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Critics say a South African education bill on language in schools threatens new unity government
3 months, 1 week ago

Critics say a South African education bill on language in schools threatens new unity government

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — An education bill that would give South Africa’s government more control over white minority language schools is a threat to the country’s new government of national unity, the second largest political party said Wednesday. Critics describe the bill as a threat to single-language schools, particularly those in the Afrikaans language that is spoken by the country’s white, minority …

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Tension and stand-offs as South Africa struggles to launch coalition gov’t
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tension and stand-offs as South Africa struggles to launch coalition gov’t

Al Jazeera  

An ANC-DA deadlock over cabinet positions prompted fears that government of national unity may have ended before it begins. Political analyst Khaya Sithole said markets were in favour of the DA being part of the GNU – a multiparty coalition – because the party is unlikely to demand radical shifts in economic policy. “Markets are buying into the continuation of …

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South Africa Cabinet Talks Stall After ANC Pulls Trade Offer
5 months, 3 weeks ago

South Africa Cabinet Talks Stall After ANC Pulls Trade Offer

Live Mint  

-- Talks between South Africa’s two biggest political parties on forming a cabinet stalled after the African National Congress withdrew an offer to appoint a member of the smaller Democratic Alliance as trade and industry minister, people familiar with the matter said. The six positions, including trade and industry, had been offered to the DA in writing by President Cyril …

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South Africa’s new government brings Black and white together. It’s also reviving racial tensions
6 months ago

South Africa’s new government brings Black and white together. It’s also reviving racial tensions

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In a country where racial segregation was once brutally enforced, South Africa’s new coalition government has brought a Black president and a white opposition leader together in an image of unity. Yet the power-sharing agreement sealed a week ago between President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress party and the Democratic Alliance, one of South Africa’s …

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Cape Town’s poor ‘neglected’ in South Africa’s only opposition-run province
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Cape Town’s poor ‘neglected’ in South Africa’s only opposition-run province

Al Jazeera  

Township residents say the opposition Democratic Alliance party is elitist and runs a city that functions only for the rich. The DA, which has governed the Western Cape since 2009, calls Cape Town the “best-run city in South Africa”, setting it apart from the rest of the ANC-run country that it often lambasts as “broken, collapsing, corrupt, chaotic” – a …

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South Africa elections 2024: Ten key people who could shape it
6 months, 4 weeks ago

South Africa elections 2024: Ten key people who could shape it

Al Jazeera  

Elections in the country are won based on party popularity, but some personalities are driving the discourse. Cyril Ramaphosa Current South African president and head of the ANC, Ramaphosa is gunning for his second and final election although his party’s standing is set to prove his biggest challenge. John Steenhuisen Head of the official opposition Democratic Alliance, Steenhuisen, 48, is …

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Dream or mirage: Can South Africa’s white-led opposition win in 2024?
1 year, 1 month ago

Dream or mirage: Can South Africa’s white-led opposition win in 2024?

Al Jazeera  

South Africa’s largest opposition party believes it is the government in waiting, ahead of the 2024 election. Cape Town, South Africa – On April 1, John Steenhuisen was re-elected leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s largest opposition party, in a triennial congress in Midrand, just outside Johannesburg. “During the remaining months before next year’s election, the DA will make …

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South Africa grants Vladimir Putin, other Russian officials diplomatic immunity for BRICS summit
1 year, 6 months ago

South Africa grants Vladimir Putin, other Russian officials diplomatic immunity for BRICS summit

The Hindu  

South African government has granted diplomatic immunity to all international participants, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials, at BRICS-related events to be held in the country, local media reported. In Focus Podcast | Vladimir Putin, the ICC warrant and the Ukraine war A warrant for Mr. Putin's arrest was issued by the International Criminal Court in The …

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South Africa’s opposition leader goes to Ukraine for fact-finding
2 years, 7 months ago

South Africa’s opposition leader goes to Ukraine for fact-finding

Al Jazeera  

African countries have mostly been silent on the Russia-Ukraine war but SA President Ramaphosa has lambasted NATO for it. The leader of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, is visiting Ukraine to see the damage and suffering caused as a result of Russia’s war. It is strongly in South Africa’s interest to stand with the free world and …

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World reacts to death of FW De Klerk, South Africa’s ex-president
3 years, 1 month ago

World reacts to death of FW De Klerk, South Africa’s ex-president

Al Jazeera  

The legacy of De Klerk’s role in South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy remains highly contested. — @SAgovnews November 11, 2021 Desmond Tutu “May FW de Klerk rest in peace and rise in glory,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a veteran of the struggle against white minority rule and seen by many as South Africa’s moral conscience, said in a short …

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