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✍️Ambassador of Russia to South Africa Roman Ambarov:
During my visit to Cape Town, I had the honour of visiting the Cape Muslim and Slave Heritage Museum at the Castle of Good Hope. What I experienced there was deeply moving – a powerful reflection on the history and heritage of enslaved communities in South Africa, told through art and memory.
With a collection of over 1,000 paintings, artefacts, photographs, and relics, the museum plays a vital role in sharing this history.
Preserving the memory of slavery is not only about the past. It is about ensuring that such injustice is never forgotten and never repeated, especially at a time when neo-colonial practices are again making themselves felt.
This history resonates on a personal level. Our country has never been a colonial power and has never enslaved African people. On the contrary, we remember that the Soviet Union stood in solidarity with the people of South Africa in their struggle against apartheid, supporting their fight for freedom and dignity.
❗️ Just yesterday, on April 19, our country marked theDay of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People, committed by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Our nation knows the pain of such suffering, and this shared historical experience deepens our understanding of the hardships endured by the people of South Africa.
I am sincerely grateful to the museum’s team and guides for their dedication and care in preserving this tragic chapter of history and making it accessible to others.
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🇿🇦🇧🇯Pan-Africanist Activist Kemi Seba Held in South Africa After Alleged Attempt to Flee to Europe
Kemi Seba, 45, born Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi in Strasbourg in 1981 to Beninese parents, is currently detained in South Africa after being arrested while allegedly attempting to flee to Europe via Zimbabwe. He is wanted in Benin on charges of inciting rebellion following his alleged support for a foiled coup in December 2025. Seba leads the NGO Pan-Africanist Emergency, founded in December 2015, which focuses on sovereignty, neocolonialism, and opposition to the CFA franc used by 14 African nations.
Seba has a lengthy legal history across multiple countries, including prior convictions in France for inciting racial hatred and antisemitism linked to his movements Tribu Ka and its successor Generation Kemi Seba, both banned by French courts.
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Aleksey has been a fan of lions his entire life. So when an opportunity presented itself, he sold his Moscow flat and relocated to South Africa to rescue eight lions about to be put down. But now, the lions are in danger again. To ban canned hunting, the South African government plans to euthanise all captive lions.
So Aleksey has to save his pets once again. Will he succeed? Watch the video and full documentary Me and My Lions.
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Exactly 25 years ago, Nelson Mandela signed South Africa’s new constitution guaranteeing equal rights to all people regardless of race. Mandela became the first black president of a country that once had white supremacy and racial segregation laws. Under apartheid, the black population had almost no civil rights.
Decades later, South Africa remains segregated. Land distribution is a stark example. White South Africans still own 72% of rural land, where black people are labourers. Much of that land was forcibly confiscated from the African population generations ago.
Next month, the South African government will discuss a bill to expropriate white-owned land without compensation. A law would permit the seizure of land which is not used or is held for speculation.
Here’s part of an interview with Zanele Lwana of the radical ‘Black First Land First’ party that vehemently defends the bill. For more, watch our documentary.
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South Africa’s ‘alien’ trees threaten water supply
Thousands of hectares of invasive pine trees are being painstakingly removed to ease Cape Town’s climate-induced water shortages.
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🖊OPINION | ‘It Is Venezuela Today. It Will Be South Africa Tomorrow,’ NUMSA Trade Union Warns
Marching to the US consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest trade union, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), protested against US aggression on Venezuela on January 24.
The union demanded the release of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, stating that “in defending Venezuela, we defend the sovereignty of all nations,” and warning that “no country is safe from America’s greedy appetite.” In the same context, NUMSA said that US tariffs and threats to South Africa’s participation in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) are contributing to job losses.
Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽https://shorturl.at/yytW1
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🎉🇿🇦 Happy Freedom Day, South Africa!
Today, 27 April, South Africa celebrates the 31st anniversary of its first democratic elections — a landmark event that marked the beginning of a new era of freedom, equality and justice.
Held in 1994, these historic elections were the first in which citizens of all races could exercise their right to vote, putting an end to decades of apartheid rule.
Freedom Day honours the sacrifices and courage of those who fought tirelessly against injustice and discrimination, paving the way for a democratic and inclusive South Africa.
The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Cape Town extends its warmest congratulations to all South Africans on this significant occasion!
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Cape Town to open up nature reserves for free to encourage exploration of nature - #Nature#SouthAfrica#Explore - http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-04/17/c_139887555.htm
Состоялась рабочая встреча с Генеральным секретарем правящей в ЮАР партии «Африканский национальный конгресс» Фикеле Мбалулой.
Наши партии имеют большую историю дружеских отношений. Обсудили с коллегами двустороннее сотрудничество и взаимодействие в рамках Диалога политических партий БРИКС+ 2023.
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С Президентом ЮАР Сирилом Рамафоса
В рамках проходящего в эти дни в Йоханнесбурге форума «Диалог политических партий БРИКС плюс-2023» Президент Южно-Африканской Республики Сирил Рамафоса встретился с делегатами.
Несмотря на истерику в западных СМИ, хочу отметить, что Сирил Рамафоса тепло относится к нашей стране.
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🇿🇦South Africa Publishes Draft National AI Policy
South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, released a draft national AI policy for a 60-day public consultation. The proposal outlines the creation of several institutions, including a National AI Commission, an AI Ethics Board, an AI Regulatory Authority, and a National AI Safety Institute to coordinate governance and oversight.
The draft introduces safety requirements for AI systems, including mandatory human rights and gender impact assessments, human intervention mechanisms, and obligations to ensure “sufficient explainability” and “sufficient transparency” for high-risk systems used in the public sector.
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🚨 Travel to South Africa for FREE in 2026! 🇿🇦 to attend OYW Summit (Fully Funded)
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Imagine attending a global summit in Cape Town with:
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5-Days Summit in Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦🌍 (Fully Funded)
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