2026 China-South Africa Seminar on Human Rights will be held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Aug 27. Ahead of the event, South African experts and scholars visited Jinhua and Hangzhou to learn more about exchanges and cooperation between China and African countries and gain firsthand insights into Zhejiang’s progress in advancing human rights. On Aug…
From August 30 to September 3, Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2026 in Bishkek and pay a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt upon the invitation of President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday. At a…
China and Jordan should further deepen the alignment of development strategies, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday when holding talks with King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein in Beijing. “China-Jordan cooperation is essentially mutually beneficial and win-win,” Xi said. The two sides should step up cooperation in the…
South Africa’s Parliament has criticised the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) for ordering students to vacate university residences within 24 hours as protests over a proposed financial recovery plan continue to disrupt the institution. The dispute began after CPUT introduced a proposal requiring postgraduate and unfunded students to make an upfront payment of R7,000…
The remains of 86 Namibians are being repatriated from South Africa after years of efforts to identify their graves and secure their return, bringing an end to a long-running process involving both colonial-era human remains and two figures from Namibia’s liberation struggle. The remains were being held at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape…
Mpumalanga police have recovered power transformers worth more than R6 million after an intelligence-led operation resulted in the interception of a hijacked truck and the arrest of a 34-year-old Mozambican national. The operation was carried out by the Ehlanzeni Anti-Hijacking Task Team together with members of Ngodwana SAPS on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the breakthrough…
More than 109 prohibited and potentially dangerous items have been seized during an unannounced operation at three high schools in Alexandra, Johannesburg, as Gauteng authorities step up efforts to combat drugs, weapons and violence in schools. The South African Police Service-led operation targeted East Bank High School, Realogile High School and Alexandra High School. Gauteng…
Cape Town’s long-running gang violence crisis is increasingly being viewed as a wider criminal ecosystem involving territory, drugs, illegal firearms, extortion and money laundering, with experts warning that children are being recruited into gangs at increasingly young ages. For families affected by the violence, the consequences extend far beyond individual shootings. Louis Solomon, a mother…
South African researchers have received a significant reprieve after the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) reportedly determined that funding for new research projects in South Africa is not covered by the Trump administration’s 2025 restrictions on assistance to the country. The decision could reopen access to NIH funding for new research initiatives after…
Authorities in Mpumalanga are assessing allegations that people may be exploiting weaknesses in the public healthcare system to obtain medicines from multiple clinics before diverting them to the illicit market. Healthcare workers have raised concerns that individuals are allegedly registering at more than one public facility and collecting medicines that are in high demand, including…
