Tag Archives: South Africa

Muhamad Yehia LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston ‘s epic concert in South Africa staged after President Nelson Mandela’s landmark election will be hitting theater screens this fall. Houston’s performance in 1994 has been turned into a fully-remastered theatrical release called “The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban),” according to a …

Muhamad Yehia TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg, in the latest attempt by the self-governing island republic to push back against Chinese moves to diplomatically isolate it. …

South Africa asks Taiwan to move de facto embassy out of Pretoria  Cairo — Muhamad Yehia South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its de facto embassy out of its administrative capital, Pretoria. It has given Taipei six months to relocate its liaison office to the commercial hub of Johannesburg. The …

Muhamad Yehia JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thethiwe Mahlangu woke early on a chilly morning and walked through her busy South African township, where minibuses hooted to pick up commuters and smoke from sidewalk breakfast stalls hung in the air. Her eyes had been troubling her. But instead of going to her …

South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks — the first such challenge made at the court over the current war. Israel swiftly rejected the filing “with …

OHANNESBURG, March 4 (Reuters) – About 100,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine (PFE.N) are at risk of being destroyed by the end of this month due to slow uptake by citizens, South African health authorities said on Friday. South Africa has recorded the most coronavirus infections and deaths on the African continent, …