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  • Conference of Presidents visiting South Africa

    February 11, 2010 8:48pm

    The highest profile Jewish delegation ever to visit the African continent is in South Africa meeting with government leaders and local Jews.

  • Zuma to South African Jews: Come home

    September 1, 2009 2:24am

    In his first speech to a Jewish conference, South African President Jacob Zuma addressed anti-Semitism, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the importance of Jews to the country, earning a warm reception.

  • S. Africa targets visiting IDF official for prosecution

    August 7, 2009 10:52pm

    A former South African Cabinet minister and two NGOs are calling for the war crimes prosecution of an Israeli soldier visiting the country.

  • Government minister’s slurs anger South African Jews

    January 27, 2009 1:20am

    A senior government official has roiled the South African Jewish community with anti-Semitic slurs, while the country’s president is assuring community leaders that everything will be be done to keep them safe.

  • S. Africa’s ostrich-farming Jews

    November 28, 2004 10:00am

    Hundreds of community members and visitors from around the world gather to celebrate 120 years of Jewish ostrich farmers in South Africa.

  • Jewish-led party does well in S. African elections

    April 18, 2004 9:00am

    A political party headed by one of South Africa´s leading Jewish politicians has entrenched its position as the second-largest party in the country.

  • South African Jews urged to engage

    January 8, 2004 10:00am

    South Africa’s central Jewish institution has come up with a plan to bolster the future of South African Jewry and help the community integrate into the general society.

  • Israeli mafia trial in South Africa

    December 7, 2003 10:00am

    An alleged Israeli mobster is facing charges in South Africa that include murder, kidnapping, robbery and intimidation, in what promises to be one of the highest-profile South African criminal trials in years.

  • South African judge: Iraq war is unlawful

    March 31, 2003 10:00am

    At a time when most Jewish leaders in South Africa are keeping a low profile on the war in Iraq, Judge Richard Goldstone has called the U.S.-led attack “unlawful under international law.” Goldstone, a prominent jurist and authority on human ri

  • S. African march glorifies suicide bombings

    December 1, 2002 10:00am

    The South African Jewish Board of Deputies is considering filing charges against the organizers of an anti-Israel march in Cape Town that included boys dressed as Muslim suicide bombers and demonstrators shouting “One American, one bullet” as