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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