Over 67,000 South Africans have shown interest in relocating to the United States after Washington offered to resettle Afrikaners facing alleged racial discrimination. The South African Chamber of Commerce in the USA (Saccusa) confirmed that its website received tens of thousands of inquiries following President Donald Trump’s executive order allowing Afrikaners to apply for refugee … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Absa Group Ltd. hired Kenny Fihla as its chief executive officer after he served as deputy CEO at Standard Bank Group Ltd., the continent’s biggest lender by assets. He will start at the Johannesburg-based lender on June 17 after holding various roles at Standard Bank for the past 18 years. Absa said in … Read more
Washington, United States: The United States is expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday, accusing the envoy of hating the country and President Donald Trump. “South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,” Rubio posted on X. Ebrahim Rasool is “a race-baiting … Read more
Australia will take on South Africa in the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) final from June 11-15 at The Lord’s Cricket Ground, London. India failed to qualify for a third straight WTC final after going down 1-3 against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this year. While The Lord’s is set to host … Read more
Johannesburg, South Africa: On the streets of Johannesburg’s student district, US President Donald Trump’s offer to accept white Afrikaners as refugees landed as both “ridiculous” and “lame”, among South Africans of all races. Trump cut off aid to South Africa and claimed, without evidence, that the Pretoria government is seizing white-owned land and persecuting Afrikaners, … Read more
Opening batter Ryan Rickelton struck a flawless maiden century before a clinical display by the bowlers as South Africa began their Champions Trophy campaign with a comprehensive 107-run win over Afghanistan in Karachi on Friday. Rickleton smashed 103 off 106 balls with the help of seven fours and one six while captain Temba … Read more
The highly-anticipated International Masters League (IML) unveiled its magnificent trophy in the presence of the icons who will lead their respective teams in the inaugural edition. India’s cricket icon and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar was joined by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, West Indies maestro Brian Lara, England’s World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan, Australia’s … Read more
Johannesburg, South Africa: Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead Saturday near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police said. The imam, who ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims, was in a car with another person when a vehicle stopped in … Read more
Former captain Graeme Smith is optimistic that South African will end its prolonged wait for an ICC trophy this year, long before they host the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2027. With the eight-team Champions Trophy beginning on February 19 and World Test Championship (WTC) final scheduled for June this year, Smith … Read more
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks. The plan was detailed in an executive order Trump signed Friday that stopped all aid and … Read more
washington — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa because of its law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era — a law the White House says amounts to discrimination against the country’s white minority. … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday froze US aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers, despite Johannesburg’s denials. The law would “enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation,” Trump said in an executive … Read more