South Africa

New identification technique pushes back timeline of fire use to over a million years ago - study

Researchers explained that when bones exposed to high levels of heat are illuminated with specific light wavelengths, they light up with a distinctive glow.

Stages of Burning on Bones – white (#5 on right) is the most burnt while yellow-beige (on left #1) is unburnt.
A person holds two Palestinian flags as supporters of the pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action gather outside the High Court in London, Britain, July 4, 2025.

Canada’s antisemitism crisis exposes the failure of its institutions - opinion

Riot police line up as they confront members of the anti-immigration vigilante group known as Operation Dudula, which means "push back" in Zulu confronting police officers during a protest near the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on November 22, 2025.

At least 12 killed, nine wounded, in Johannesburg shooting, South African police say

 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023

October 7 shows the cost of Israel leaving the Palestinian issue unresolved - opinion


South Africa’s chief rabbi rejects refugee program for Afrikaners

A vocal critic of the South African government, Goldstein backed Trump’s opposition to South Africa for its cooperation with Iran and its new land expropriation law.

 Rabbi Warren Goldstein

Remembering Eli Kay, a hero made of simple choices

From South Africa to Jerusalem, Eli Kay lived with heart and purpose. His legacy now blooms in a vineyard planted in his honor.

 Eli Kay.

'World failed Palestinian people': South Africa to ICJ

The only certainty that the Palestinian people have is that tomorrow is going to be worse said the South African representative at the ICJ hearing. 

 A Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign thanking South Africa for its support during a protest in Amman, Jordan.

Archaeologists discover 20,000-year-old stone tools in South African caves, revealing Ice Age techn

"Finding the same tools and the same methods used to make these tools across this entire country suggests that people were connecting with each other over long distances."

 Archaeologists discover 20,000-year-old stone tools in South African caves, revealing Ice Age technological sophistication.

ICJ publishes order extending Israeli response to genocide claims by six months

South Africa, and other extra interventions against Israel are backfiring.

 The judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Three killed in shoot-out as South African police rescue abducted American pastor

Pastor Josh Sullivan was abducted last week by gunmen in front of his congregation.

 American pastor Josh Sullivan, 45, allegedly abducted, April 2025.

‘Africa Calling’: West African royalty and Zulu magic at Haifa Museum of Art

Visitors will marvel at the vividness of the royal drapes with the emblems of the kings of Dahomey (today Benin) and see the ritual masks used by the Bambara people of Mali.

CYRUS KABIRU, ‘Jaffa Sun,’ diptych, 2019.

American pastor kidnapped by armed men in South Africa in front of congregation

American pastor Josh Sullivan was kidnapped during a church service in South Africa, authorities are investigating. His family is calling for prayers for his safe return.

 American pastor Josh Sullivan, 45, allegedly abducted, April 2025.

Nicaragua withdraws intervention request in South Africa's ICJ case

To date, Libya, Mexico, “Palestine,” Spain, Turkey, Chile, the Maldives, Bolivia, Cuba, Ireland and Belize have initiated proceedings to intervene in the case under Articles 62 and 63.

 IRELAND HAS joined South Africa in its accusations of genocide at Israel. Here, jurist Malcolm Shaw looks on at the ICJ during a ruling on South Africa’s request to order a halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive in Gaza in May.

Banned ambassador to South Africa wears US sanction 'as a badge of dignity'

“It was not our choice to come home, but we come home with no regrets,” Ebrahim Rasool said.

 South Africa's expelled ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool looks on as he speaks to media at Cape Town International Airport, in Cape Town, South Africa, March 23, 2025.