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Montevideo, April 15th 2025 - 05:25 UTC

Tag: South Africa

  • Monday, March 17th 2025 - 09:00 UTC

    US expels South African ambassador

    Rasool's pro-Palestinian views and criticism of Israel seemed to have also played a part in the measure

    The US Government expelled South Africa’s Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool this weekend after Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared him “persona non grata” for being a “race-baiting politician” who hates America and President Donald Trump. The decision followed Rasool’s comments during a South African think tank webinar, where he described Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement as a response to demographic shifts and a form of “supremacist assault.”

  • Monday, October 30th 2023 - 08:37 UTC

    South Africa Wins Fourth Rugby World Cup Title

    Pollard, a last-minute call-up to the Springboks, was pivotal in Saturday's win

    Despite being defending champions, South Africa went into Saturday's Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand at the Stade de France in Paris as underdogs, having last beaten the All Blacks in 1999. However, a cliffhanger 12-11 victory this time around earned the Springboks their fourth trophy, following previous successes in 1995, 2007, and 2019.

  • Thursday, August 24th 2023 - 11:46 UTC

    Argentina is invited to join BRICS along with six other countries

    All eyes are on Argentina, which will elect its next president on October. Milei has already announced that if elected president, he would not maintain economic relations with countries such as China

    The BRICS group, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has announced its plan to expand its membership by adding six new countries, including Argentina. The decision was revealed during a press conference jointly conducted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and leaders from the existing BRICS nations.

  • Thursday, August 24th 2023 - 04:01 UTC

    Agreement reached on principles for adding members to BRICS

    “We have agreed on the issue of enlargement,” Pandor said in a radio interview

    A document outlining the guidelines for the addition of new members to the BRICS bloc was signed Wednesday in Johannesburg during the group's XV Summit, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor announced. Over 20 countries have expressed their interest in joining the alliance, which could entail significant changes in the current world order.

  • Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    BRICS summit in South Africa has to decide on the access of new members

    The countries in the current BRICS grouping amount to 23% of the world's gross domestic product and represent 42% of the global population.

    This week Johannesburg is hosting the 15th summit of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) when a historic decision is expected, reconfiguring the group with the access of new country members.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    South Africa will not arrest Putin when he joins BRICS summit in Johannesburg

    President Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning weeks ahead of the international meeting of BRICS, in Johannesburg, to which the Russian president is invited.

    Any attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin when he visits South Africa would be a declaration of war against Russia, the country's president has said. Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning with weeks to go before the international meeting of BRICS, happens in Johannesburg, to which the Russian president is invited.

  • Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

    Former St Helena sea link, turned into “floating paddock” for Extreme E competitions visiting Uruguay

    St Helena is transporting electric vehicles and all the necessary backup equipment for the last leg of the Extreme E season championship dispute in Uruguay

    A completely refurbished former RMS St Helena, which sailed between the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, (occasionally Ascension Island) and Cape Town in South Africa until 2018, is currently in Uruguay although under a new purpose.

  • Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

    Giant squid washes onto the rocky shore of a Cape Town beach

    The giant squid (Architeuthis dux) to wash ashore on a Cape Town beach measured roughly 4,3 meters

    The carcass of a giant squid, measuring 4,3 meters long washed onto the rocky shore of Scarborough Beach in Cape Town, South Africa. This is the second giant squid to crop up on a beach in the region this year

  • Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

    At least 21 killed in separate night outings across South Africa

    These violent deaths are “unacceptable and disturbing,” Ramaphosa said

    At least 21 people were killed and 16 others wounded by early Sunday in separate shootings across South Africa during the weekend, as the country undergoes the worst wave of violence since the apartheid era.

  • Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:39 UTC

    Penguins at most risk off South Africa after predator whales seize the area

    The impacts of orcas removing sharks are likely far wider-reaching, Towner explained

    A study released this week in the peer-reviewed African Journal of Marine Science, would show that killer orcas are behind the finding of eight white sharks dead off the coast of Gansbaai, in western South Africa in 2017.

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