President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned against vigilantism, xenophobia and any attempts to destabilise the country, stressing that the enforcement of immigration laws remains the responsibility of the state.The President said this while responding to questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Thursday on government's response to illegal...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
The Underworld kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala had entered into a plea and sentencing agreement with the state in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday in which he pled guilty to charges linked to corruption, fraud, and money laundering.
The court...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
South Africans across the country were awake in the early hours of the morning to give spirit to Bafana Bafana. The streets of the nation were...
By Mirna Fahmy
The world is watching a new Iran deal take shape, and almost no one is convinced it will hold. Irina Tsukerman explains to Diplomatic Insider what drove...
The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a report urging the European Union to consider human rights sanctions against Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek, naming the former İstanbul chief public prosecutor as a key figure in what lawmakers described as the state’s machinery of repression.
Lawmakers approved the resolution by 381...
By Neville Matjie
South Africa’s founding President and global icon, Nelson Mandela, dreamt of a united Africa that would overcome its shared challenges and unlock its immense potential through collective action. He famously said: “I dream of the realisation of the unity of Africa, whereby...
By Mirna Fahmy
The world is watching a new Iran deal take shape, and almost no one is convinced it will hold. Irina Tsukerman explains to Diplomatic Insider what drove...
Kenya’s Gen Z-led protests of 2024 drew global headlines. For weeks, young people mobilised against proposed tax increases, the rising cost of living, unemployment, corruption and what they saw as an...
By Virginia Keppler-Young
Referring to himself as an authentic product from Taiwan, Representative Oliver Liao, a career diplomat of the Republic of China (Taiwan), not only presented authentic Taiwanese dishes, but he is a pro at flipping an oyster omelette.
And he definitely knows how to make the tastiest Bubble tea,...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
After two months of sitting at the helm of the Democratic Alliance (DA) leadership, Geordin Hill-Lewis has called for former DA...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
The South African government has expressed that they will not be taking illegal immigration lightly and has continued to affirm that...
Marches, Mozambicans murdered, state-sponsored evacuations, a nationally televised presidential address. Anti-immigrant mobilisation has again drawn the world’s...
