South Africa

Diversity at Dublin Bus: ‘Nationality should not come into play here’

Eighty five countries of origin are represented among the company’s employees, while the number of women drivers has risen 147 per cent in five years

There’s a lot more to South African red wines than pinotage

Adventurous winemakers are making some very exciting wines around Swartland and Olifants River

South African chenin blanc is having its moment, and for good reason

This white wine varies from crisp and light to richer and more textured, and even some great sweet wines

South Africans seek ways to repair US relations as 30% tariffs seen as punishment

The identity of the country’s next ambassador to the US has become a much discussed topic

Hostelworld’s departing chair named new CEO of South African gaming group

Ulrik Bengtsson plans to step down later this year

Trump’s rebranding of Afrikaners as victims is calculated to appeal to the American far right

Worldview: When Trump or Musk talk about the murders of white farmers, they’re sending a signal in support of white nationalism

US travel ban: Trump administration considers restrictions on 41 countries, expels South African ambassador

Marco Rubio says ambassador is a ‘race-baiting politician’ who is ‘no longer welcome’ in US

Twist by Colum McCann: Surprising and electric, a wired-up story of what it means to bend yourself into new shapes

A novel that rolls across continents on seas of emotion that find their form in glorious passages of writing

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found – Moving portrait of an exiled apartheid photographer

This documentary relocates its subject at the nexus of ANC truth-and-reconciliation hearings, Jim Crow laws and New York street life

Apartheid South Africa: ‘Ernest Cole’s photographs were the first that told the story from inside the beast’

Raoul Peck, director of Ernest Cole: Lost & Found, on his new film about the trailblazing photographer

Denis Staunton: As Europe wrings its hands at the US, the rest of the world may be organising

Asian leaders do not seem minded to stand by as the global power balance looks set for big changes

Brave new worlds: two wines to try from lesser known regions

Wines for the Weekend: These wines from Georgia and South Africa have gained a following in wine circles

South Africa is a country of contrasts – stunning beauty and a lot that rankles

For those fortunate enough to visit, there’s a version of South Africa forever inching towards Nelson Mandela’s vision

Trump funding threat leaves South Africans with HIV and Aids in limbo

US president’s ultimatum linked to land expropriation act signed by Ramaphosa

‘I used to have a firearm for protection. In Ireland I walk home at 10 o’clock at night by myself’

Vannessa Murphy and Zuandra Van Tonder moved from South Africa to Tipperary town in 2022

Congo authorities block access to Goma airport as rebels advance

At least 13 peacekeepers killed as three-year insurgency by rebel group M23 intensifies

South African government faces criticism as death toll rises at mining siege

At least 78 bodies taken from illegal mine where police blocked food and water supplies for months

Should Ireland pass the Occupied Territories Bill? Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy and former ambassador Daniel Mulhall debate

Contentious proposed law would ban trade with Israeli firms operating in occupied Palestinian territory

Why has Ireland joined the ICJ case against Israel? Is it simply that it’s the right thing to do?

There are several reasons why our sympathy for the Palestinian cause has not been tempered by the pragmatic realities of international diplomatic relations, as is the case elsewhere

Irish ICJ submission on Gaza asks UN court to consider repeated human rights violations as suggestive of genocide

Ireland says inference can be drawn from a state’s actions that it is guilty of genocide even where no direct evidence of such a policy is produced

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