South Africa

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A picket against anti-immigrant sentiment was held at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on Monday afternoon to mark Africa Day. Photo: Matthew Hirsch
MigrationSouth Africa

Africans cannot be foreigners in Africa, Cape Town activists say

Cape Town - About 40 activists gathered at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town on Africa Day to push back against growing anti-immigrant...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks as he meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
South Africa

Ramaphosa to mark 100 years of Kruger National Park

Skukuza - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Saturday address the official launch of the Kruger National Park Centenary Commemoration at Skukuza...

Panelists at the Africa Space Law and Policy Conference held at DIRCO in Pretoria on 28 May 2026. (Picture: Department of International Relations and Cooperation)
South Africa

Africa’s space economy takes centre stage at Pretoria conference

Pretoria - Senior South African diplomat Ambassador Xolisa Mabhongo opened a two-day Africa Space Law and Policy Conference in Pretoria this week, bringing...

BMA officers seized 713 000 grams of methaqualone hidden inside a truck at Beitbridge, in what authorities are calling South Africa's biggest drug bust in history. | Photo: Supplied
Crime and CourtsSouth Africa

BMA nets R1bn drug bust at Beitbridge

Beitbridge - South Africa's Border Management Authority has scored what officials are calling the biggest drug bust in the country's history, seizing nearly...

A man draped in a Ghana flag stands among other Ghanaians as Ghana repatriates hundreds of its citizens from South Africa following instances of violence against migrants from other sub-Saharan African countries, amid a wave ‌of protests against illegal immigration, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, South Africa, May 27, 2026. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
MigrationSouth Africa

Only 10 of 300 Ghanaians on repatriation flight were legal in SA

Kempton Park - Only 10 of the 300 Ghanaian nationals who were processed for repatriation from South Africa were found to be in...

Dr Leon Schreiber, Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa
MigrationSouth Africa

SA deports nearly 58,000 people in a year, report shows

Pretoria - South Africa deported 57,784 people in the 2025/26 financial year as the country's Department of Home Affairs steps up its campaign...

Nigerian opposition leader Peter Obi addresses the Spier Dialogue Event on "Policies for Growth in Africa" in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: X/@PeterObi
AfricaSouth Africa

Africa has no reason to remain poor, Peter Obi tells Cape Town forum

Cape Town - Nigerian opposition leader and former Anambra State governor Peter Obi told a gathering of ministers and policymakers in Cape Town...

SARS customs vehicles pictured at a South African port of entry, where officials will be deployed from next month to assist travellers in declaring foreign-registered vehicles on the Traveller Management System. Photo: SARS
NewsSouth Africa

Emaswati driving into SA must register vehicles from next month

Oshoek - Emaswati and other travellers who drive foreign-registered vehicles into South Africa will need to declare those vehicles on the South African...