First Independent Mena Newspaper
South Africa’s top diplomat has called on Israel to stop “this real crime against humanity” unfolding in Gaza, pointing to “very clear similarities” between Israel’s occupation and the system of apartheid in her country, just as experts highlight the hypocrisy in the largely failed push by the United States to cajole African governments into taking […]
The leaders of the BRICS countries meeting at its three-day summit in Johannesburg have reportedly agreed on a roadmap for how to allow new states to join their group of emerging economies. “We have agreed on the matter of expansion,” South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said and added that further details would be provided […]
Israel should be classified as an apartheid state, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said Tuesday (26 July), proposing that the UN General Assembly should establish a committee to verify whether it satisfied its requirements. Pandor evoked comparisons between the Palestinian narrative and South Africa’s history of racial segregation at the Palestinian Heads of Mission […]