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SABC presenter Juliet Newell (L) debates Mamphela Ramphele on South African television, August 2025. (Screenshots: YouTube, clause 27a of the copyright law)
September 2, 2025, 7:07 pm
South African interviewer fired for challenging comparison of Gaza war to Holocaust
Juliet Newell called the juxtaposition ‘provocative,’ noted the issues are different, prompting SABC broadcaster to boot her under pro-Palestinian pressure; Yad Vashem: ‘A moral failure’
By Zev Stub
David Teeger is the captain of South Africa's under-19 national cricket team. (Screenshot from YouTube/The South African Jewish Report via JTA)
December 14, 2023, 12:53 am
Rising South African cricket star who praised IDF cleared of hate speech allegations
Jewish sportsman David Teeger, 18, vindicated after he dedicated his ‘rising star’ award to Israel and a Palestinian advocacy group filed a complaint that led to his suspension
By jacob gurvis
Illustrative: Fans at a South Africa rugby match in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 13, 2022. (AP/Themba Hadebe)
March 24, 2023, 11:08 pm
Jewish groups urge US rugby to pull out of South Africa tourney that banned Israel
American Jewish Committee, ADL, Jewish Federations call on American team to withdraw from ‘discriminatory competition’ after Tel Aviv squad disinvited due to BDS pressure
By jacob gurvis
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, takes the Oath of Office alongside Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, left, at the Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, May 25, 2019. (AP Photo)
July 29, 2020, 6:29 am
Under fire for pro-Israel comments, South African chief justice cites the Bible
In affidavit replying to formal complaint, Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng says religious obligation to pray for peace of Jerusalem and not hate Israel must not be seen as a political stance
By Raphael Ahren
Benjamin Pogrund, center, next to Nelson Mandela (courtesy Benjamin Pogrund)
June 5, 2020, 6:47 am
Annexation will mean apartheid, warns Mandela ally who always fought comparison
Cape Town-born Benjamin Pogrund, an early confidant of Mandela, wrote a book arguing ‘A’ word doesn’t apply to Israel. Now he fears state will become ‘mirror of what apartheid was’
By Raphael Ahren
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa makes his State of the Nation address in parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, February 7, 2019. (Rodger Bosch, Pool via AP)
November 7, 2019, 11:58 am
As South Africa cools ties, leader says it ‘can learn a lot’ from Israeli tech
A month after confirming intention to downgrade Tel Aviv embassy to liaison office, Cyril Ramaphosa hails Startup Nation as ‘leading by leaps and bounds’
By Raphael Ahren
Adi Greenberger, left, and Nadav Freeman at a Shabbat Project event in New York's Times Square last year. (Ido Simantov/Courtesy)
October 25, 2018, 11:21 pm
Over 1 million to ditch phones for Day of Rest, says South Africa’s chief rabbi
Encouraging people to unplug, take a walk, and eat with friends, the Shabbat Project, starting Friday at sundown, says it has participants in 1,400 cities across 98 countries
By Yaakov Schwartz
South African model Shashi Naidoo (r) apologizes for supporting Israel on June 20, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 25, 2018, 5:09 pm
Israel bars entry to South African model on BDS-organized ‘re-education trip’
After receiving death threats for social media posts supporting Israel, Shashi Naidoo retracted her comments and agreed to join anti-Israel program
By ToI Staff
A German flag with Nazi swastika graffitied on a wall in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 20, 2018. (South Africa Jewish Board of Deputies)
June 29, 2018, 8:33 pm
South African Jews file police complaint against 3 for ‘gross anti-Semitism’
Community leader says attacks, threats becoming increasingly inflammatory, warns prevalent anti-Israel sentiment is spilling over into racist slurs against Jews
By ToI Staff
A German flag with Nazi swastika graffitied on a wall in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 20, 2018. (South Africa Jewish Board of Deputies)
June 21, 2018, 7:19 pm
‘We’re called scum, rats, pigs’: S. Africa’s Jews protest soaring anti-Semitism
Community head: Anti-Israel sentiment spilling over into ‘hateful slurs’ against Jews: We’re being warned our time is coming, and told Holocaust will be a picnic by comparison
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers take aim, as they lie on an earth barrier along the border with the Gaza Strip, near the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nahal Oz, on March 30, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)
April 4, 2018, 4:48 pm
South Africa says IDF ‘must withdraw’ from Gaza
Foreign Ministry in Pretoria condemns Israeli military’s actions during Friday’s border protests as ‘violent aggression’
By Raphael Ahren
Cape Town residents residents wait to fill containers with water at a source for natural spring water, February 2, 2018.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
March 8, 2018, 11:44 am
As ‘Day Zero’ looms, South Africa open to Israeli water tech, researcher says
Technology from Israel could be a boon to Cape Town as reservoirs run dry, though Pretoria’s hostility to Jerusalem looms over possible cooperation
By Luke Tress
Howard Feldman
February 14, 2018, 1:56 pm
Howard Feldman
Racist BDS-movements
I am fighting this war of words by calling the push for bigotry what it is
President of South Africa Jacob Zuma attends the last day of the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg on December 20, 2017, during the African National Congress (ANC) 54th National Conference (AFP PHOTO / WIKUS DE WET)
December 21, 2017, 11:41 am
South Africa’s ruling party resolves to downgrade embassy in Israel
Pro-Palestinian activists and PA officials praise planned switch to ‘liaison office,’ while Jewish groups decry it, though it remains unclear whether it will be implemented
By Raphael Ahren
Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, left, with South African Environment Minister Bomo Molewa, November 6, 2017 (courtesy)
November 6, 2017, 10:32 pm
In thaw, Israeli minister meets South African counterparts
Tzachi Hanegbi meets with two ministers and veteran ANC leaders in what his office hails as a sign of warming ties
By Raphael Ahren
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