South Africa

South Africa is a nation at the southern end of Africa, with a population of around 62 million.

A former British colony, it is one of the most geopolitically significant countries in the region and possesses influence on the world stage as a member of the G20.

Home to a very diverse population, South Africa also has a sizeable Jewish community, thought to be the 12th largest in the world, said to number between 52,000 and 75,000 Jews.

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2024.

South African Jewish community condemns president for silence after explosive thrown at JCC

By ELLIE ESQUENAZI

South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela uses a phone at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusin

The ANC’s ties to terror-linked states displays South Africa’s troubling trajectory

By Charles Asher Small

On display at the South Africa vs. Palestine soccer game.

Explosive device thrown at Jewish community in Cape Town, South Africa

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SOUTH AFRICAN legal team leader John Dugard attends an ICJ session on emergency measures against Israel, following accusations by South Africa that the IDF operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, in January.

How South Africa uses anti-Israel rhetoric in the ICJ

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People hold a banner and flags during a demonstration in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza, ahead of the October 7 attack anniversary, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Dublin, Ireland October 5, 2024.

Ireland passes motion that 'Israel is perpetrating genocide on Gaza'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian attends a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia last month. Given the inclusion of Iran and South Africa in its membership, the viscerally anti-Israel stance that the union has adopted is perhaps not surprising, says the writer.

BRICS is no friend of Israel amid Putin's strategic vision

By NEVILLE TELLER

A PROTESTER draped in a Palestinian flag holds up a sign near the International Court of Justice in The Hague, in May. Taken all the way to the ICJ, the defamation accusation against Israel fell flat when no one could effectively or credibly prosecute the case for such an outlandish assertion

Public relations genocide: How anti-Israel campaigns aim to isolate and defame

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

Judges at the ICJ hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, january 11, 2024.

South Africa submits evidence of alleged Israeli genocide in Gaza to ICJ

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SOUTH AFRICAN officials listen as the International Court of Justice rules, following South African accusations that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, in January.

'The country it loathes most': South Africa's struggle to find evidence against Israel

By IAN LLOYD NEUBAUER

THOUSANDS OF people visited October 7 Square in Johannesburg and reflected on the exhibits over the course of the three days, says the writer.

October 7 Square: A place of mourning and defiance for South African Jewry

By WENDY KAHN

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly, last Friday. As powerful as it was, the speech fell largely on deaf ears, the writer maintains.

UN’s anti-Israel majority: Misinformation and hypocrisy reign at the General Assembly

By NEVILLE TELLER

Leila Khaled, guarded by a Palestinian policeman (L), reaches for the hand of a supporter after crossing the Allenby Bridge April 18 1996

Johannesburg to rename street after socialist Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled

By Mathilda Heller

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at the 79th United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York. September 24, 2024.

President Cyril Ramaphosa: 'We South Africans know what apartheid looks like'

By HANNAH SARISOHN

The BRICS Challenge and the US Response: A New Era of Gold

The BRICS Challenge and the US Response: A New Era of Gold

By PR

THEN-ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the UN Gilad Erdan uses a paper shredder to tear apart a copy of the UN Charter, as a protest against a General Assembly vote on recognizing the Palestinians as qualified to becoming full UN members, in May.

The truth doesn’t interest the UN, ICC, and ICJ when it comes to Israel

By David Ben-Basat

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA attends the oath of office ceremony for his second term as South African president, in Pretoria, in June. Ramaphosa has publicly accused Israel of committing Palestinian genocide, with no evidence to back up his charge, insists the writer.

The impact of 'I am Hamas' on South Africa's Jewish community

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela uses a phone at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusin

South Africa: We will not withdraw the lawsuit at the International Court of Justice

By Walla!

Sheikh Riad Fataarpresident of South Africa’s Muslim Judicial Council, who proclaimed his support for Hamas.

South African chief sheikh Riad Fataar proclaims: 'I am Hamas!'