South Africa

Early humans in South Africa used dedicated quarries for stone as long as 220,000 years ago - study

Based on this, researchers suggest that early homo sapiens planned for the long-term acquisition of resources earlier than previously thought.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Dozens of large and small stone flakes and production waste found at the Jojosi excavation site in eastern South Africa, April 11, 2026.
Jewish South African intellectual Steven Gruzd was killed on Saturday.

South African Jew killed after being kidnapped, police confirm, no proof of antisemitic intent

The Jewish Community Security Organization (CSO) informed that the victim disappeared at around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, and was found lifeless two days later by the police.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view of the court on the day the International Court of Justice is due to rule on a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to stop exporting weapons to Israel and to reverse its decision to stop funding UNRWA, the Hague, Netherlands, April 23, 2024.

Germany pulls support for Israel in ICJ genocide case, battling accusations of aiding Israel

“We are now ourselves part of a contentious case before the ICJ and have therefore decided not to make use of this option,” said foreign ministry spokesperson Josef Hinterseher.

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.

Israel brief to ICJ rejecting genocide claims likely delayed by Iran war

The ICJ had given Israel several extensions over the last year to file the brief, with the most recent extension being until March 12.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Ancient proteins reveal male Australopithecus africanus, oldest hominin found in Sterkfontein Caves

The Australopithecus africanus specimen is the oldest hominin analyzed for sex using palaeoproteomics.

FEBRUARY 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Light inside the Sterkfontein Caves in the paleoanthropological site Cradle of Humankind in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Trump tightens purse strings on South Africa over ICJ case against Israel

The United States allocated nearly $440 million in assistance to South Africa in 2023, the most recent US government data shows.

FEBRUARY 8, 2025ByREUTERS
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2024.

US President Donald Trump to cut off funding for South Africa

"South Africa is confiscating land and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY," Trump said in a Truth Social post.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByREUTERS
(L-R) US President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa renews legal attacks on Israel as member of The Hague Group

The group is formed of representatives from South Africa, Belize, Cuba, Namibia, Bolivia, Honduras, Senegal, Colombia and Malaysia.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
SOUTH AFRICAN officials listen as the International Court of Justice rules, following South African accusations that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, in January.

School bus-sized asteroid found to be fragment of the Moon

Spectroscopic analysis shows PT5 matches lunar rocks collected during Apollo missions.

JANUARY 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
School bus-sized asteroid found to be fragment of the Moon. Illustration.

South Africa's activist rabbi takes global stage in Israel's defense

Jewish Affairs | Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein leverages legal expertise and religious leadership to counter South Africa's ICJ case while building interfaith bridges at home.

JANUARY 24, 2025ByBATYA LEVINTHAL
SINCE THE October 7 massacre, Rabbi Goldstein has emerged as an articulate defender of Israel, using his legal expertise to counter South Africa’s apartheid and genocide accusations at the International Court of Justice.

SA Chief Rabbi invites counter-terror task force to South Africa

Rabbi Warren Goldstein: “There is a growing terror threat from Iran against Jews worldwide, and the task force’s work in South Africa will assist all diaspora communities.”

JANUARY 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New Task Force Against Terror

South African Jewish community condemns president for silence after explosive thrown at JCC

Although no damage or injury was caused in the incident, the Jewish community is demanding that Ramaphosa condemn this attempted attack.

DECEMBER 18, 2024ByELLIE ESQUENAZI
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2024.

The ANC’s ties to terror-linked states displays South Africa’s troubling trajectory - opinion

The ANC, once the world’s symbol of resistance against oppression, now supports a political propaganda narrative that views Israel as an apartheid, colonial state.

DECEMBER 18, 2024ByCHARLES ASHER SMALL
South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela uses a phone at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusin

Explosive device thrown at Jewish community in Cape Town, South Africa - report

The improvised explosive failed to detonate, so no persons were wounded in the incident.

DECEMBER 6, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
On display at the South Africa vs. Palestine soccer game.