A US pastor abducted in South Africa has been rescued after a police shootout
Johannesburg, South Africa AP An American pastor who was kidnapped last week by armed and masked men during a sermon in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa was rescued on Tuesday after three of his abductors engaged in gunfire with officials and were killed, police said Wednesday. The 45-year-old American citizen, Josh Sullivan from Tennessee, […]
An American pastor was abducted at gunpoint in South Africa while preaching a sermon
Johannesburg, South Africa AP A pastor was abducted by armed and masked men as he was preaching a sermon before a congregation in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, police said. Four men broke into the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell Township on Thursday evening, stole two cellphones from members of the congregation and took away […]
South Africa’s white Afrikaner separatists want Trump’s help to become state
Orania, South Africa Reuters A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they carved out a separatist enclave, the only town in South Africa where all residents, including menial workers, are white. Now, the residents of Orania – population, 3,000 – in the […]
EU pledges €4.7 billion to South Africa as Trump brings them closer
Cape Town, South Africa Reuters European Union leaders announced a €4.7 billion investment package during a visit to South Africa on Thursday, at a time when both are on worse terms with the United States than they have been for decades. The European leaders said the visit was an opportunity to strengthen close ties with […]
Poor, indebted countries need collective relief, African leaders say
Cape Town, South Africa Reuters Growing external debt burdens are crippling the world’s poorest countries, a group of former African leaders warned on Thursday as they pushed for a new programme of collective relief from private, bilateral and multilateral creditors. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is hoping to use his country’s current presidency of the […]
Services to millions of people collapse as USAID cuts contracts worldwide
London, UK/Johannesburg, South Africa/Geneva, Switzerland Reuters US-funded projects worldwide, including those providing lifesaving care for millions of people in countries such as Sudan and South Africa, received termination notices on Thursday sending shockwaves across the global aid community. The latest cancellations come as US President Donald Trump’s administration nears completion of a review to ensure […]
No-shows, aid cuts mar G20 meet on global poverty
Cape Town, South Africa Reuters South Africa sought to salvage international talks on tackling global poverty on Wednesday as finance chiefs from several leading economies skipped a gathering of Group of 20 nations in Cape Town held against a backdrop of foreign aid cuts. The two-day meeting comes after the Trump administration announced plans to […]
South Africa: The stark divide that the land act seeks to bridge
TIM COCKS, of Reuters, reports on how a new land act – which aims to help redress land inequalities – is being received by those who support it and those who see it as an assault on property rights…
South Africa’s military reinforces beleaguered Congo mission
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic sources said, after 14 of its soldiers were killed in fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels last month. The South African reinforcement comes amid fears that fighting in eastern Congo could spark a […]
“No thanks”, white South Africans turn down Trump’s immigration offer
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters US President Donald Trump’s offer to rehouse white South Africans as refugees fleeing persecution may not spur quite the rush he anticipates, as even right-wing white lobby groups want to “tackle the injustices” of Black majority rule on home soil. Trump on Friday signed an executive order to cut US aid […]