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South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor urges the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on the prosecutor to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity, and genocide. [https:--www.news24.com-news24-politics-parliament-pandor-calls-for-international-criminal-court-to-issue-arrest-warrant-for-benjamin-netanyahu-20231107 (News 24)] [https:--www.timeslive.co.za-sunday-times-opinion-and-analysis-opinion-2023-11-12-arrest-netanyahu-and-halt-the-gaza-genocide- (Sunday Times (South Africa))]
2023-11-12

The Home Affairs Ministry of South Africa orders the release of two gay men who were arrested and imprisoned in Johannesburg after escaping Uganda. The couple requested to remain in South Africa out of fears of persecution in Uganda. The South Gauteng High Court ordered the immediate release of the men and also ordered that they be allowed to remain in South Africa.
2021-08-29

Iran reports its first three cases of the Lineage B.1.351 variant first discovered in South Africa. The Health Ministry warns of "harder days ahead" as it is predicted that the number of deaths due to COVID-19 will increase.
2021-04-27

Rwandan opposition politician Seif Bamporiki is killed in his car by a single bullet fired by a gunman in Cape Town, South Africa, where he lived in exile.
2021-02-22

South Africa begins its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using a vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, which has not yet been authorized worldwide. President Cyril Ramaphosa, government officials, and health workers are among the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-02-17

Uzbekistan extends their travel restrictions to the United Kingdom, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Australia, the Netherlands, and South Africa until February 1.
2021-01-11

South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority Director Shaun Abrahams says former President Jacob Zuma will be prosecuted for corruption, relating to a R30 billion arms deal in the late 1990s. Zuma disputes all the allegations against him.
2018-03-16

Talks between South African President Jacob Zuma and Muammar Gaddafi end without immediate results, as more than 100 Libyan soldiers, including five generals, two colonels, and one major defect from Gaddafi's forces.
2011-05-31

Officials suggest Haiti's first democratically elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is to return there tomorrow after seven years exile in South Africa. The U.S. expresses concern at this development, fearing Aristide could "destabalise" Haiti.
2011-03-17

The Independent Democrats and Democratic Alliance opposition parties in South Africa agree to merge against the ruling African National Congress.
2010-08-15