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South Africa pulls out of Venice Biennale; because its selected artist wanted to focus on Gaza

Gayton McKenzie, the South African culture minister, said that an unnamed “foreign country” had endeavored to fund the South African installation at the Biennale.

Minister Gayton McKenzie during the 2026 State of the Nation Address Debate at the Parliamentary Dome on Feb. 17, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Regent Xami in Jerusalem’s Old City, with the Western Wall behind him.

A voice from apartheid: South Africa's Regent Xami’s calls for indigenous support of Israel

People hold placards and Palestinian flags in Cape Town, South Africa, January 26, 2024.

South Africa gov't announces probe for NGO that arranged irregular arrival of Palestinians

South African presenter Juliet Newell and Mamphela Ramphele, the chairperson of the Desmond Tutu Intellectual Property Trust.

South African presenter taken off the lineup for confronting Holocaust denier during interview


The Israeli government owes it to South African Jews to get them out

Times – and leaders – change. Mandela, and his generous spirit of reconciliation, is long gone. Today, Zionist institutions have virtually disappeared from the public scene.

 DEMONIZING ISRAEL: A Facebook post derides recent terror victim Eliyahu David Kay.

South Africa chief justice under fire for Israel remarks to ‘Post’

During the live webinar on Tuesday, Mogoeng lamented his country’s adoption of a lopsided attitude toward the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng gestures as he makes a ruling at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, South Africa ,June 22,2017

Women Wage Peace inspired following trip to South Africa

The aim of the trip “was to show the desire for peace among ordinary Israelis, despite the problems the country faces."

Four delegates from Women Wage Peace stand next to a statue of Nelson Mandela while on a visit to South Africa.

The farmer Jews of South Africa

Afrikaners celebrating the Anniversary of the Great Trek in Volksrust in the 1930s

Healing with humor: Israeli medical clown spreads laughter in S. Africa

“Today we know that it is not possible to treat the body without taking care of the soul,” Amnon Raviv told 'The Jerusalem Post.'

Dr. Amnon Raviv is a medical clown who uses humor to heal sick patients

South African Christians stand up for Jewish state

“You [Israel] are loved in South Africa. Those who have told you South Africa is against you, they are wrong. There are millions of South Africans who love you. Those who hate you are a minority."

SOUTH AFRICA'S Christian population demonstrate against downgrading the country's embassy in Tel Aviv during a solidarity march for Israel in Pretoria, July 24, 2018.

South African celebrity expected to be turned away at Israel’s border

“I believe that flagging an individual, whose only intention was to push an agenda of love and light, is dubious.”

Supermodel and brand ambassador Shashi Naidoo speaks at a BDS South Africa press conference last month

South Africa will not reinstate Israel envoy for time being

In response to the recall on May 14, South African Jewry reacted with shock and dismay.

SOUTH AFRICA'S International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu speaks during a press conference last week

Johannesburg councilor suspended for Israel support

“I would like to declare that I am a friend of Israel, and the city of Johannesburg is a friend of Israel! Shalom, Shalom!” she declared on Sunday.

Johannesburg skyline

Ministry of Strategic Affairs hosts series of South Africa anti-BDS events

Minister Gilad Erdan: "The reality in South Africa is deeply disturbing given the increasing prominence of the BDS movement within the country and the solidarity shown by the ANC towards terrorist."

Anti-boycott event hosted by the Ministry of Strategic Affairs in South Africa to counter BDS