The UK-Mauritius deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands was revived after a British court lifted a last-minute injunction that had blocked the agreement. The High Court initially blocked the signing following a legal challenge from two British-Chagossian women representing the islands' displaced residents.

The Trump administration is expelling South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool after statements he reportedly made during a meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote that Rasool is "no longer welcome in our great country".

A new inscription in the southern African language lxam has been carved into Rhodes House at Oxford University, acknowledging the suffering and labor of those who contributed to Cecil Rhodes' wealth.

The lxam inscription was carved by UK stone mason Fergus Wessel, who works in response to a longstanding English Arts and Crafts tradition. The inscription's handcrafted aspect responds to the saying's

The diplomatic relationship between South Africa and the United States has grown increasingly strained, exacerbated by the feud between Elon Musk, a South African-born entrepreneur and close Trump adviser, and Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). Musk labeled Malema an "international criminal" and called for

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to stop all aid to South Africa while criticizing the country's land expropriation policies. According to Trump, the controversial measure has enabled South Africa to confiscate land "unfairly" and to treat certain classes "very badly''.

This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa

Civil society organizations are outraged by U.S. President Donald Trump's "dangerous lies and threats". In a statement, they wrote that the idea that South Africa is "confiscating land and treating certain classes of people very badly" is demonstrably untrue and would be absurd if "this lie were not now

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the controversial Expropriation Bill into law, which will allow state organs to expropriate land in the public interest with strict guidelines for fair compensation. The Bill repeals the apartheid-era Expropriation Act of 1975.

Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said that

The president's announcement came in the same week as the Botswana government allowed the Bushmen to bury Pitseng Gaoberekwe who died in December 2021 on the group's ancestral land, ending a drawn-out impasse. The courts had barred the family from burying Gaoberekwe in his ancestral home in the vast and arid Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), from which most of his relatives were forcibly removed to protect the wildlife zone.

International tribal rights advocacy group Survival

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have released a global report, which calls for better recognition and support for women-led efforts to protect vulnerable communities from the devastating effects of drought.

The report

Over 100 South African women farm workers and people living on farms marched to parliament, calling for a meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza to discuss multiple issues which include food security, land redistribution, and pesticides.

The march, organised by the Women on Farms Project (WFP), followed a three-day convention of the National Farm Worker Platform, where various parties discussed farming issues.

A memorandum from the