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South Africa’s police serve the ANC insiders, not the people: here’s how it happened

After South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, there was significant optimism about police reform in the country. Impressive steps were taken to bring the South African Police Service under civilian control and to create a service responsive to calls for assistance from the public.

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Nelson Mandela was a hard man who played a hard game. What if he was in Ramaphosa’s shoes?

In 2023 South African author Jonny Steinberg published a book on former South African president Nelson Mandela and his tumultuous marriage to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. To mark the 107th anniversary of Mandela’s birth, Steinberg wrote the following as an introduction to our newsletter of 18 July 2025.

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‘Lives controlled by crime’: Explosive allegations hit South Africa police

Government under pressure as provincial police commissioner claims country’s police chief colluded with criminal gangs.

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South African president suspends police minister accused of colluding with criminal syndicates

Ramaphosa says probe will be headed by a judge, and announces Firoz Cachalia as the acting minister of police

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Why is Trump threatening higher tariffs on ‘anti-American’ Brics nations?

US president threat of additional 10 per cent levy on Brics members deepens rift with influential bloc

The Independent UK

Trump’s new tariffs: Who is hit, what’s next, how is the world responding?

Trump sent tariff letters to 14 countries including South Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

Al Jazeera

Top South African official accuses police minister of colluding with crime syndicates

A South African security official has accused top police leaders of colluding with crime syndicates

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Trump threatens extra 10% tariff on countries with ‘anti-American policies’

Trump warns there will be no exceptions to policy on countries agreeing with Brics

The Independent UK

‘Hey Daddy’: How different world leaders massage Trump’s ego

Does Trump’s personal relationship with world leaders have any bearing on his policies towards their countries?

Al Jazeera

The South African apartheid movement’s close relationship with the American right – then and now

The allegations of a “white genocide” against Afrikaner farmers that emerged during the tense Oval Office meeting between the US president, Donald Trump, and South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on May 21 shocked many around the world. But it was merely the latest example of what has been a long-running…

The Conversation

Guest List For G7 Summit Tells Of Global Challenges

The G7 may be a small, elite club, but when its leaders gather in Canada, several other national heads will attend as guests -- highlighting the group's efforts to adapt to a fast-changing world.

International Business Times

Rescuers still pulling bodies out of the water as death toll in South Africa floods reaches 86

South Africa's police minister says the death toll in floods in the Eastern Cape province now stands at 86

The Independent UK

South African president to visit flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to visit the sites of devastating floods that have left at least 78 people dead in the southeast of the country

The Independent UK

Johannesburg’s problems can be solved – but it’s a long journey to fix South Africa’s economic powerhouse

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa met senior leaders of Johannesburg and Gauteng, the province it’s located in, in March 2025 to discuss ways to arrest the steep decline in South Africa’s largest city.

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Majority of Americans Reject Fast-Tracking Afrikaness as Refugees Into the U.S.: Poll

When asked whether Afrikaners are victims of "white genocide," a claim promoted by President Trump, 40% of respondents said no

Euronews

How to survive a visit to the Oval Office: A practical guide for leaders meeting Donald Trump

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is preparing for a crucial visit to the White House, where he faces a potential grilling. However, according to experts, leaders now have several options when preparing those meetings in the White House.

The Independent UK

More white South Africans resettle in US after Trump fast-tracks ‘refugee program’

The resettlement scheme comes after the US administration indefinitely suspended all other refugee programs

The Independent UK

Trump admin plans to resettle ‘thousands’ of white South Africans in US this summer, report says

‘We won’t be talking about dozens of arrivals, but hundreds and perhaps thousands,’ a state official has revealed

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Trump’s white genocide claims about South Africa have deep roots in American history

President Donald Trump says there is a genocide of white people taking place in South Africa, meaning that Black South Africans are deliberately attempting to kill white farmers because of their race.

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Most South African farmers are black: why Trump got it so wrong

When world leaders engage, the assumption is always that they engage on issues based on verified facts, which their administrative staff are supposed to prepare. Under this assumption, we thought the meeting at the White House on 21 May between South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and US president Donald Trump…

International Business Times UK

Trump Blunder Exposed After 'Genocide' Photo Turns Out To Be Congo, Not South Africa

Trump's South Africa 'genocide' gaffe, using a Congo image, sparks outrage and mockery. Can US diplomacy recover?

The Independent UK

South Africa denies trying to bend the rules to give Musk's Starlink preferential treatment

South Africa has denied accusations that a draft policy watering down Black ownership requirements for tech firms was proposed to benefit the Starlink business of white South African-born billionaire Elon Musk

Radio France Internationale

Ramaphosa in Washington: can South Africa - US ties be saved?

As relations between South Africa and the US hit their lowest point since apartheid’s end, President Cyril Ramaphosa heads to Washington to mend fences after years of frosty ties and dwindling aid under Trump-era policies. In this week's Spotlight on Africa we unpack what’s at stake - and what was…

Latin Times

DHS Claims Migrants Are Using US Asylum System Like a 'Get-Out-of-Deportation-Free Card'

The Trump administration made the comment while working to deny asylum to a Guatemalan man who survived two homophobic attacks in his home country.

The Guardian - US

Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world

The president’s billionaire backer was ever-present at the start of Trump’s term but is now pulling back from politics – and Republicans want to keep it that way

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