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Here are all the stories that made the headlines on front pages of newspapers worldwide on Tuesday, 1 April 2025. Have a ...

President Trump imposes record tariffs on 60 nations, including a 50% tariff on Lesotho, targeting long-standing trade imbalances and affecting African nations.

Kevin Young, director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is on personal leave amid political scrutiny and calls to reshape national cultural narratives.

Pretoria-born billionaire Elon Musk has stood by his claims of a 'white genocide' in South Africa, with white people being ...

a white South African writer and historian, said of Mr. Trump’s description of his country. But, Mr. du Preez added, white people have flourished since the end of apartheid in 1994. Image ...

They are often disparaged as ugly, sly and cruel scavengers but for South African artist Hannelie Coetzee, hyenas are symbols of female power and the normalisation of queerness.

The phrase might have gone unnoticed if it hadn't shattered a concept closely tied to the White House's recent attacks on South Africa. In a ruling handed down in mid-February, a South African ...