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The end of South Africa’s G20 presidency does not mean the end of its ability or responsibility to promote the issues it prioritised during 2025. It can still advocate for action on some of these issues through its further participation in the G20 and in other international and regional forums.

Mostert was controversially shown a permanent red card during the first half in Turin

Italy 14-32 South Africa: The Springboks survived the dismissal of Franco Mostert to power to victory

Everything you need to know ahead of the Quilter Nations Series clash

G20 summit to convene in South Africa, China to issue up to 4 billion euros in sovereign bonds in Luxembourg

Passengers held on runway for 12 hours after landing in Johannesburg without travel documents

Pure, unalloyed human evil.

Passengers included a woman who was nine months pregnant

Human rights lawyer who helped to expand Britain’s Race Relations Act and investigated apartheid in South Africa

Water is often taken for granted, if you’re lucky enough to have it coming out of taps. Yet it lies at the heart of national security.

Deborah Posel, the founding director of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, an interdisciplinary research institute in the humanities and social sciences in South Africa, has published a new book, Darker Shade of Pale: Shtetl to Colony. Using a combination of personal memoir and historical inquiry, it retraces…