Department Of International Relations And Cooperation

/ 23 August 2024

Indian consulate in Durban fired SA worker over China spying claims

Former clerk Siphiwe Mchunu also claims black staff members are subjected to racist treatment

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By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 31 October 2023

US Congress members bail on Agoa to avoid government shutdown at home

Congress members will stay at home to pass key government spending bills but a senior trade representative will lead a US delegation

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 9 October 2023

South Africa willing to facilitate peace in Israel-Hamas war

Pretoria does not believe its disparate views on the conflict will affect relations with the US

By Lizeka Tandwa and Umamah Bakharia

National

/ 25 March 2023

Will Putin be arrested if he arrives in SA?

Should the Russian leader attend the Brics talks, he must be apprehended under an ICC warrant

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By Eunice Masson

National

/ 8 August 2022

Pandor: Blinken did not come to tell SA to choose sides in the Ukraine-Russia war

The US secretary of state said that when one country invades another country, sovereignty and independence mattered

By Eunice Masson

Opinion

/ 2 March 2022

Why is South Africa not condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin has breached international law and South Africa argues that the matter must be resolved through dialogue — but this assumes the autocrat and rogue leader will participate in good faith

By Richard Calland

Coronavirus

/ 26 November 2021

South Africa says UK red list travel decision on new Covid variant is premature

The department of international relations and cooperation says the travel ban on Southern African countries seems to be rushed

By Marcia Zali

National

/ 18 August 2021

Most South Africans in Afghanistan have been evacuated

‘The Taliban also registered the serial numbers of their weapons and just asked them not to move around in the streets while armed but stay within the compound until everything calms down. Then the Taliban left.’

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By Erika Gibson

National

/ 28 July 2021

South Africa appalled that Israel given AU observer status

The international relations department has released a statement condemning the decision

By Eyaaz Matwadia

Article

/ 23 April 2020

More South Africans head home from Saudi

The group who had missed their flight on Tuesday have finally boarded a plane home

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 31 March 2020

South African traveller admitted to intensive care in Germany after positive Covid-19 test

About 1 500 South Africans are stuck abroad, waiting to see if the government can help them to return home

By Sabelo Skiti

Article

/ 12 March 2020

Fear, ignorance stalks returnees from Wuhan

The cost of placing South African evacuees from Wuhan in quarantine in Limpopo will cost an estimated R6.7-million

By Thanduxolo Jika, Sabelo Skiti and Chris Gilili

Article

/ 28 February 2020

Two South Africans infected on coronavirus-hit Japanese cruise ship

Government was alerted that 12 South Africans were among the crew members on board the ship only at the end of their quarantine

By Chris Gilili and Sarah Smit

Article

/ 26 February 2020

Coronavirus: South Africa will evacuate citizens from Wuhan

The government is expected to evacuate citizens from Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak originated

By Thanduxolo Jika and Chris Gilili

Article

/ 14 February 2020

South Africans stuck in China are desperate to escape coronavirus ‘prison’

But the department of international relations and co-operation claims they are comfortable and taken care of

By Sarah Smit and Chris Gilili

Article

/ 14 February 2020

SA’s quarantine plan for coronavirus

A small Free State dorp and 14 days of isolation — this is the plan for citizens returning from China, to prevent a potential outbreak of the disease

By Athandiwe Saba and Thanduxolo Jika

Africa

/ 29 November 2019

Mbeki on SA’s foreign policy failures

The former president has laid out to a to-do list for the department of international relations

By Simon Allison

Article

/ 6 June 2019

Pandor is just the right person for diplomatic duties

She has the gravitas required for her new international relations and co-operation role

By Kenneth Mokgatlhe

Article

/ 9 April 2019

Israel and South Africa: A ‘downgraded’ relationship?

South Africa has announced that it will not replace its ambassador to Israel

By Sella Oneko and Martina Schwikowski 1

Article

/ 19 October 2018

Government ‘uncomfortable’ with Zuma meeting Qatar emir

Sources have confirmed that the department of international relations is unhappy about the meeting between the Emir of Qatar and the former president

By Sabelo Skiti and Athandiwe Saba

Article

/ 18 May 2018

DD must tell Putin the deal’s off

The deputy president and Jacob Zuma are both in Russia to meet the newly re-elected head of state

By Matuma Letsoalo Author and Govan Whittles

Article

/ 16 May 2018

SA’s new foreign policy agenda must embrace human rights

The team charged with reviewing South Africa’s foreign policy must keep in mind the principles of dignity and human rights

By Robert Shivambu

Article

/ 16 May 2018

Sisulu warns about threat of nuclear war between world’s major powers

‘We continue to fight against injustice because we have to. We, who have suffered so much, can ill-afford suffering in any part of the world’

By Jan Gerber

Article

/ 11 April 2018

Dirco confirms arrest of SA businessman in Dubai after Gupta video

The department was not able to give further details on the nature of the charge or when Van Pletzen would appear in court.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 8 June 2016

US embassy insists it consulted with SA government before issuing terror alert

After the South African government accused the US of not following procedure regarding their terror alert, the US embassy says it did consult with SA.

By Staff Reporter