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South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Bad to worse: Envoy’s expulsion highlights sharp slide in South Africa’s relations with U.S.

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Participants cheer beneath a large portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

South Africa asks Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of the capital

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Main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party leader John Steenhuisen waves to supporters in Pretoria, South Africa, on Feb. 17, 2024, at the party's manifesto launch ahead of the 2024 general elections. Steenhuisen has promised to "rescue" South Africa from what it says is the corruption and mismanagement of the governing Africa National Congress but has never come close to winning a national election. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) **FILE**

Mandela’s party stumbles as election approaches in South Africa

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius starts in the men's semi-finals of the 400-meter in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London on Aug. 5, 2012. On Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, Pistorius was released from prison on parole to live under strict conditions at a family home after serving nearly nine years of his murder sentence for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is freed on parole after serving 9 years for girlfriend’s murder

By Gerald Imra and Nqobile Ntshangase - Associated Press

FILE - Oscar Pistorius, center, leaves a courtroom of the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2015. Pistorius could be granted parole on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 after nearly 10 years in prison for killing his girlfriend. The double-amputee Olympic runner was convicted of a charge comparable to third-degree murder for shooting Reeva Steenkamp in his home in 2013. He has been in prison since late 2014. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)

South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius granted parole, will be released from prison on Jan. 5

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, left, chats with South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa Naledi Pandor during their binational commission in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

U.S., South Africa work to ease fallout over Russia

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, right, during a plenary session at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia on Oct. 24, 2019. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, has accused South Africa of providing weapons to Russia saying the U.S. government was certain that weapons were loaded onto a cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town for three days in December. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A side skirmish in Russia-Ukraine war flares up in South Africa

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Oscar Pistorius speaks on a mobile phone in the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, June 15, 2016, during his sentencing hearing for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius has applied for parole and is expected to attend a hearing on Friday, March 31, 2023, that will decide if the former Olympic runner is released from prison 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (Alon Skuy/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Parents of woman killed by Oscar Pistorius oppose his parole

By Mogomotsi Magome and Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Stranded commuters walks away from a deserted taxi rank in Katlehong, South Africa, Monday, June 22, 2020, as taxi drivers affiliated to the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) protested against what it believes to be insufficient government relief offered to the industry. South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg, has been hit by a strike by mini-bus taxis, preventing many thousands of people from getting to work on Monday, as the country reopens its economy even as cases of COVID-19 are increasing. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s minibus taxis go on strike, hitting workers

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Looting, violence spread in South Africa’s major cities

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South Africa Rugby World Cup winner Drotske shot in robbery

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Oscar Pistorius is escorted by police officers as he leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, in this Oct. 17, 2014, file photo. A South African official says Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison and placed under house arrest. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Oscar Pistorius at uncle’s mansion after being release from jail

By Christopher Torchia and Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Residents protest what high electricity prices in Ekangala, located near the South African capital of Pretoria. South Africans are unhappy about electricity cuts that have plagued the country since early December, and the rolling blackouts could spell trouble for the ruling African National Congress at the ballot box. (Associated Press)

South Africa power blackouts problematic for ANC as poor claim unfair targeting

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Oscar Pistorius, right, arrives at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Presiding Judge Thokozile Masipa is expected to announce her verdict in Pistorius' murder trail after scrutinizing evidence Thursday and Friday given by 37 witnesses in a court transcript running to thousands of pages in a drama that has played out over six months. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Oscar Pistorius could get 15 years for culpable homicide

By Gerald Imray and Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

Oscar Pistorius to start psychiatric evaluation on Monday, murder trial postponed to June 30

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Oscar Pistorius sits in court for his ongoing murder trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, May 12, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Collingridge, Pool)

Psychiatrist: Pistorius has ‘anxiety disorder’

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Elderly and disabled South African voters, assisted by nurses, cast their ballots during early voting for special groups at the Nazareth House old-age home in Johannesburg, South Africa Monday, May 5, 2014. South Africa goes to the polls on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 in elections that are likely to see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party return to power with a smaller majority due to voters disaffected by corruption in government and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

ANC ruling party set for victory in South Africa despite charges of ballot interference

By Geoff Hill — Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times