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4 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Zimasa Matiwane |John Eligon
Thousands of white South Africans are jockeying to get on the next flight to the United States as refugees. They say the backlash against their community is unfair. From the moment she learned of President Trump's executive order allowing white South Africans to live in the United States as refugees, Zenia Pretorius knew she wanted to go. She and her husband no longer felt safe in the country because of their race, she said.
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4 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Lynsey Chutel |Zimasa Matiwane
The girl, Joshlin Smith is still missing, and the case has haunted South Africa. Prosecutors said that the mother was addicted to drugs and had sold the girl for 20,000 rand, about $1,100. A judge in South Africa sentenced a woman to life in prison on Thursday after she was convicted of selling her 6-year-old daughter, who is still missing, in a case that has captivated and horrified South Africans.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Lynsey Chutel |Zimasa Matiwane
The jokes mask a deep-seated anger over the legacy of apartheid and the inequality that many Black people say continues to define life in their country. Mandla Dube, a South African farmer, fled his home three years ago after being attacked by armed robbers. He was living outside Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital, when about eight armed men stormed his house one night, he said. The robbers pointed a gun at him, tied him up for six hours and stole his valuables.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Amelia Nierenberg |Zimasa Matiwane
7 hours agoPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has called a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle "cowards", saying "they'll be back soon". The group of Afrikaners arrived in the US on Monday after President Donald Trump granted them refugee status, saying they faced racial discrimination. …
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Amelia Nierenberg |Zimasa Matiwane
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa said white South Africans who had left for the United States after being granted refugee status there were "cowardly," in a blunt broadside as tensions over the issue mount between the countries.
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1 month 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.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Zimasa Matiwane |John Eligon
A mother's call for justice has challenged a culture of shame and inspired a nationwide movement to tackle the crisis of sexual violence. The protesters were furious. They tugged on the gate of the school where the mother said her 7-year-old daughter had been raped. They demanded that the school be closed, and threatened to burn it down.
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2 months 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.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Zimasa Matiwane |Jeffrey Moyo
After getting his car searched, Gilbert Tapfumaneyi said he would return to town on Monday without his vehicle to join the protests. Mr. Tapfumaneyi, a car salesman, said he did not make enough money to buy gas. "We have suffered enough," he said. While some workers in central Harare said they would stay away on Monday out of fear of violence breaking out, others said that they had little choice but to try to go to work.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
smh.com.au | Zimasa Matiwane |Amelia Nierenberg
By Zimasa Matiwane and Amelia Nierenberg March 19, 2025 — 6.10pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Johannesburg: South Africa will not remove scientists from a remote base in Antarctica after investigating allegations that one of them physically assaulted and sexually harassed other researchers at the outpost, the country’s Environment Department said.
