South Africa’s former ambassador to the US has told the BBC it is “self-evident” that there is racism within the Trump administration. Ebrahim Rasool, 62, was ordered to leave the US last week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America”. This came after Rasool accused President Donald Trump
Last Updated:March 27, 2025, 23:36 IST Prince Harry’s surprising resignation from the African charity he co-founded in memory of his mother, Princess Diana, came this week amid allegations of bullying, harassment, sexism and racism. Prince Harry’s resignation from African charity Sentebale came as a big surprise. (AP File) Prince Harry’s surprising resignation from an African
Yoh! I’m so gatvol of this tjoekie and need a zol to handle these moggy people. No, these are not grammatical errors – this is a sentence comprising South African words included in the Oxford English Dictionary’s (OED) latest update. It means: Wow, I’m so annoyed by this prison and need to smoke some marijuana
Prince Harry last night announced he would step down from his own charity following ‘unthinkable’ controversy from within – and now its chair has sensationally hit back. Sentebale, which the Duke of Sussex co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006 to benefit African orphans, dedicates itself to tackling poverty and AIDS in Lesotho and
Spectators have shared their shock and horror as they watched a decorated South African Air Force pilot crash to his death at a local air show, while they recalled his final moments. James O’Connell died after the plane he was flying crashed during a performance at the West Coast Air Show held in Saldanha, 112
A rediscovered painting of an African prince by Gustav Klimt that captured visitors’ attention at the TEFAF Maastricht fair in the Netherlands is under negotiation for sale, the Vienna-based gallery offering the work said as the event closed on Thursday evening. The early, almost photorealistic head-and-shoulders portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona, shown against
Last Updated:March 20, 2025, 23:49 IST The US Embassy in South Africa got a list of nearly 70,000 white South Africans seeking refugee status under Trump’s plan, including Afrikaners facing racial discrimination. White South Africans demonstrate in support of US President Donald Trump in front of the US embassy in Pretoria, South Africa. (IMAGE: AP
A member of a South African research team at an isolated base in Antarctica was put under psychological evaluation after colleagues accused him of physical assault and sexual harassment, government officials said. The situation at the SANAE IV base was first reported in South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, which said it saw an email from
John Kani in Kunene and the King at Shakespeare Theatre Company. Teresa Castracane Photography hide caption toggle caption Teresa Castracane Photography Actor, playwright and activist John Kani is a legend in South Africa. He was arrested, beaten and almost left for dead because of his work developing and starring in plays that were often searing
‘The weather in Morocco is terrific, the wine is cheap – and there’s no undercurrent of racism here, like in the UK.’ So says British-born architect Philip Brebner, who has been running Riad Porte Royale, a B&B he owns in Marrakech, for the last 20 years, alongside writing books, with his newest novel, Shadows of