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South Africa totally correct to 'relocate Taiwan' out of Pretoria
The brouhaha around the forced relocation of the Taipei Liaison Office from SA's capital Pretoria to Johannesburg - approximately 50 km southward - is completely misplaced.In 1997, SA cut dipl...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 09:13hrs | 1209 | by Abbey Makoe
SADC Summit lets rogue members off the hook
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is supposed to advance democracy and human rights in its 16 member states. But its annual summit, which took place in Harare on Saturday, 17 August, i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:24hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
SEOM condemn 2023 elections and should have denied Mnangagwa legitimacy and now can't deny him SADC chairmanship.
Last year SADC Election Observer Mission (SEOM), led by Dr Nevers Mumba of Zimbabwe, reported that Zimbabwe's election process was flawed and illegal. The...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 06:30hrs | 533 | by Wilbert Mukori
South Africa says Zimbabwe's problems best solved through dialogue
South Africa has reaffirmed its stance that dialogue is the best approach to resolve Zimbabwe's political and economic challenges, offering to mediate if needed. Clayson Monyela, spokesperson ...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 08:54hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
South Africa has no authority to shift SADC Summit from Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe faces criticism for the arrest of political activists, South Africa has stated that it cannot influence the decision to move the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit from H...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 08:52hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
South Africa files case at ICJ accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts' in Gaza
South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sneaks into SA
CHAMISA SNEAKS INTO SA TO SEEK FUNDING AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT FROM THE EU AMBASSADORS FOR HIS EMERGENCY CONGRESS NELSON CHAMISA has today quietly sneaked into South Africa to meet with and see...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 14:12hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
Embattled Nelson Chamisa sneaks into South Africa
Nelson Chamisa has today quietly sneaked into South Africa to meet with and seek urgent diplomatic, financial and logistic support from EU ambassadors accredited to that country to help him stem the s...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 13:42hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
South African media has failed to bring regime change in Zimbabwe
Over the past 22 years since sanctions were imposed on Zimbabwe, western governments have invested billions of dollars into South African white owned media, with the aim of discrediting Zanu-PF. ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 12:34hrs | | by Rutendo Matinyarare
Biden claims immunity from SA courts in Zimbabwe sanctions case
The US Embassy in Pretoria has issued a diplomatic note to SA claiming the Johannesburg High Court lacks jurisdiction over the US in the case brought a year ago by the Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Movement...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 15:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bleak future for Zimbabwe's returning citizens
ZIMBABWEANS expected to return from South Africa in four months' time after the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) face a bleak future as the government has failed to put in place socia...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe -SA frosty relations hit new low
RELATIONS between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa continue to deteriorate amid growing anger in the neighbouring country over the immigration crisis at a...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA friction laid bare as tensions rise
SIMMERING tensions between Zimbabwe and South Africa this week exploded after an outburst by a top provincial health official in the neighbouring country who took swipe at President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stupid Limpopo MEC under fire over comments on Zimbabweans
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba has sparked a storm of controversy after the emergence of a video showing her telling a woman that migrants from Zimbabwe were a "huge strain" on the provincial hea...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 21:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners strain SA - Zimbabwe relations
DIPLOMATIC relations between Zimbabwe and South Africa may soon reach a new low amid concerns in Pretoria that illegal gold miners from Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe are engaged in violent criminal...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa hosts Zimbabwe's foreign minister
Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Frederick Shava is leading his country's delegation in Pretoria, attending the mid-term review of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) at the...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 18:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Racist treatment of African students fleeing Ukraine shocking
Pretoria: International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said she was shocked by revelations that African students fleeing the war in Ukraine, by attempting to cross into Poland, were ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA govt tackles violence against Zimbabweans
THE South African government has started tackling attacks on foreigners, including Zimbabweans, by a grouping that launched an anti-foreigner campaign it calls Operation Dudula.The campaign ha...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa sends Malawian and Lesotho diplomats packing
The South African government has given some Lesotho and Malawian diplomats 72 hours to leave the country after they were found guilty of engaging in illicit trade in duty-free alcohol.South Af...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 21:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA minister to deliver maize meal to Mnangagwa
South Africa's International Relations and Co-operation Minister Naledi Pandor will be in Zimbabwe on Africa Day to officially hand over the first consignment of food aid to assist the neighbouring co...Published: 24 May 2021 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's latest lockdown extension keeps Zimbabwe travel ban in place
South Africa may have reopened its biggest land borders on Monday 15 January, but Zimbabwe's decision to extend its lockdown for another two weeks prohibits travel between the neighbouring countries t...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 11:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Beitbridge border reopening
Zimbabweans and South Africans who had failed to leave either country at the onset of the Covid-19 lockdown are with immediate effect allowed to travel to their countries without going through their e...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa finally re-opens Beitbridge border
ZIMBABWE has re-opened its side of the Beitbridge Border Post but to only allow Zimbabwean citizens in South Africa to return home.Zimbabweans with valid South African permanent residence and ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
African Presidents refuse to visit South Africa
President of Rwanda Paul Kagame has officially written to South Africa's Department of International Relations and Coperation (DIRCO) saying he is no longer attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) on...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 10:17hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Xenophobic attacks worry Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has expressed deep concern over growing attacks and threats on its nationals in South Africa since the beginning of the year.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa said ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA prosecuting authority applies for Grace Mugabe extradition - report
