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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Raymond Zondo as the country’s new chief justice, the presidency said in a statement on Thursday following a public selection process. Approved by political parties, Judge Raymond Zondo is hailed for his long experience in the judicial field. But Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said his country has been approached to play a mediation role in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Mr Ramaphosa did not say who had made the approach but said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and urged him to …

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has thrown his support behind Russian President Vladimir Putin in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, describing him as a man of peace. Former President Jacob Zuma said he supported the Russian president after Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Mr Zuma said Putin’s decision was “justifiable”, …

The South African ambassador to Ukraine fled the capital, Kyiv, as a Russian armored convoy heads for the city and condemned discrimination against black people in the country, the BBC reports. Andre Groenewald said explosions could be heard in the distance as he packed the car to leave on Wednesday …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is angry with his Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor after the Foreign Office issued a statement calling for Russia’s immediate withdrawal from Ukraine, local media reported. News 24 reported (paywall) that Ms Pandor “raised the ire” of Mr Ramaphosa after her department issued a statement calling …

A South African judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by former president Jacob Zuma to appeal an earlier ruling rejecting his attempt to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial taken off the case for alleged bias, Reuters reports. “The application for leave to appeal and all related …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday his government wants to expand its nascent domestic cannabis industry as it looks to tap global demand and grow local production and exports. Africa’s most industrialized nation plans to streamline the “regulatory processes so that the hemp and cannabis sector can thrive …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday his country needed fundamental change to revive economic growth. Addressing the many troubles that have plagued the country in the past decade in his State of the Nation speech, Ramaphosa singled out its unreliable power supply as one of the biggest threats …

Tembisa Hospital in the South African province of Gauteng has been temporarily shut down after a deadly shooting, local media reported. Gauteng health authorities said a nurse was shot dead at the hospital by her partner, a policeman, on Wednesday morning. The officer, who had driven to the facility in …

South African laboratory Afrigen Biologics said on Thursday it had used the publicly available sequence of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to create its own version of the vaccine. According to the Director of the society, Petro Terblanche, the vaccine could be tested in humans before the end of this …