South Africa Rejects ISIS-Linked Political Party
The case of Farhad Hoomer has demonstrated South Africa’s difficulties in dealing with homegrown terrorism.
Pretoria
South Africa’s corrupted rule of law
South Africa’s minister of police is in bed with gangsters, according to a regional police chief. The South African government has fashioned itself as a guardian of international law in recent...
Op-eds
South African MPs Seek to Criminalize Speech Defending Israel From Apartheid Allegations
A major South African political party seeks to punish key defenders of Israel. Pretoria’s Al Jama-ah party submitted a legal claim on June 2 arguing that members of parliament engaged in unlawful support...
Policy Briefs
5 Ways South Africa Undermines U.S. Interests — and What Must Change
The United States must increase pressure on South Africa to reverse five of its harmful policies. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s arrival in Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump offers...
Insights
America Must Stop Funding South Africa’s Discriminatory University
There’s a university where Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthi leaders are welcome — but Israeli academics are not. This particular ivory tower is also the largest recipient of U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) money outside the United States. Welcome to South Africa’s University of Cape Town (UCT).
Op-eds
U.S. Pushes Back Against South Africa’s Anti-American Diplomacy
South Africa appears to have little interest in making friends in Washington.
Op-eds
Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament
The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security
Monographs
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...
Policy Briefs
Pro-Palestinian Activists Blame Bibas Children for Their Own Murders
The confirmation of the murders of the red-haired Bibas boys was a gut punch for Israelis. For some pro-Palestinian activists, it was an opportunity to blame the victims.
Op-eds
‘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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Policy Briefs
‘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...
Flash Briefs
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....
Insights
Hamas Praises New Anti-Israel Lawfare Coalition of Nations
Hamas Commends Coalition: The Iran-backed Hamas terrorist organization on February 3 praised a newly established 10-member bloc of anti-Israel nations calling itself “The Hague...
Flash Briefs
South African Anti-Israel NGOs Commemorate the Holocaust by Hijacking Its Memory
Anti-Israel groups commemorated the Holocaust by hijacking its memory. Gift of the Givers and other South African anti-Israel organizations marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day by screening a film that...
Op-eds
‘Not worried’: South Africa sets itself on a collision course with Trump
South Africa's troubling shift away from the West
Op-eds
Attempted Bombing Attack on South African Jewish Community Center Remains Unsolved
The bomb in Cape Town may have failed to detonate on December 5, but it has sparked an independent investigation. South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein announced in mid-January that an independent...
Policy Briefs
Lawfare Against Israeli Soldiers
Israeli tourist Yuval Vagdani had to escape for the second time. On October 7, 2023, he survived the Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival near Gaza. Then in the first week of January 2025, he escaped Brazil...
Op-eds
South Africa Needs the Trump Treatment
The ANC has been too cozy for too long with the West’s enemies.
Op-eds
South Africa Is Not Pro-Palestinian, It’s Pro-Hamas
On October 5, 2024 Sheikh Riad Fataar declared, “We are all Hamas.” Fataar — who is the president of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), a large Muslim organization in South Africa — delivered...