The new minister needs to involve young people as he sets out to cement the country’s position as a vocal advocate for human rights and international justice
Some say support for Zionism is growing and equate criticism of Israel as antisemitic, while others say their religion doesn’t mean they support Tel Aviv
Spain is one of the European countries that has been most critical of Israel over the war in Gaza
International divisions on the charges against Hamas and Israeli leaders echo hypocrisy and threats to the rule of law in domestic politics
The court ordered Israel to halt its military operations in Rafah and allow UN investigators into Gaza
The president reiterated South Africa’s call for an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip
US President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza could lose him the all-important student vote
The global superpower has sought to nurture its relations with sub-Saharan Africa, which is an important source of the critical minerals needed to sustain its economy
The Israeli invasion is also a battle between religion and law with no certain outcome
The government has filed an application arguing that mass starvation is looming and asking the court to order an end to hostilities and the provision of humanitarian aid
Fatal attractions are blind and delusional and thus destructive. The consequences may be a backlash against Biden, the US losing its little moral authority is has, an end to any stability in the Middle East and, worst, a wider war
South Africa argued before the ICJ that redress must go beyond a two-state solution
The International Court of Justice is largely toothless, because it falls under the United Nations Security Council
The only way in which the court can hope to gain credibility is for the entire manner in which member states can control the tenure of the judges to be changed
The figment of his imagination has defined the president’s timid tenure
The party won a moral victory when it went to the World Court to take on the US-backed Israel but it must clean up its own house and have the same care for South Africans
The international relations minister said she has had to increase her security
Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation speech will count in the long term, if he survives the elections, but it is too late to buy him voters, experts say
Corruption flourishes when justice systems are captured by the wealthy and powerful
President Cyril Ramaphosa warned that the country’s genocide case against Israel could lead to ‘regime change’ attacks
South Africa’s decision to take Israel, the West’s darling, to the International Court of Justice for genocidal intent was brave politics
In 1979, 25 years after the anti-colonial conference in Indonesia, the ANC leader recalled the ‘spirit of Bandung’ when he called for the freedom of South Africans and Palestinians
South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza has boosted its international standing and secured its position as the moral voice of the Global South
The court has ordered that Israel implement provisional measures to prevent genocidal acts against the people living in Gaza ‘with immediate effect’
They want the UK and US to pay for damages for their alleged role in assisting the Israeli military to commit war crimes and genocide
The narrative has changed because people are revolting. The Western man in the street and the impoverished and abused global citizen, are the ones revolting
South Africa is correct and courageous to oppose the West at the International Court of Justice but is not a consistently principled actor
The finance minister was speaking on a panel in Davos about the expansion of Brics
The country’s case at the World Court exposes Israel’s apartheid actions of creeping dispossession of land, segregation and discrimination, as well as military actions to destroy Palestinians and slow deaths through starvation
It also provides opportunities to learn and to advance the profession
If the International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt its military activity in Gaza, the state would lose its right to self-defence, it argues
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case South Africa v. Israel.
Lawyers representing Israel at the International Court of Justice will table their arguments in day 2 of the proceedings.