US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he won’t attend the G20 Summit in Johannesburg this year, accusing South Africa of “doing very bad things” and “anti-Americanism”. The new US top diplomat repeated President Donald Trump’s false claim that Pretoria was confiscating private property and violating human rights, indicating deteriorating relations between South Africa and the US over various foreign and domestic policy disagreements. South Africa’s policies on China, Russia, Ukraine and Israel are at the centre of the tension.The…

South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who has recently shared one of his notable foreign policy perspectives, says his country would not abandon the Palestinian cause and ignore the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appease the US.   Mashatile, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s deputy in the country’s governing African National Congress (ANC), insists that the US understands that while Pretoria is one of Washington’s biggest trading partners, the two will not agree on everything.…

South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has defended Pretoria’s genocide case against Israel, saying his countrymen would “not be passive bystanders and watch” when a crime against humanity is being perpetrated elsewhere in the world.  In a show of power and assertiveness on the global stage, Ramaphosa hailed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling against Tel Aviv as a victory for international law and justice. He added that South Africa’s stance that Israel committed genocidal acts in Gaza had been…

In a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for international law, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to stop genocide against Palestinians, punish soldiers who commit genocidal acts, and facilitate humanitarian aid in Gaza.  The court sitting in The Hague, Netherlands, ruled in South Africa’s favour on Friday, January 26, and ordered the Zionist state to preserve evidence of genocide and submit monthly progress reports on measures taken.   However, the highest court in the United Nations (UN) system…

South Africa has presented a persuasive and detailed case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging genocidal intentions, systematic massacres and the dehumanization of the Palestinians.  In oral presensations widely seen as cogent and compelling by observers, Pretoria’s heavyweight legal team told the judges at The Hague, Netherlands, on Thursday that Israel intended to commit pre-meditated genocide against Palestinian civilians in the name of retaliations against Hamas attacks on October 7.  The oral arguments took place amid…

Turkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed support for the South African government’s decision to bring the issue of Israel’s actions against Palestinians to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Öncü Keçeli, spokesperson of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the Middle Eastern government was reacting to South Africa’s recent application to the ICJ, which has gained recognition. “We welcome the application filed by the Republic of South Africa to the International Court of Justice regarding Israel’s violation…

As more than 150,000 Palestinians are being forced to flee Central Gaza, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has confirmed that South Africa has lodged an application asking that Israel’s ongoing attack on Palestine should be classified as genocide. In a statement, Monique Legerman, the Hague registry, under the leadership of First Secretary of the Court and Head of Department, stated that South Africa has also made a request to the Court for provisional measures. She mentioned that the application…