The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is planning a massive awareness drive around visa requirements for teaching English in China as South African Sasha Redman goes into her second month in detention over an alleged immigration violation. “If you’re going to teach in China, you need a work[…]
Lindiwe Sisulu, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on Monday paid her respects to the family and friends of the former permanent representative of South Africa to the United Nations (UN) in New York, Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, who died on Sunday. Born in September 1947, Kumalo left a rich[…]
The South African government has reiterated its call for the peaceful resolution of conflict in Syria, following attacks in three separate areas in the country on Friday night. The US, the UK and France launched a series of attacks on specific targets in the war-torn country and CNN reported that[…]
Despite Ajay Gupta appearing friendly and jovial in his exchange with SA businessman Justin van Pletzen in Dubai, a source has revealed that it was Gupta himself who opened a case of invasion of privacy against Van Pletzen. Van Pletzen remains behind bars and is expected in a Dubai court[…]
The South African government has written to the High Commission of the UK government to review a travel advisory issued earlier this week. The advisory came after news that a South African couple had been kidnapped in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this month. The UK government advised its citizens to exercise caution[…]
SA law enforcement authorities must be made aware of any criminal activity by militant groups within the country’s borders, the International Relations Department (Dirco) has said. The warning came after Israel’s Security Agency (ISA) released a statement indicating that it “uncovered and foiled” an “infrastructure” in Judea and Samaria. ISA[…]
In what the United Nations warned as bordering ethnic cleansing, South African ulema are working together to lobby the South African government to support the Rohingya Muslim minority who are fleeing persecution in Myanmar. The horrific images streaming onto social media has plunged the Rohinyga crisis back into the spotlight,[…]
The South African government has denied paying 3.5-million euros in ransom for the release of Stephen McGown who had been held hostage by Al Qaeda in Mali since November 2011. McGown‚ who was released last Saturday‚ was one of the last three hostages to be released by the militants. Earlier[…]
No reports have yet come through of any South Africans affected by the explosion at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, northern England, the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco) said on Tuesday. “It is too early. They are still going through who was at the concert. So far[…]
VOC News has learnt that a 22-year-old Durban man has allegedly been killed in fighting in Syria. According to reports, the man left South Africa some time ago with his brother. The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear, but there are reports that he joined a group fighting against ISIS.[…]
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