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AllAfrica on MSN1d
South Africa's Domestic Workers Still Battle With Echoes of a Racist Past [analysis]
There are 861,000 domestic workers employed in South Africa. They make up about 25% of the informal (non-agricultural) labour sector. By and large, it is still uneducated, black working-class females ...
South Africa’s domestic workers still battle with echoes of a racist past
The employment conditions for domestic workers have improved since democracy in 1994. However, some practices from the ...
Reuters16d
South African opposition party seeks to block parliament budget vote
JOHANNESBURG, April 2 (Reuters) - South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters has written to the speaker of parliament seeking to block lawmakers from meeting on Wednesday to vote ...
Reuters17d
South Africa's two biggest parties yet to reach pact on budget
JOHANNESBURG, April 1 (Reuters) - South Africa's two biggest political parties, the African National Congress and the pro-business Democratic Alliance were yet to reach agreement to pass the ...
BBC23d
'Yoh! You're in the OED' – South Africa makes its linguistic mark
The makarapa was originally a helmet for construction workers but has now been embraced by South African ... Seshweshwe patterns are used in traditional southern African clothes or accessories ...
The New York Times24d
A Journey on the Blue Train: Gilded Luxury in the World’s ‘Most Unequal Country’
On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns. Credit ...
News2424d
South African economic growth could triple this year, Absa says
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Frontiers24d
Perceived patterns and drivers of deagrarianization: a case study of Ambros and Maramanzhi villages, South Africa
The aim of this study is to examine cultivation trends to understand the patterns and drivers of deagrarianization in Ambros village, Eastern Cape province and Maramanzhi village, Limpopo province, ...
Associated Press24d
South Africa president says persecution of whites a ‘false narrative’ as Musk repeats genocide claim
Elon Musk attends the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, welcomes Ursula von ...
Al Jazeera English25d
From South Africa to the US, white victimhood knows no borders
White South Africans supporting US President Donald Trump and South African and US tech billionaire Elon Musk gather in front of the US embassy in Pretoria, on February 15, 2025 for a ...
Los Angeles Times25d
South African ambassador says he’ll wear U.S. expulsion as ‘badge of dignity’
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration was welcomed home at an airport Sunday ...
CNN26d
Expelled South African ambassador returns home, says will wear US sanction as ‘badge of dignity’
The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration was given a hero’s welcome on his return home Sunday, when ...