The two-day public hearing in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins on Thursday. The South African government brought the case against Israel on Dec. 29, accusing it of “genocidal acts” in its assaults on Gaza. Palestinians and pro-Palestine campaigners around the world are hoping the ICJ might […]
South Africa, on Friday, launched a case at the United Nations’ International Court in Hague, Switzerland, accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. It is asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks. This is the first such challenge made at the court over the current war. Israel swiftly rejected the filing “with disgust”. […]
By Peter Ejiofor, London Nigerians in South Africa have raised an alarm over fresh terror attacks being unleashed on them by a criminal vigilance group in Sasolburg, Freestate Province. The Nigerians, under the aegis of Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA), raised the alarm in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Habib Miller, and […]
South Africa will train and deploy over 2,300 tourism monitors to enhance safety of tourists in the country, Tourism Minister, Patricia De Lille, said on Tuesday in Cape Town. De Lille announced this at the launch of the 2023 Tourism Summer Campaign in the Eastern Cape province. The minister said one of her department’s primary […]
No fewer than 63 people died and 43 others sustained injuries, on Thursday when a building in a South African city centre caught fire, an official said. Robert Mulaudzi, spokesperson for the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services, said they received information that the five-storey building was on fire at around 1.30 a.m. on Thursday […]
South African Police say they have arrested 140 suspects and recovered more than 300 unlicensed firearms and 2,800 rounds of ammunition in the last two weeks in Gauteng Province. The unlicensed firearms were recovered from Oct. 11 to 24 in Gauteng Province, said police spokesperson, Dimakatso Sello. “The police in Gauteng continue to recover unlicensed […]