Reuters US President Donald Trump has given members of South Africa’s Afrikaner community refugee status, alleging that a genocide was taking place in the country. Nearly 60 of them have arrived in the US after being granted asylum. The South African government allowed the US embassy to consider their applications inside the country, and let...
Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Johannesburg Ulrich Janse van Vuuren Ulrich Janse van Vuuren has made it his passion to share and showcase some of South Africa’s best features with his legion of social media followers. The 38-year-old white South African often takes snapshots capturing scenes such as a cold Johannesburg morning, the purple Jacaranda trees...
You can’t make this crap up, can you? After decades of “partnering with”–read “getting big bucks from”–the federal government to aid with the resettlement of refugees, the Episcopal Church has decided that it can no longer do so because…they were asked to help resettle white people. Episcopal Church Bishop Sean Rowe: It’s against what we...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle “cowards”, saying “they’ll be back soon”. The group of Akrikaners arrived in the US on Monday after President Donald Trump granted them refugee status, saying they faced racial discrimination. But Ramaphosa said those who wanted...
A car driver in his 20s has died following a collision with a lorry in Devon, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said the incident happened on an unclassified road at Kingsland Barton, South Molton at about 14:55 BST on Monday. Two vehicles were involved, a black Honda Civic and a brown Scania HGV...
Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon BBC Bramble’s owner has died, leaving K9Focus to try and find her a new home Dog rescue charities in the South West are calling for greater government support due to the demands being put on their services. The charities say increases to the national living wage and national insurance contributions...
Group A: Kenya (co-hosts}, Morocco, Angola, DR Congo, Zambia Group B: Tanzania (co-hosts), Madagascar, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic Group C: Uganda (co-hosts), Niger, Guinea, Algeria, South Africa Group D: Senegal, Equatorial Guinea*, Sudan, Nigeria *Equatorial Guinea replaced Congo-Brazzaville after the latter fielded an ineligible player in qualifying Read full article at source...
Remembrance services for fishermen lost at sea were held across Devon and Cornwall on Sunday. Brixham Fish Market was packed for the Fishermen’s Mission (FM) memorial service which marked the second National Fishing Remembrance Day. During the service FM area officer Helen Lovell-Smith read the names of the fishermen who had been lost in local...
The NHS has started a programme aimed at screening about 45,000 people in south Devon for lung cancer. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust will offer lung cancer screening to people aged between 55 and 74 who have ever smoked and are registered with a participating GP in the area. Himali O’Regan, clinical lead...
South Africa have named Shukri Conrad as their head coach in limited-overs cricket, expanding his role as lead of the Test side. Conrad had led the national team in red-ball cricket since 2023, leading them to their upcoming World Test Championship final against Australia. He will now take charge of the Proteas in one-day internationals...
A café owner has said she is “in shock” after a fire broke out at her seafront business between Hope Cove and Thurlestone in South Devon. Tamara Costin, owner of the Beachhouse, said she was “devastated”, saying: “It’s only just the beginning of what would have been a very busy season for them.” According to...
The bodies of a journalist and his partner have been found in South Africa in an advanced stage of decomposition, more than two months after they went missing, local media groups have said. Police said they had found human remains, but DNA tests still needed to be conducted to confirm they were those of radio...
South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May. Malema said the UK had no “substantial justification” for its decision, and he saw it as an “attempt to silence a dissenting political perspective”. In a leaked letter to Malema’s deputy,...
This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. As President Donald Trump tries to bar almost all refugees from entering the country, his administration is planning to use federal funds reserved for sick, elderly, and at-risk refugee populations to facilitate...
The ambulance service in the South West has announced up to 40 jobs could be at risk in a bid to save millions of pounds. The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) said its Corporate Support Services had to save £5m in 2025. Therefore, the service had entered into a period of consultation,...