June 22
Egypt: Iran Team Leaves Note of Thanks to LA, Egypt Win First-Ever World Cup Match
Iran thank Los Angeles for its hospitality amid World Cup challenges, while Egypt claims their first victory, fuelled by Mohamed Salah and a resurgent team spirit. Read more »
June 21
South Africa: US Farmer Faces Legal Pushback for Paying White SA Workers Higher Wages
Five black American workers are taking a Mississippi farmer to court because they allege he is favouring and paying white South African guest workers higher wages. Read more »
June 10
South Africa: Did US Aid Cuts Break the Things We Need Most for the Lenacapavir Roll-Out?
South Africa launched the most promising new HIV prevention tool in years. Spotlight asks whether we can successfully deliver lenacapavir without the trusted pathways decimated by… Read more »
Africa: 'They Thought We Were Terrorists' - - Mexican Sports Journalists Home After SA Drone Arrests
Two Mexican sports journalists who were arrested in Gauteng, allegedly because they flew a drone over a Jewish college, have pleaded guilty, paid a fine, and returned home. They… Read more »
May 22
South Africa: No Golf, but Roelf Meyer, SA's New Ambassador to US, Will Walk the Course
The most pressing issue for South Africa is improving trade relations between Pretoria and Washington, says new SA ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer. Read more »
May 17
South Africa: US and SA Begin Promising Neutral Dialogues On Jointly Developing Critical Minerals
US and SA government officials and mining CEOs met twice to discuss vital economic ties on technological collaboration. Read more »
April 15
South Africa: Ramaphosa Taps Fishing Buddy Roelf Meyer As U.S. Ambassador
Meyer's negotiating nous and affable personality make him the perfect choice. Read more »
April 13
South Africa: Ramaphosa Has an Ambassador to the US, but Mum's the Word
SA has finally selected an ambassador to the US, but is working on the formalities. Read more »
Africa: Speaking Truth to Power - Why the Catholic Church Won't Be Silenced By Trump
SA's Cardinal Brislin slams the US president's attacks on Pope Leo XIV, insisting the papacy is not political theatre. Read more »
March 23
South Africa: Million-Dollar Hacker Who Targeted US Businesses From SA Jailed in America, Faces Deportation
Using the aliases 'Ghost' and 'Old Soldier', a swindler from Nigeria stayed in South Africa while targeting Americans through hacking into emails and requesting payments. Now,… Read more »
March 12
South Africa: Tips for Bozell - a Geopolitical Survival Guide From Mzansi for Us Ambassador to SA
Essential advice to US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III following his undiplomatic remarks. South Africa is a noisy, resilient democracy whose defining covenant is its Constitution.… Read more »
February 24
South Africa: Changing His Tune - New U.S. Ambassador Expresses Optimism About U.S.-South Africa Relations
In his first remarks as US ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III emphasises a positive partnership, contrasting with previous criticisms he made about South Africa. Read more »
March 11
South Africa: New Spat Brews With U.S. After South Africa Rebukes Ambassador Bozell for 'Undiplomatic Remarks'
The US ambassador to South Africa's diplomatic rebuke follows his remarks that he 'didn't care' about South African court rulings on the Struggle song 'Kill the Boer', and that the… Read more »
March 06
South Africa: SA-US Relations - - a New Worst-Case Scenario
The potential for escalating US trade pressures looms over South Africa, highlighting the risks of diplomatic strains and economic fallout in international relations. Read more »
March 03
South Africa: 'It's About Law, Not Politics' - SA's Dirco Boss On US-Israeli Strikes and Iran's Retaliation
In an interview with Daily Maverick, South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation director-general Zane Dangor says both the US-Israeli strikes on Iran -… Read more »
February 17
South Africa: From Pretoria to Ohio - The Dark Journey of an Animal Tranquilliser Murder Plot
Details unfold in a disturbing case linking a US woman's murder of her estranged husband to her South African lover's attempt to hire hitmen before acquiring a lethal… Read more »
February 18
South Africa: An 'Extraordinary American Pilgrimage' - Jesse Jackson's Final Lap Has Been Run
A giant of the American civil rights struggle and a political pioneer, the Reverend Jesse Jackson now belongs to history. We examine what he did - and what he meant to America. Read more »
February 10
South Africa: The Gutting of the Washington Post Is a Warning We Can't Ignore
The Washington Post once told the world that 'democracy dies in darkness'. This past week, the darkness arrived. Not from an authoritarian decree, but from an owner's calculated… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Mantashe Clashes With DRC Counterpart Over Its Critical Minerals Deal With U.S.
During a heated exchange at the Mining Indaba, Gwede Mantashe challenged the Democratic Republic of Congo's critical minerals agreement with the US, stressing the need for… Read more »
February 03
South Africa: Eroding Democracy - Scapegoating Foreigners Is a Sign of Institutional Exhaustion
From Donald Trump's US Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids to Operation New Broom and South Africa's Revised Draft White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee… Read more »
January 19
South Africa: SA's Foreign Policy At a Crossroads Within a Changing International Order
There is growing tension between the country's liberation-era foreign policy identity and its deep economic integration into Western-led global systems. In the context of recent… Read more »
January 15
South Africa: Why South Africa Shouldn't Reject US Ambassador-Designate Bozell's Credentials
America's next ambassador to South Africa should arrive soon. While some South Africans argue his past views make him the wrong man at the wrong time for this important job,… Read more »
South Africa: US Embassy in Pretoria Criticises Iran's Participation in Naval Drill Off Simon's Town
The US embassy has condemned the South African military for allegedly defying presidential orders by allowing Iran to join naval exercises in False Bay. Labelling Iran a 'state… Read more »
December 21, 2025
South Africa: Several G20 Members Privately Objected to the U.S. Excluding South Africa From the G20
Support for South Africa's inclusion comes from Germany, China and other nations, emphasising the importance of representation and diversity in G20 discussions. Read more »
December 15, 2025
South Africa: SA Rules Out Any Boycott of Trump's G20
Vincent Magwenya also suggests local ownership law could be amended to accommodate would-be foreign ICT investors like Starlink. Read more »
