4+ hour, 50+ min ago  (578+ words) (AFP) " South Africa's second-largest party, the Democratic Alliance, elected Cape Town's mayor Sunday to lead it into the 2029 national polls, stepping up its drive to take votes away from the faltering ANC. The election of Geordin Hill-Lewis, 39, marks a reset…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (732+ words) Britain has shelved plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after strong opposition from US President Donald Trump who has previously described the move "an act of great stupidity. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Downing Street office said the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (463+ words) (AFP) " Britain is shelving its plan to hand back the Chagos Islands " which hosts the strategic Diego Garcia US-UK military base " according to a government spokesperson Saturday, following strong opposition from US President Donald Trump. "We have always said we…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (345+ words) A pair of women reportedly decided to duke things out over the coffin of their deceased lover in Mexico, a man they had unknowingly been dating at the same time. The women apparently'learned at the funeral they had both been…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (705+ words) A South African civic group called March and March held a rally in the city of Durban on Wednesday to call for tougher immigration laws and stronger border controls. The group was particularly critical of migrants from Nigeria, disparaging them…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (583+ words) The United States put pressure on France to disinvite the South African president to the G7 summit in the French town of Evian in June, the South Africsan presidency told AFP Thursday. It marks the latest episode after months of fractured…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (712+ words) The Grammy-award winning South African composer of the iconic chant that opens "The Lion King" is suing a comedian, saying he's denigrated the "Circle of Life" song with an intentional mistranslation A Grammy-award winning South African composer who wrote and…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (521+ words) Thousands of South Africans marched Saturday to demand respect for their nation's sovereignty after months of pressure from US President Donald Trump on issues from trade to race relations. Trump has clashed repeatedly with South Africa's government, hitting the country…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (569+ words) The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) announced on Friday that it will impose heavy tariffs on Chinese steel after an investigation found evidence of product dumping. ITAC set the tariff rate on Chinese structural steel to 74. 98 percent,…...

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago  (357+ words) A group of four migrants deported from the United States have arrived in the African nation of Eswatini, under a third-country program that rights groups protest This is the third batch of deportees that the Trump administration has sent to…...