African National Congress

South Africa is not its government: The other side Israel does not know about - opinion

In South Africa, there is a stark gap between the government’s stance on Israel and the people’s state of mind.

|ByAKIVA SPIEGELMAN
THE WRITER meets children in Soweto. He describes unimaginable poverty in such townships, and decades-long stagnation among disadvantaged populations.
South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela uses a phone at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusin

The ANC’s ties to terror-linked states displays South Africa’s troubling trajectory - opinion

The ANC, once the world’s symbol of resistance against oppression, now supports a political propaganda narrative that views Israel as an apartheid, colonial state.

|ByCHARLES ASHER SMALL
SOUTH AFRICA’S President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at parliament in Cape Town, earlier this month. He has repeatedly labeled Israel an apartheid state, without ever visiting the country, the writer states.

Why South Africa's ANC political party has taken an anti-Israel, pro-terrorist stance - opinion

South Africa’s ANC, accused of accepting bribes from Iran, continues its anti-Israel stance, affecting diplomatic relations and trade.

|ByNEVILLE TELLER
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa casts his vote during the South African elections in Soweto, South Africa May 29, 2024

South Africa's National Assembly re-elects Cyril Ramaphosa as president

General elections in South Africa were held on May 29 to elect a new National Assembly, and were the seventh democratic elections held since the end of the Apartheid regime.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

'Most consequential election since 1994,' Says Democratic Alliance leader regarding SA elections

South Africa's highly competitive election saw voters express dissatisfaction with the ANC's 30-year rule, citing unemployment, crime, and corruption, while opposition parties sought change.

MAY 29, 2024ByREUTERS
A voter wearing an African National Congress (ANC) shirt with an image of former South African President Nelson Mandela arrives to vote in South African elections in Hopetown, Northern Cape province, South Africa May 29, 2024.

African National Congress takes Israel to ICJ in The Hague - opinion

The ANC’s tenure has been catastrophic and has caused irreparable damage to our economy and international standing. 

JANUARY 12, 2024ByGILLIAN GOLDMAN
SUPPORTERS OF South Africa’s ruling African National Congress and other political parties, as well as civil society groups, protest outside the Israel Embassy in Pretoria, in October, after the outbreak of the Gaza war.

South African Christian leaders oppose ICJ charge: Cannot keep silent

They also condemn the government for failing to condemn Hamas's actions in Gaza.

JANUARY 10, 2024ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Judges are seen at the International Court of Justice before the issue of a verdict in the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by Pakistan in 2017, in The Hague, Netherlands July 17, 2019

Israel Police bust crime ring stealing millions from National Insurance

Some of the members of the crime ring worked for an office that claimed to help people file disability claims to National Insurance.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A suspect is seen in handcuffs, arrested after an Israel Police raid on a crime ring that defrauded tens of millions from Israel's National Insurance, on February 28, 2023.

Gaza needs int'l intervention, South African ruling party says

The ANC concluded their statement by calling the international world "to invoke all the necessary international laws against Israel."

AUGUST 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A delegate looks on as South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) holds a national policy conference at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 29, 2022.

SAJBD accepts apology from Mcebo Dlamini over antisemitic comments

Mediation was coordinated with the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.

DECEMBER 15, 2020ByCODY LEVINE
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies leadership appears in Constitutional Court with the legal teams for the SA Human Rights Commission, and the SA Holocaust and Genocide Center

Chief Justice of South Africa: I will not retract my comments on Israel

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng's comments were made during a live webinar on Tuesday with The Jerusalem Post.

JULY 6, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng gestures as he makes a ruling at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, South Africa ,June 22,2017

ANC urges Jewish leaders 'not to drive a wedge between party's leaders'

Krengel said that the SAJBD “begged Israel not to recall its ambassador to South Africa" in response to Sisulu's comments and the ANC's resolution to downgrade South Africa's Embassy in Israel.

MAY 19, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
South Africa's International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu

J Street cancels endorsement from House candidate for 'one state solution'

If elected to the House in November as is expected — Tlaib will become the first Palestinian — American woman ever to sit in the chamber.

AUGUST 17, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER
Rashida Tlaib on interview about Arab-Israeli Conflict (August 13, 2018).

S. Africa's ruling party re-ups call for Israel boycott after 'Black Coffee' show

Local Jewish groups slammed the ANC for its comments.

APRIL 4, 2018ByAMY SPIRO
Anti-Israel demonstrators at the World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001; Muslim anti-Zionism is picking up from where Christian antisemitism left off.

S. African VP candidate lashes out at Jewish Board of Deputies

Kahn: Our letter was respectful and non-confrontational.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018ByILANIT CHERNICK
South Africa's Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor