TIL Tag: south africa
24 headlines found.
- What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu
January 2, 2022 - South Africa loaded arms onto sanctioned Russian vessel, US ambassador tells local media
May 11, 2023 - Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini treated for suspected poisoning
July 2, 2023 - Searching for Sugar Man singer Rodriguez dies at 81
August 9, 2023 - More than 60 dead in Johannesburg building blaze
August 31, 2023 - Oscar Pistorius to be freed on parole
November 24, 2023 - South Africa files genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice over Gaza war
December 30, 2023 - Oscar Pistorius released on parole in South Africa
January 5, 2024 - UN court to hear South Africa genocide case against Israel.
January 11, 2024 - Trump cuts aid to South Africa over 'racial discrimination' against Afrikaners
February 8, 2025 - Muhsin Hendricks, world's 'first openly gay imam', shot dead in South Africa
February 16, 2025 - Marco Rubio says South Africa's ambassador to US is 'no longer welcome'
March 15, 2025 - South Africa criticises US plan to accept white Afrikaners as refugees
May 9, 2025 - First white South Africans flying to US under Trump refugee plan
May 12, 2025 - Trump plays videos to South African president he claims support white genocide allegations in tense Oval Office meeting
May 21, 2025 - Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Congo, not South Africa
May 24, 2025 - Trump caps refugee admissions at 7,500 – mostly white South Africans
October 30, 2025 - Trump says US will boycott G20 summit in South Africa, citing treatment of white farmers
November 8, 2025 - South Africa’s president calls Trump’s policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners ‘racist’
March 5, 2026 - US to stop funding HIV programmes in South Africa
June 20, 2026 - Evidence that South African special forces murdered top detective shared with BBC
August 10, 2026 - Rubio announces new visa restrictions targeting South African officials for ‘race-based discrimination’
September 16, 2026 - South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC
September 26, 2026 - ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
October 9, 2026