The first 49 white South Africans to be given refugee status by the Trump administration are scheduled to arrive in the United States in the near future. They left Johannesburg on Sunday and are scheduled to arrive in Washington, DC, later on Monday. After President Trump claimed that Afrikaners were the victims of “racial discrimination”
In the most recent development in an escalating trade spat, Tanzania has banned all agricultural imports from Malawi and South Africa. “This action is being taken to safeguard our commercial interests. Tanzania’s Agriculture Minister Hussein Bashe confirmed the action on Wednesday, saying, “This is business—in business, we must all respect each other.” Tanzanian banana imports
During his historic visit to South Africa, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is signaling a significant change in the two countries’ previously tense relations. In his attempts to offset Russia’s powerful and expanding influence in Africa, the Ukrainian leader’s visit represents a diplomatic victory. Steven Gruzd of the South African Institute of International Relations, a think