.Mixed into the deck of papers he unveiled before South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa, however, was a months-old blog post featuring a photo from the Democratic Republic …
Kenya has admitted to assisting in the kidnapping of a Ugandan opposition leader on its soil last year, prompting his lawyer to accuse Nairobi of acting like a “rogue state.”Kizza Besigye, 68, who appeared in court for the latest hearing of his treason trial on Wednesday, was abducted by armed men in the heart of the …
Algeria and France are currently experiencing their worst crisis since the former French colony won independence in 1962, said the author of a landmark report on France’s legacy in the north African nation.It will take painstaking work, including on historical grievances, to restore trust, Benjamin Stora, one of the world’s leading experts on French-Algerian history, …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will seek to reset ties with Donald Trump and Elon Musk Wednesday after Washington’s unfounded claims of “genocide” against white Afrikaners sent relations plunging.Ramaphosa is bringing two of South Africa’s top golfers, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, and its richest man Johann Rupert, to the Oval Office in a bid …
S.Africa’s Ramaphosa woos Trump, Musk after tensionsWed, 21 May 2025 15:10:02 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s finance minister presented Wednesday a third version of the 2025 budget after being forced to backtrack on a proposed increase in value-added tax that threatened to split the coalition government. Africa’s most industrialised nation will now look towards hiking fuel prices to cover the budget deficit, minister Enoch Godongwana told parliament. Tax revenue projections had …
Third time lucky? South Africa presents revised budgetWed, 21 May 2025 14:44:30 GMT Read More »
Two of South Africa’s top golfers and its richest businessman are in the delegation meeting US President Donald Trump Wednesday in a bid to mend tattered bilateral ties, the presidency said.President Cyril Ramaphosa will be joined by four cabinet ministers at the Washington talks that South Africa hopes will reset relations and save trade with …
S.Africa golf stars, richest man to join Trump talksWed, 21 May 2025 14:07:22 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s competition authority announced Wednesday it had approved the buyout of Africa’s largest pay TV enterprise MultiChoice by France’s Canal+, which wants to expand its footprint on the continent.The merger, which has been in the works for nearly a year, needs the final go-ahead from the commission’s Competition Tribunal, it said in a statement. Canal+ …
Canal+ buyout of S.Africa’s MultiChoice one step closerWed, 21 May 2025 10:37:58 GMT Read More »
