In an awkward moment during a speech in Miami on Wednesday, November 5, Donald Trump mixed up South America and South Africa. During a rant about communism, the president, 79, expressed sympathy for Miami citizens for dealing with an influx of Cuban immigrants who fled to the city to escape the communist Castro regime — but he confused South America with South Africa,

South Africa’s government said on Thursday it will investigate how 17 of its citizens joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict after the men sent distress calls for help to return home.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered a probe into how its citizens were recruited to fight as mercenaries in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Nelson Mandela's African National Congress promised South Africans "A Better Life For All" when it swept to power in the country's first democratic election in 1994, marking the end of white minority rule and apartheid.

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A South African court on Wednesday ordered anti-immigrant group Operation Dudula to cease attempts to block foreigners from public spaces.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected opposition allegations that a recent pause in the electricity cuts that have plagued the country for years was due to an election coming up on May 29.

The supercarrier, ordered to the Caribbean by Trump, has not moved significantly toward that area for two days.

The South African government said Thursday it will investigate how 17 of its citizens were tricked into joining mercenaries in the Russia-Ukraine war after they asked for help to escape the conflict in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

Here is all you need to know about the second one-day international between Pakistan and South Africa in Faisalabad: preview, toss update, playing XIs, full squads and live streaming information