African National Congress

March 7, 2025 | David May |

Embracing Iran, South Africa’s ANC Claims ‘We Can’t Hide Our Friends’

South Africa’s ruling party is trying to have its biltong and eat it too. African National Congress (ANC) leaders have indicated a desire to repair relations with the United States but continue cozying...

February 27, 2025 | |

‘We Want a Meaningful Deal’: South African President in Overture to Trump Following Aid Cut

South African President Seeks Deal With Trump: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated that he wants to “do a deal” with U.S. President Donald Trump after the United...

February 24, 2025 | Max Meizlish, Alexander St. Leger

Risking Sanctions, South Africa Welcomes Nuclear Cooperation with Russia and Iran

South Africa is on a collision course with President Donald Trump. On February 17, Pretoria’s minister of mineral and petroleum resources, Gwede Mantashe, signaled his government’s openness to nuclear...

February 18, 2025 | |

‘We Can’t Have a Contract That Says Iran or Russia Must Not Bid’: South African Minister Opens Door to Nuclear Cooperation With Tehran and Moscow 

Iran and Russia in the Running: A South African government minister has said that Pretoria is willing to turn to Iran and Russia as partners in the development of its civilian...

February 12, 2025 | Max Meizlish |

5 Reasons Why South Africa Must Remain on FATF’s Financial Crime Watchlist

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) placed South Africa on its “grey list” in February 2023, identifying critical weaknesses in the country’s ability to combat money laundering and terrorist financing....

February 3, 2025 | Max Meizlish

‘Not worried’: South Africa sets itself on a collision course with Trump

South Africa's troubling shift away from the West

January 29, 2025 | Max Meizlish, Richard Goldberg

Biden quietly approved South Africa’s pro-Hamas envoy. Trump should fire him. 

“I do not recognize Israel as ‘Jewish.’”...

January 10, 2025 | Mark Dubowitz, Elaine K. Dezenski

South Africa Needs the Trump Treatment

The ANC has been too cozy for too long with the West’s enemies.

October 7, 2024 | David May |

South Africa’s Latest Pro-Terror Move

Why is the ANC renaming a major Johannesburg thoroughfare?

September 11, 2024 | Connor Pfeiffer, David May

South Africa’s Ties with U.S. Adversaries Continue Unabated

A Russian naval ship made a port call in Cape Town on August 29, after stops in Cuba and Venezuela. This is the latest indication that South Africa’s new Government of National Unity (GNU) will continue...

July 24, 2024 | Connor Pfeiffer, Toby Dershowitz, David May

South Africa Must Change Course on Hamas

While Washington is primarily focused on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit and address to Congress this week, another side of the global conflagration around Israel’s war of self-defense...

July 3, 2024 | David May, Toby Dershowitz

New South African Government Likely to Continue Anti-Israel, Anti-U.S. Policies 

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the formation of a coalition government on Sunday. Given the dominant position of his African National Congress (ANC), the government is poised to continue...

April 12, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Nicaragua’s charade at the ICJ

The bitter irony is that it is the country’s far-left leadership, aligned with the dictatorships in Venezuela and Cuba, that should be in the dock.

March 18, 2024 | Toby Dershowitz, Max Friedman

Friends in Low Places? Behind South Africa’s New Genocide Case Against Israel

Shortly before South Africa accused Israel in the International Court of Justice of committing genocide in its post-Oct. 7 counteroffensive against Hamas, the South African ruling party, the African National...

March 15, 2024 | |

South African Foreign Minister Vows to Arrest Returning Israeli Soldiers

South Africa will arrest its nationals who fight alongside the Israeli military, Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on March 10. Speaking at a Palestine solidarity event, Pandor,...

March 8, 2024 | |

South Africa Again Attacks Israel at the International Court of Justice

South Africa on March 6 submitted an urgent request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order Israel to suspend its military operations in Gaza “immediately.” South...

May 29, 2018 | David May |

South Africa Adds to Its Long Record of Israel-Bashing

South Africa recalled its ambassador to Israel two weeks ago to condemn the “violent aggressio...

October 23, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Warming Ties Between Hamas and South Africa

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas sent a delegation to South Africa earlier this week. The delegation, led by head of Hamas’ politburo Khaled Meshal and his deputy Mousa Abu Marzouk, me...

June 16, 2015 | FDD Policy Brief

South Africa Flubs its Chance at Justice for Bashir

Suspected war criminals scored a victory Monday as Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir defied a South African judge’s order and...

December 12, 2012 | James Kirchick Forward

South Africa’s ANC Lurches Into Anti-Semitism

Ruling Party Tarnishes Nelson Mandela's Legacy of Tolerance