South Africa

ANC election losses could weaken South Africa's anti-Israel stance

The ANC’s vote share fell to about 31% in municipal elections, and a former DA official says coalition partners could gradually push for a more pragmatic approach to Israel.

A member of the African National Congress reacts as he looks at a screen inside the Western Cape Provincial Results Operation Centre as they await municipal election results in Cape Town, South Africa, November 6, 2026.
South African Jewish Board of Deputies national director Wendy Kahn.

South Africa is first country to ban antisemitic conspiracy film saying Jews now aren't 'real Jews'

A boy waves a flag of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region as he celebrates Newroz in Sulaimaniyah of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on March 20, 2026.

AI is helping Kurds defeat Turkey’s century-long campaign of assimilation - opinion

A march organized by the Muslim Judicial ahead of the Durban conference in Cape Town, August 2001.

UN adopts Durban resolution despite antisemitic legacy of anti-Zionist declaration


My Word: The Marwan Barghouti effect - opinion

As Hollywood embraces Barghouti, collective memory is being reshaped to turn a terrorist into a hero.

Marwan Barghouti is tightly guarded as he leaves a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 2012.

Durban’s legacy: How NGOs helped mainstream anti-Israel hatred - opinion

Durban’s anti-Israel campaign created a blueprint for NGO activism that continues to fuel hatred of Israel and Jews.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS demonstrate outside the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

Twenty five years after Durban, equating Zionism with racism has become mainstream - editorial

The 2001 World Conference against Racism 2001 included a draft document equating Zionism with racism, targeting Israel alone for its right to exist.

Head of Israeli delegation to the World Conference Against Racism, Ambassador Mordechai Yedid, addresses at a plenary meeting 03 September 2001, in Durban.

Durban helped turn anti-Zionism into a global movement - opinion

As Israel-bashing becomes trendy, it’s worth asking: how much of this satanic and pathetic pile-on is cheap virtue signaling or manipulation by outside forces?

 PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS demonstrate outside the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

The lie of apartheid: The 2026 Israel election is a display of the country's diversity - opinion

Regardless of the final outcome of this election, it looks like this race could finally bury the apartheid myth about Israel.

MANSOUR ABBAS attends a plenum session at the Knesset’s assembly hall in Jerusalem last month.

Fourteen illegal miners dead, many injured, in South Africa disused mine, police announce

Police did not give more details.

ILLUSTRATIVE: An ambulance leaves the Lily mine, which is owned by Vantage Goldfields, near Barberton, east of Johannesburg, February 5, 2016.

Lion cubs find new home in South African shelter, drawing attention to illegal wildlife trade

Ben Tzur and Uri are two of six lion cubs rescued in 2025 after being illegally smuggled into Israel and later found in the Palestinian Authority.

Lion cubs Ben Tzur and Uri.

Erdogan’s rivalry with Israel has a new front: Africa - opinion

The answer becomes clearer once the South African relationship is placed inside Turkey’s broader African buildup, which has been running for two decades and has little to do with Israel at all. 

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South African Jews still wear kippot – but hide their Zionism

While violent antisemitism is rare, South Africa’s Jewish community says anti-Israel hostility, campus intimidation, and political rhetoric have created new pressures

Ronald Lamola, South African justice minister, is seen outside the International Criminal Court after his government filed an indictment against Israel in January 2024. Jewish South Africans say there is a huge gap between the actions of the government and how the community feels inside the country.
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Shurat HaDin releases report on Cape Town bombing attempt

The Israeli legal center says it submitted forensic findings to South African police after conducting an independent investigation into the 2024 attempted bombing.

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Esq., President of Shurat HaDin