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South Africa reviews ICJ case against Israel as West Bank family killed before Eid
As Israel submits its legal response to the ICJ, South Africa weighs its next move in the landmark genocide case amid ongoing civilian casualties in Palestine
In Sona, Ramaphosa signals shift from crisis management to consolidation
For the first time in several years, electricity did not dominate the president’s address
Ramaphosa talks tough on gangs, corruption
The president said the South African National Defence Force would be deployed to support police in tackling gang violence and illegal mining
At Hague Group meeting, frustration over failure of global institutions to constrain Israel’s conduct
Speakers described a system in which legal norms are applied selectively, allowing powerful states and their allies to evade accountability
Protesters demand that Cape Town holocaust centre recognise genocide in Gaza
The vigil also marked the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
US ratchets up diplomatic war against South Africa
The Trump administration’s exclusion of South Africa from G20 meetings comes after its recent successful hosting of the bloc’s annual leaders’ summit despite Washington’s boycott
Erdoğan backs SA on Palestine, eyes bigger trade push after G20 summit
The Turkish president pledged deeper trade and strategic cooperation with South Africa while reaffirming his strong support for its stance on the Palestinian cause
Botswana nominates its finest jurist as judge of International Court of Justice
The Office of Botswana’s Ambassador to the United Nations recently announced that Botswana has nominated renowned jurist and scholar, Justice Oagile Bethuel Key Dingake, to run…
UCT hosts key address as Albanese prepares to present Gaza genocide report to UN
The UN special rapporteur said her report identifies 48 entities linked to ‘displacement and replacement’, a policy she says has taken Palestinians off their land
Francesca Albanese to present report on the Gaza genocide
The UN special rapporteur will present her report “Gaza Genocide: Collective Crime” to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, from Cape Town
UPDATED: Francesca Albanese: The world is watching its conscience collapse
Delivering the annual Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, the UN special rapporteur said the laws created to stop states from destroying each other were now being used to justify that…
‘I’m not here to make you comfortable’, says UN’s Francesca Albanese
The UN envoy says South Africa is central to the global fight against the genocide in Gaza
Gaza flotilla sails on despite attacks
Along with drone attacks, the fleet faces a political campaign to delegitimise it
UN commission concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, as flotilla challenges blockade
In its report, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry cited citing mass killings, starvation, forced displacement, denial of medical care and…
Mandla Mandela urges same global support for Palestine that helped free SA from apartheid
Nelson Mandela’s grandson addressed hundreds of people from over 40 countries at the launch of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian mission aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to…