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday kept mum about Afriforum's claims that the NPA has applied for the extradition of Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe.The purported ex...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA top minister meets African ambassadors over xenophobia
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Lindiwe Sisulu, has called an urgent meeting of African ambassadors to discuss the current spate of violence against foreign nationals and dama...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 19:39hrs | 5 | by DIRCO
Stay out of Zimbabwe's business, analysts advise SA's 'Uncle Tom'
Political analysts have warned DA leader Mmusi Maimane against intervening in Zimbabwe after he wrote to President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking to meet over the ongoing crisis in the neighbouring country...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA government says life in Zimbabwe is ‘returning to normal'
SOUTH Africa's department of international relations and cooperation (Dirco) says it is business as usual in Zimbabwe following almost a week of bloody protests that claimed several lives and left doz...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:42hrs | | by TimesLive.com
'South Africa has turned a blind eye on Zimbabwe'
Brandishing a poster reading: "The untold suffering of Zimbabweans", a group of around 100 protesters demonstrated outside Zimbabwe's embassy in Pretoria on Wednesday morning.The demonstrators...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa 'confident' Mnangagwa govt will 'resolve situation'
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is "confident that the measures being taken by the Zimbabwean government will resolve the situation" as protests over fu...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's troubles deepen
The family of Johannesburg model Gabriella Engels, who made headlines in 2017 after laying assault charges against Zimbabwe's then-first lady Grace Mugabe, on Friday said they will continue to press f...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:48hrs | | by ANA
SA court decides Grace Mugabe's fate today
The Pretoria High Court will today give itself a chance to decide an issue that could lead to the revocation of diplomatic immunity granted to Grace Mugabe, paving the way for her to face prosecution ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe in trouble
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe is facing fresh trouble in South Africa, with a case in which her diplomatic immunity is being challenged set to begin tomorrow.Authorities in South Africa grant...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe to appear in SA Court?
According to the AfriForum Media Statement, The civil rights watchdog AfriForum's application against an earlier decision by the Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (...Published: 08 May 2018 at 11:28hrs | | by A. Mhlongo
Mugabe will not request asylum in South Africa
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has not received a formal request for asylum from ousted Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, Parliament has heard.Deputy Minis...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-Grace Mugabe demo in limbo
A planned demonstration by opposition political parties against South Africa's decision to grant First Lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity after she reportedly assaulted a 20-year-old model is in li...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition petitions SA over Grace Mugabe immunity
Opposition parties have stepped up their campaign against Grace Mugabe by joining South African groups when they petitioned President Jacob Zuma's government to withdraw diplomatic immunity granted to...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cosatu wants Grace Mugabe banned in SA
First Lady Grace Mugabe could be banned from ever entering South Africa if that country's power trade union federation and opposition groups get their way in their bids to have the decision to grant h...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
COSATU raps SA govt for granting Grace diplomatic immunity
The government's decision to grant Ms Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity is disgraceful and a camouflaged surrender, South African labour organisation Congress of South African Trade Unions has said....Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Just how powerful is Grace Mugabe?
So Grace Mugabe, who is accused of assault in South Africa, is back home in Zimbabwe after she was granted diplomatic immunity by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 08:07hrs | | by Betha Madhomu
'Grace Mugabe to escape prosecution'
HARARE - South Africa is mulling granting diplomatic immunity to First Lady Grace Mugabe to escape prosecution after she was accused of assaulting a model at a hotel in Johannesburg, the Daily News ca...Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
No immunity for #GraceMugabe, says Dirco
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has denied that Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe will be granted diplomatic immunity despite reports emerging that she will be. Reut...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 13:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
International relations department in SA handling Grace violence case
The South African ministry of police on Monday said allegations by a Johannesburg woman, who claims that Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe assaulted her severely, are being handled by the Department ...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 11:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
South Africa white party leader barred from Zambia
DA leader Mmusi Maimane has been barred from entering Zambia and has been stuck on a South African Airways aircraft for the past few hours as Zambian officials told him he was not welcome in that coun...Published: 26 May 2017 at 08:14hrs | | by City Press
'Zuma's Cabinet reshuffle was a long time coming'
Durban - President Jacob Zuma should have changed his Cabinet a long time ago, ANC chairperson in KwaZulu-Natal Sihle Zikalala said yesterday.While addressing the Twelve Apostles' Chur...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 10:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South Africa deports Nigerians
Nigerian media reports that the South African government has deported at least 97 Nigerians for various offences, as bilateral tensions seem likely to heighten between the two countries over "xeno...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 10:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
DA urges ANC government to speak up on Zimbabwe unrest
The Democratic Alliance has called on President Jacob Zuma and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoane-Mashabane‚ to break their silence and condemn the atrocities curre...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
AA warns South African travellers to Zimbabwe
Johannesburg - The Automobile Association (AA) has warned South African travellers to Zimbabwe to exercise caution when using the Beitbridge border crossing.This comes after protests at the bo...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 16:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA MPs want total removal of Zimbabwe sanctions
SOUTH African MPs on Wednesday called for a total removal of sanctions and restrictions imposed by the European Union (EU) against Zimbabwe.The Portfolio Committee on International Relations a...Published: 22 Mar 2013 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
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