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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

Cyril Ramaphosa

US President Donald Trump meets South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 22, 2025, 5:05 am
Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of white ‘genocide’
US president dims lights to play video in Oval Office, says white farmers in South Africa face ‘death, death, death, horrible death’; Ramaphosa: ‘We are completely opposed to that’
By AP
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, first row left, listens in Johannesburg on January 26, 2024, to the ruling from the top UN court that harshly criticized Israel's war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza. (AP Photo)
April 28, 2025, 6:05 am
South African Jews hopeful teetering coalition will be forced to temper anti-Israel stance
Some community leaders believe the solution to domestic challenges and a diplomatic crisis with the US begins with the Jewish state – but will the government agree?
By Zev Stub
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa raises his hand as he is sworn is as a member of Parliament ahead of an expected vote by lawmakers to decide if he is reelected as leader of the country in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
June 15, 2024, 6:21 am
South Africa’s Ramaphosa reelected for 2nd term after last minute coalition deal
ANC strikes agreement with former opposition party Democratic Alliance, which opposed taking Israel to international court with accusations of Gaza genocide
By Gerald Imray and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
File: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa listens in Johannesburg, South Africa, to the ruling from the top UN court that harshly criticized Israel's war against Hamas, on January 26, 2024. (AP Photo)
April 20, 2024, 6:37 am
South Africa Jewish leader: President used meet with us on antisemitism to attack Israel
SA Jewish Board of Deputies requested talks with Ramaphosa to discuss rising Jew hatred, but Wendy Kahn says he instead went on about ‘the genocide that Israel is committing’
By Ron Kampeas
Pro-Palestinian supporters protest against Israel outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, November 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
November 22, 2023, 4:56 am
South African parliament calls on government to shutter Israeli embassy
Lawmakers pass non-binding motion branding Israel an ‘apartheid state,’ as South Africa’s president claims Israeli actions in Gaza during war against Hamas ‘tantamount to genocide’
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa listens during the BRICS group of emerging economies three-day summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
November 22, 2023, 12:38 am
South Africa’s shift on Israel: From Mandela-era acceptance to ‘genocide’ allegations
Unprecedented anti-Israel statements by the African nation’s head appear to be part of a broader geopolitical shift, but the country’s Jews report feeling safe and comfortable
By Canaan Lidor
From left, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS group photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 23, 2023. (Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP)
August 24, 2023, 3:44 pm
Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE all set to join BRICS bloc of emerging economies
Group, which includes Western rivals Russia and China, also to welcome Argentina, Egypt, and Ethiopia in 2024; Tehran hails ‘strategic victory for Iran’s foreign policy’
By Gerald Imray and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2023. (Ramil Sitdikov/Photo host Agency RIA Novosti via AP)
July 19, 2023, 4:33 pm
South Africa says Putin to skip upcoming summit due to ICC arrest warrant
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says decision for Russian leader not to attend was by ‘mutual agreement,’ allowing him to avoid dilemma of whether to execute warrant
By Gerald Imray
Security guards ask an Israeli observer delegation headed by Sharon Bar-Li (center) to leave the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, 2023. (Screen capture/Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 19, 2023, 6:01 pm
With its envoy booted, Israel avoids African Union summit closing ceremony
Sharon Bar-li was escorted out of regional assembly on Saturday, apparently at behest of South Africa and Algeria, as Israel’s status continues to split 55-member bloc
By Lazar Berman
Security guards ask an Israeli observer delegation headed by Sharon Bar-Li (center) to leave the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, 2023. (Screen capture/Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 19, 2023, 3:41 pm
South Africa governing party hails ouster of Israeli envoy from African Union summit
Sharon Bar-li was escorted out of regional assembly, apparently at behest of South Africa and Algeria, in move one official says was coordinated by Iran
By AFP
Family members carry the coffin of South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu during the requiem mass of Tutu at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on January 1, 2022 (Nic BOTHMA / POOL / AFP)
January 1, 2022, 11:45 am
‘When we were in the dark, he brought light’: Funeral service held for Tutu
South African archbishop left instructions for a simple funeral with cheap pine coffin; will be cremated, then buried in church where he railed against apartheid from pulpit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the media after meeting with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta in Pretoria, South Africa, November. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
December 13, 2021, 12:54 am
South African president tests positive for COVID, treated for mild symptoms
Cyril Ramaphosa self-isolating and has delegated responsibilities to the deputy president; no indication if he was infected with Omicron variant first identified in his country
By ANDREW MELDRUM
People lineup to get on a flight to Paris at OR Tambo's airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 26, 2021. (AP Photo/ Jerome Delay)
November 28, 2021, 11:16 pm
South Africa, WHO urge reversal of travel bans as world scrambles to contain Omicron
President Cyril Ramaphosa says blacklisting his nation is ‘scientifically unjustified’; UN health director in Africa says it may only slightly reduce the spread of COVID
By AFP
A member of the South African Police Service shoots rubber bullets to disperse looters outside a a warehouse storing alcohol in Durban on July 16, 2021, in the midst of an ongoing alcohol ban after protestors have clashed with police following a week of unrest in South Africa. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)
July 17, 2021, 6:27 pm
South African president decries violent ‘insurrection’ as death toll hits 212
Cyril Ramaphosa vows to find instigators of violence following jailing of his predecessor Jacob Zuma
By AFP
The body of a man believed to have been killed overnight lies at the scene of a looted mall in Vosloorus, on the outskirts of Johannesburg on July 14, 2021. (MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
July 15, 2021, 6:55 am
In looted South African mall, a man lies dead as the poor pick over scraps
Citizens casually rob businesses as police stand by, seemingly powerless; arrest of former president sparks greatest crisis since apartheid era
By AFP
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