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Janusz Walus, the extremist who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani in 1993

Chris Hani’s killer Walus to be deported to Poland

The decision comes at the end of the parole period of the man who murdered the community party leader in 1993

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his press conference at the Konstantin Palace on July 29, 2023 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Photo by Contributor/Getty Images

Kafka and the president’s men in Warsaw

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s peace mission to Ukraine and Russia shows what happens when politics sinks to the absurd

Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. (Jairus Mmutle/GCIS)

South Africa considers taking action against Polish embassy

Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni suggested the government could demarche the Polish ambassador for diplomatic offence

Poland fiasco highlights need for Brics unity

An expanded Brics grouping would be a counterbalance to the West – the United States in particular

President Cyril Ramaphosa.  File photo by Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

UPDATE: Poland prevents Ukrainian bound South African delegation from disembarking for hours

South African journalists and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security were stuck in Poland despite the president having earlier met Poland’s leader

Security forces inspect at the site after a Russian missile attack as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on July 19, 2022. (FILE PHOTO by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Poland military on alert after ‘Russian-made’ missile blast

US President Joe Biden said it was “unlikely” the missile had been fired from Russia, while France urged “utmost caution” in identifying who was behind the blast

Players of Argentina lift in the air their captain Lionel Messi after winning the final of Copa America Brazil 2021 between Brazil and Argentina at Maracana Stadium on July 10, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)

2022 Fifa World Cup: What’s the deal in group C?

Argentina, one of the tournament’s favourites, have been dealt a kind draw, but they cannot allow their 2018 dressing room politics to resurface

RPIN, UKRAINE — MARCH 4, 2022: Civilians, mostly women and children rush to board any train car that still has any room on it, as the sounds of battle Ð gunfire and bombing Ð fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces draw closer to the city of Irpin, Ukraine, Friday, March 4, 2022. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)

Refugees: The fallout of all wars

In World War I, millions of people fled Germany and millions fled when Germany occupied their countries; in Ukraine, it’s estimated four million will flee; and around the world…

Waiting: Refugees from many countries including those in Africa sit near the Medyka pedestrian border crossing with Poland to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)

African governments scramble to help its citizens in Ukraine

Africans, among them South Africans, Nigerians, Ghanains, Congolese and Ivorians, are trying to flee into Poland and other countries neighbouring Ukraine

US President Joe Biden. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Understanding Biden’s dilemma in Ukraine

Flanked by divided NATO allies, the US walks a tightrope over a potential third world war

Grave pit in the muslim cemetery of Bohoniki prepared for a miscarried baby from a migrant woman found in precarious state in the forests of Poland after crossing the border from Belarus during the migrant crisis between both countries. (Photo by Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Death at the EU border: Migrants pay the price of Belarus’s ‘hybrid warfare’

Thousands are stuck in no-man’s land between Belarus and Poland, left to fend for themselves in dangerously cold temperatures

Migrants stay in the transport and logistics centre near the Bruzgi border point on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region on November 18, 2021. – Belarus. (MAXIM GUCHEK/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images)

What you need to know about the EU-Belarus migrant crisis

Here is what you need to know about the crisis that has seen thousands of migrants trapped in dire conditions on the Belarus-Poland border

An employee walks past stockpiled of coal for shipping at the Richard’s Bay coal terminal, in Richard’s Bay. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

COP26: Momentum gathers to end new coal builds

South Africa, the continent’s largest emitter, is not among several African countries that joined the UK-led coalition committing to phase out the fossil fuel

Semenya magic rubs off on Glenrose Xaba

Long-distance runner Glenrose Xaba ran the third-fastest time by a South African woman on home soil, winning the SA Half-Marathon

Democracy at risk

Attempts to discredit election outcomes can be dangerous and the United States would do well to heed the warnings from history