The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

“The Explanation Of Colors, Space, And My Identity”: 60 Paintings By This Artist

This time, we’d like to introduce you to a 27-year-old artist from South Africa, Siphesihle Ntsungwana, whose vibrant work has already captivated over 71K followers on Instagram.

Bored Panda · May 20, 2025

South African photographer Lindokuhle Sobekwa wins prestigious £30,000 Deutsche Börse award for his family scrapbook

Lindokuhle Sobekwa wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025 with project inspired by a photo he found in a bible

Digital Camera World · May 20, 2025

Trump alleges 'genocide' in South Africa. At an agricultural fair, even Afrikaner farmers scoff

Topping the agenda at President Donald Trump's meeting with South Africa's president at the White House this week is the extraordinary new U.S. refugee policy welcoming white Afrikaner farmers who the Trump administration claims are persecuted

The Independent UK · May 20, 2025

South Africa’s Ramaphosa to visit Trump: Can they fix tricky relations?

The two countries have clashed over alleged persecution of white South Africans and Israel’s war on Gaza.

Al Jazeera · May 19, 2025

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot blames ‘programming error’ for Holocaust denial

Grok said it was sceptical of the figure of six million Jews killed by Nazis

The Independent UK · May 19, 2025

Bigotry, Hypocrisy, and Trump's Admission of Afrikaners as Refugees

The Administration isn't wrong to admit white South African migrants. But it is wrong to exclude all other refugees, including many fleeing far worse discrimination and oppression.

Reason · May 18, 2025

Musk’s AI bot Grok blames ‘programming error’ for its Holocaust denial

Grok doubted 6 million death toll, days after peddling conspiracy theory of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2025

Elon Musk's Friend Claimed All Traffic Lights are Broken and Bread Costs $50 in Johannesburg. Grok and Social Media Users Showed Otherwise

Elon Musk sparked backlash online after sharing a message from a friend claiming that every traffic light in Johannesburg, South Africa is broken and a loaf of bread costs $50—claims that were quickly debunked by Grok and South African social media users.

Latin Times · May 17, 2025

Musk’s company now claims Grok’s lies of a nonexistent ‘white genocide’ in South Africa were ‘unauthorized’

Musk’s AI chatbot Grok turned unrelated questions on several different issues back to an insistence that white genocide is ‘real.’ It was responding to a code manipulation said xAI

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

Musk's XAI Blames 'Unauthorized' Tweak For 'White Genocide' Posts

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup has blamed an "unauthorized modification" for causing its chatbot Grok to generate misleading and unsolicited posts referencing "white genocide" in South Africa.

International Business Times · May 17, 2025