President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to cut annual refugee admissions to just 7,500, a dramatic 94 percent reduction from the more than 100,000 refugees resettled under former President Joe Biden in Fiscal Year 2024. The report, first published by The New York Times, signals a return to Trump’s America First immigration stance, prioritizing U.S. sovereignty and national security over global resettlement quotas.
South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa, 58, was found dead Tuesday at a Paris hotel in what French authorities are treating as a possible suicide. The veteran diplomat and longtime cabinet minister was a prominent figure in South African politics and a close associate of former President Jacob Zuma.
President Donald Trump confirmed this weekend that he will not attend the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa this November, opting to send Vice President JD Vance in his place.
President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on South African goods to 30%, delivering a major economic blow despite a recent Oval Office visit from President Cyril Ramaphosa. The White House announced the move Thursday through an executive order targeting nations that failed to negotiate favorable trade deals with the United States.
South Africa’s top foreign policy official is accusing the United States of jeopardizing a trade agreement by demanding reforms to controversial domestic policies. With the August 1 deadline for a deal fast approaching, Director-General Zane Dangor claimed U.S. focus on “non-trade” issues—specifically Black Economic Empowerment (BEE)—is the primary obstacle to reaching an agreement.
South Africa’s foreign affairs ministry drew sharp criticism after posting photos Tuesday of Deputy Foreign Minister Anna Thandi Moraka signing a condolence book at the Iranian embassy in Pretoria. The images showed Moraka standing beside a large portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa defended a chant calling for the death of white farmers following his meeting with President Donald Trump last week.
Afriforum, an organization representing Afrikaners in South Africa, is urging the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide, arguing that South Africa itself has failed to stop genocidal rhetoric at home. The group cites South African opposition leader Julius Malema’s repeated chants of “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer” as clear examples of incitement to genocide—exactly the kind of rhetoric South Africa claims violates the Genocide Convention in its case against Israel.
The White House defended President Donald Trump's display of a video depicting white crosses, which he claimed represented burial sites of murdered white South African farmers, during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
