Latest News & Developments
Ronald Lamola criticises the DA's recent US visit, asserting that foreign policy is the executive's domain and highlighting the potential risks to South Africa's international standing.
ANC activists and MK Party leaders demand treason charges against AfriForum, claiming their US lobbying led to funding cuts affecting 15,000 South African families.
In a significant legal setback for the Trump administration, a federal court has intervened to protect billions in foreign aid funding.
As Trump echoes AfriForum's rhetoric on land issues, calls grow for the group to be labelled a white supremacist terrorist organisation.
In light of Trump's claims of land 'confiscation', AfriForum demands that punitive actions target ANC leaders, not the South African people.
It is responsible citizenry to question – without fear – national developments through active participation in the public discourse.
The emergency aid drop follows the tragic deaths of over 100 Palestinians during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops while attempting to access aid.
Whether the verdict results in any tangible relief for the besieged, battered Palestinians, and how soon, remains to be seen, of course, with a belligerent Israel having already said it would ignore a negative finding, and the court having no power to enforce its ruling.
Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman has been voted as 2023 Daily Trust African of the Year.
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor said at the moment there is no decision yet on whether to expel the Israeli ambassador to South Africa.
Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers and INX Prime will host a pledge line to raise funds and promote awareness among the Palestinian people on Thursday evening at around 8. 30pm.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the conflict in Gaza and ensure that it does not spread to the West Bank.
OPINION: There is a logic here, insofar as BRICS+ expansion plans create a dialectic: diluted power to the existing five countries, especially the weakest, South Africa.
OPINION: The upcoming summit will be important, because it will potentially change the structure and size of the bloc by admitting new members, most likely Iran and Argentina, who have long submitted formal applications to join the group.
The UN and its partners are seeking 194 million U. S. dollars to aid Burundi this year and an additional 70 million dollars for Malawi.
Gift of the Givers has intervened with a R5m aid package in Malawi following Cyclone Freddy, which has killed over 300 people and displaced thousands.
OPINION: Has demonisation of Syria on the back of crippling sanctions by America and the EU, contributed to pathetic minimal humanitarian responses in the wake of colossal earthquakes?
OPINION: Curiously but not surprisingly, post-apartheid South Africa has turned out to be one of the preferred destinations for political exiles. The country has played host to many prominent political exiles in the past three decades.
Elia Atiyeh who lives in Syria’s capital Damascus, told IOL on Monday that he and his wife were abruptly awoken by the tremors at around 4. 15am.
OPINION: The international community believes that economic sanctions would coerce the military junta to return power to civilian rule, release the political prisoners and return to the barracks, writes Delcio Maianhi.
Remittances to Zimbabwe in jeopardy if relatives lose the right to work legally in SA
Motsoaledi said there is a backlog of over 130,000 appeals against the refusal of refugee permits. Most applicants are those who fled their countries due to economic collapse.
There is nothing to celebrate about the six months extension for Zimbabwe Exempt Permit (ZEP) holders, Zimbabwe Migrants Support Network said, calling for the process to be extended for another four years.
Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed 1,000 people but poor communications and a lack of proper roads hampered their efforts
Motsi Nhamo was arrested at the Beitbridge port of entry after the police were tipped that he was smuggling explosives into South Africa from Zimbabwe.