Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected the president of South Africa in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. How has the world responded?
Don’t be surprised if you see poor whites; poverty is no longer legislated. But black South Africans still live on the brink, writes Khaya Dlanga.
A controversial BBC report on white South Africans has been condemned by the ANC and the DA for being incongruent with the reality in the country.
The BBC is going to produce the first daily news television programme about the continent. Faeeza Ballim reports.
The Department of Home Affairs said on Wednesday it planned to establish shelters for foreigners who have fled xenophobic attacks over the last two weeks. The BBC reported on Wednesday that seven ”refugee camps” would be set up. By Monday night there were an estimated 17Â 000 displaced foreigners left in Johannesburg.
Seven refugee camps are to be set up around the country for foreigners who have fled xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The holding camps will take up to 70Â 000 people from increasingly unsanitary conditions at temporary shelters put up around state and municipal buildings and police stations.