John Eligon

5 days ago | seattletimes.com | John Eligon |Hamed Aleaziz |Zimasa Matiwane |Zolan Kanno-Youngs

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to bring the first group of white South Africans it has classified as refugees to the United States on Monday, according to officials briefed on the plans and documents obtained by The New York Times.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Zolan Kanno-Youngs |Hamed Aleaziz |John Eligon

The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions. The Trump administration is working to bring the first group of white South Africans it has classified as refugees to the United States early next week, according to officials briefed on the plans and documents obtained by The New York Times.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | John Eligon |Zimasa Matiwane

A government official is preparing to ease Black ownership rules that Elon Musk claims are racist and prevent his satellite internet provider from operating in his native country. South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has been vocal about his desire to see his country's wealthiest son, Elon Musk, invest some of his billions at home. But his overtures have been stymied by Mr. Musk's criticism of the South African government as racist.

1 month ago | spokesman.com | John Eligon

Chaos surrounded us. Informal porters rolling luggage carts zigzagged between cars. Commuters spilled from the bus terminal onto the sidewalk, where they sat on suitcases and duffel bags. Minibus taxis zoomed through the congestion, pedestrians be damned. Our car crawled past a barbed-wire fence and reached a sliding gate, where all that separated my wife and me from the empty lot on the other side was a security guard. “Blue Train,” I said, and the guard waved us through.

1 month ago | sanjuandailystar.com | John Eligon

By John EligonThe African nation of Zaire was elated. Its president, Mobutu Sese Seko, had struck a deal in 1974 for the country to host potentially the biggest boxing contest in history: Muhammad Ali, a legend seemingly on the decline, versus George Foreman, a ferocious, rising heavyweight world champion. Mobutu, a brutal autocrat, saw a chance to introduce Zaire, now known as Congo, to the world as a stable nation of 22 million people on the path to becoming a developed powerhouse.