Muslim civil society organisations have urged the South African government to place diplomatic pressure on Myanmar to resolve the crisis and return citizenship rights to the Rohingya. The group comprising of the secretary of Jamiatul Ulama South Africa Moulana Ebrahim Bham, secretary general of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) Shaykh[…]
Marriage, a journey through life that many women aspire to embark upon, in the minds of the romantic is viewed as a testing but wonderful experience. However, for many South African women, who wed non-south Africans, nuptials are accompanied by great difficulties. For one South African wife and mother, known[…]
Following the capture of the Women’s Boat to Gaza, the Zaytouna, the South African Government has been starkly criticised for continuing its diplomatic relations with Israel. The Zaytouna was captured in international waters, approximately 35 nautical miles from the shores of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces while those on[…]
A delegation from the Anti Visa Fee Committee SA (AVC SA) met senior officials of the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO) today. The committee raised its serious concern about the excessive visa fees that have just been implemented worldwide. “We also stressed that in addition to Hajj and[…]
There are renewed calls by the Palestinian solidarity movement for the South Africa’s ambassador for Israel to be recalled. Sisi Ngombane is in hot water after comments made at a press conference on Friday, to welcome back SA activist Leigh Ann Naidoo from the Women’s Boat to Gaza. Naidoo returned[…]
This article was written by Azhar Vadi from Salaamedia. South African Ambassador to Israel, Sisa Ngombane, let loose in an almost drunken stupor, his true feelings regarding the occupation of the Palestinian people and the suffering they have had to endure over the last 7 decades. And it wasn’t a[…]
Deputy minister of international relations and cooperation Nomaindiya Mfeketo, on Monday ended the first leg of an official visit by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) to three Levant countries; Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. Mfeketo explained that though South Africa has relations with the countries, no formal visit[…]
The international relations department on Tuesday denied claims by the Democratic Alliance that an official at the South African embassy in Norway had been arrested for drunken driving. An embassy official was involved in a car accident on Sunday and was hospitalised, spokesperson Nelson Kgwete said. “The accident is now[…]
All 10 South Africans detained in China a few weeks ago will soon be home, the department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) said on Friday. Five of the South Africans will be landing on Friday night while the rest will fly out of China on Saturday, said the department’s[…]
Ten South Africans are being held in custody in China, after they were arrested on at the Erdos airport while travelling to Inner Mongolia on Friday. Gift of the Givers said the South African’s were travelling with a group of Britons and an Indian national to explore ancient China. It[…]
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