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Pretoria summons US ambassador as diplomatic strain grows with Washington

US ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, was called in for a formal diplomatic demarche following comments the government described as “undiplomatic”

Israel’s impunity in its actions against people in Gaza and other Occupied Territories, its neighbours and now Iran is an attack on international law.

Israeli impunity: SA leads global fight for justice

South Africa spearheading a Global South coalition to enforce international law against Israel will attract a backlash but it’s the right thing to do

Zane Dangor cited a warning by major aid groups and NGOs in Gaza that a 50-day blockade on aid is pushing the enclave into famine to complete collapse. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Israel is starving Gaza by design, SA tells International Court of Justice

South Africa argued that a 50-day aid blockade was further proof of the genocide of the Palestinian population

Bricsbat: US president-elect Donald Trump has warned that he would impose heavy tariffs on Brics nations if they created a currency to counter the dollar. Photo: Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images

Trump could bring a plot twist to SA’s G20 presidency

The US president-elect’s threat to Brics and regressive climate change stance risk stoking tension

President Cyril Ramaphosa is one of three leaders who has warned of collapse unless international law is enforced. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images

Ramaphosa: South Africa has given the ICJ proof of genocide in Gaza

Its papers to the UN tribunal served as reminder of the suffering of Palestinians and Israel’s defiance on international covenants, the president said

Palestinians inspect the destroyed building after an Israeli attack at the Et-Tabiin school where displaced people took shelter in the Ed-Deraj neighbourhood in Gaza City. (Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty Images)

South Africa condemns Israel’s strike on Gaza school as inhumane

The international ministry is considering its options in the multilateral sphere to push for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Zane Dangor .Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)

Dangor: ICJ order on Rafah is ground-breaking

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On notice: International Court of Justice Judge President Joan Donoghue, watched by Israel’s and South Africa’s defence teams, delivers the order on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel on 26 January in The Hague, Netherlands.  (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Iron cloak of security: Behind SA’s risky decision to take on Israel

South Africa’s decision to take Israel, the West’s darling, to the International Court of Justice for genocidal intent was brave politics