The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

In the 19th century the prized feathers were more expensive by weight than gold. Today, from Strictly Come Dancing to the humble feather duster, demand remains high – and is largely met by farms in South Africa’s Western Cape

Last May, before being newly re-elected as president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, bear equal responsibility for the war in Ukraine. Yet whether the refusal to pick sides comes from Brazil, South Africa, or India, claiming…

The first retrospective in France devoted to renowned South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi has opened in Paris. The exhibition brings together more than 200 works documenting the life of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual communities.

A bloc official says the envoy was removed because she was not accredited to attend the event in Ethiopia.