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What’s South Africa’s new school language law and why is it controversial?
3 months, 1 week ago

What’s South Africa’s new school language law and why is it controversial?

Al Jazeera  

A new education law in South Africa is dividing lawmakers and sparking angry emotions in a country with a complex racial and linguistic history. But critics of the law, mainly from the Afrikaans-speaking community, argue that clauses strengthening the government’s oversight over school language and admission policies would threaten mother-tongue education. Following South Africa’s break from apartheid, Black parents were …

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Former South Africa Speaker of parliament arrested on bribery allegations, released on bail
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Former South Africa Speaker of parliament arrested on bribery allegations, released on bail

The Hindu  

The former South African Speaker of parliament was arrested on Thursday over allegations that she received about $135,000 in bribes, in the latest corruption scandal to face the governing African National Congress party. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula turned herself in to police in the capital, Pretoria, on Thursday and was taken to Pretoria Magistrates Court, where she was released on 50,000 rand …

How Kagiso Lediga became the most sought-after filmmaker in South Africa
10 months ago

How Kagiso Lediga became the most sought-after filmmaker in South Africa

Al Jazeera  

As a teenager in drama school in Cape Town in the 1990s, Kagiso Lediga was bored by the heavy focus on theatre and Shakespeare in the curriculum. Their working relationship started six years later when Andersson joined Lediga to produce the Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola, South Africa’s answer to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I don’t even …

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Is South Africa’s foreign policy contradictory or a balancing act?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Is South Africa’s foreign policy contradictory or a balancing act?

Al Jazeera  

South Africa’s seemingly contradicting stance on global issues in the last year has confounded many. Oscar van Heerden, an international relations scholar and author of ‘Consistent or Confused: An Analysis of Post-Apartheid South Africa’s Foreign Policy, is one of them. “South Africa knows the world is a complex place … and in order for us to have world peace, multilateral …

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South Africa investigating US charge of supplying arms to Russia
1 year, 7 months ago

South Africa investigating US charge of supplying arms to Russia

Al Jazeera  

US ambassador in Pretoria accuses country of providing arms to Russia despite its stated neutrality in the Ukraine war. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said an investigation is under way after the United States ambassador in Pretoria accused the country of having provided arms to Moscow despite its stated neutrality on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Earlier, the US ambassador …

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South Africa ‘national shutdown’: What has sparked the anti-government protests?
1 year, 9 months ago

South Africa ‘national shutdown’: What has sparked the anti-government protests?

The Independent  

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