Tag: South Africa
The absolute respect for the fundamental rights of migrants, including access to justice, legal representation, and humane conditions of detention, must be guaranteed regardless of status. Approximately 1,000 irregular migrants were arrested at a mine in Barberton, South Africa, as part of a major mining security operation called Vala Umgodi. Authorities claim to have significantly […]
Mandela rose up against apartheid and called on all South Africans to join him. He spent his entire life fighting against racism and for freedom. Mandela is known worldwide for many things, particularly as a freedom fighter, political prisoner, and African nationalist. He believed in democracy as the most effective engine for achieving and eradicating […]
Several sites in South Africa associated with the country’s long and bloody anti-apartheid struggle have recently been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The system of institutionalized racial segregation came into being in South Africa following the Second World War. It was finally eradicated in the early […]
South Africa alleges Israel’s actions are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of Palestinians in Gaza. These genocidal acts include killing Palestinians, causing serious mental and bodily harm, and deliberately inflicting conditions meant to bring about their physical destruction as a group. In 2021, the […]
Two men, one armed with a gun, were caught on camera late on Tuesday mugging a South African journalist in Johannesburg as he prepared for a live television report on Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s hospital treatment. The incident is just one of scores of often violent crimes, including rape, robberies and murder recorded every day […]
