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The Health Professions Council of South Africa’s (HPCSA’s) ruling last month against controversial United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, has...
In the dust and dreams of 1950s Johannesburg, a handful of Jewish families stood on what was once a peach farm and imagined something extraordinary: a...
The legal storm surrounding United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has intensified, with the United States-based National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) confirming that she has now...
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has ruled that former Johannesburg mayor and current Al Jama-ah councillor Thapelo Amad’s inflammatory social media post glorifying Hamas...
Two granddaughters of late President Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela described being glued to the TV at the return of hostages on Monday, 13 October, after...
In a watershed moment for Johannesburg’s Jewish community, two of its most prominent Torah schools – Yeshiva College and Hirsch Lyons – have announced an historic...
Former King David Primary School Linksfield teacher, Dina Barnett, found herself at the centre of the horror at Jerusalem’s Ramot Junction on Monday, 8 September, when...
A spike in violent express kidnappings and hijacking in our community appears to have been halted with the arrest of four suspects believed to be behind...
In the darkest hours of their lives, Lauren and Larry Waksman made a decision that would save others. Just days after their beloved 19-year-old son, Gavi,...
“We’re still in the tunnels,” said South African-born former Hamas hostage Aviva Siegel, who is in Johannesburg this week with her husband, Keith, to raise awareness...
The future of King David Victory Park (KDVP) hangs in the balance and it may possibly be closing its doors at the end of the year....
President Cyril Ramaphosa has drawn sharp criticism after using the 2025 Liberation Movements Summit, hosted by the African National Congress (ANC) last weekend, to launch an...
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has called for the Constitutional Court to replace President Cyril Ramaphosa as the official patron of the National...
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has thrown out Durban businessman and alleged terror financier Farhad Hoomer’s bid to register a political party under the incendiary name...
An ultra-Orthodox Israeli soldier with strong South African ties followed a path few in his world choose to walk by enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces...
When Israeli airspace suddenly shut down at the beginning of the Iran-Israel war on 13 June, hundreds of South Africans were stranded in a war zone...
An Israeli trauma specialist who spent time working in South African public hospitals earlier this year was on duty last week when an Iranian missile struck...
When a ballistic missile exploded just metres from her Tel Aviv apartment in the early hours of Monday, 16 June, Cape Town-born Marissa Sarfatti thought it...
When Rabbi Levi Shmotkin speaks about the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s letters, he doesn’t just relay their content, he inhabits them. Sitting across from him, it’s clear that...
A traumatised Israeli runner who participated in the Comrades Marathon on Sunday, 8 June, says he has never experienced threats and intimidation like that before in...
A controversial Durban businessman with alleged ties to terrorism is attempting to enter South Africa’s political arena by registering a new political party under the name...
The African National Congress (ANC) this week demanded an investigation into a recent fact-finding trip to Israel by a multiparty delegation of South African members of...
Flames tore through forests, vineyards, fields, and homes in the Jerusalem Hills in central Israel with terrifying speed on Wednesday, 30 April, bringing traffic to a...
In a shift in strategy, anti-Israel protesters here and abroad have begun targeting Egypt in their ongoing campaign to demonise the Jewish state, staging demonstrations outside...
What began as a bold step toward understanding the complex realities of the Middle East quickly descended into political mudslinging and vitriol. This after a South...
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas as South Africa’s new special envoy to the United States (US) has stirred speculation about...
Diplomatic relations between Washington and Pretoria have slid further following a new bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives last week by two Republican...
South Africa’s consul general in Los Angeles (LA), Thandile Babalwa Sunduza, has been given her marching orders by the United States (US) State Department Office of...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that national government will intervene to prevent the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) ongoing push in the Johannesburg City Council to name...
The leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Johannesburg City Council this week demanded that the mayor secure an urgent public apology from a council...
Fringe anti-Israel political party Al Jama-ah accused the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) in Parliament on 4 March of curtailing freedom of speech. Al...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the lead writer of an inflammatory article published in highly regarded international publication Foreign Policy on 25 February, accusing the...
With tensions between Pretoria and Washington at breaking point, a high-powered South African delegation is preparing for a crucial diplomatic mission to the United States (US),...
A late-night incident at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday, 4 February, ignited global outrage and confusion after three religious Jewish men were denied permission to...
South African-born Aviva Siegel is “smiling from ear to ear” now that she has been reunited with her beloved husband, Keith, 65, who was released from...
Jewish communal leadership met Israel’s new foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, on 2 February to discuss the challenges facing South African Jewry in the wake of the...
South Africa’s recently appointed ambassador to the United States (US), Ebrahim Rasool, known for his anti-Israel advocacy, faces an impossible mission – selling South Africa to...
Calls for an investigation into the questionable and reckless conduct of Tlaleng Mofokeng, the QwaQwa-born United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the right to health, appear...
A renowned Israeli expert in ocular oncology will speak at the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa (OSSA) Congress next month despite facing a campaign of bullying...
Nearly six weeks have passed since an explosive device was thrown into the precinct of the Jewish communal offices in Gardens, Cape Town, and in spite...
