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Janusz Walus, the extremist who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani in 1993

Chris Hani’s killer Walus to be deported to Poland

The decision comes at the end of the parole period of the man who murdered the community party leader in 1993

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his press conference at the Konstantin Palace on July 29, 2023 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Photo by Contributor/Getty Images

Kafka and the president’s men in Warsaw

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s peace mission to Ukraine and Russia shows what happens when politics sinks to the absurd

Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. (Jairus Mmutle/GCIS)

South Africa considers taking action against Polish embassy

Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni suggested the government could demarche the Polish ambassador for diplomatic offence

Poland fiasco highlights need for Brics unity

An expanded Brics grouping would be a counterbalance to the West – the United States in particular

President Cyril Ramaphosa.  File photo by Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

UPDATE: Poland prevents Ukrainian bound South African delegation from disembarking for hours

South African journalists and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security were stuck in Poland despite the president having earlier met Poland’s leader

Security forces inspect at the site after a Russian missile attack as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on July 19, 2022. (FILE PHOTO by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Poland military on alert after ‘Russian-made’ missile blast

US President Joe Biden said it was “unlikely” the missile had been fired from Russia, while France urged “utmost caution” in identifying who was behind the blast

Players of Argentina lift in the air their captain Lionel Messi after winning the final of Copa America Brazil 2021 between Brazil and Argentina at Maracana Stadium on July 10, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)

2022 Fifa World Cup: What’s the deal in group C?

Argentina, one of the tournament’s favourites, have been dealt a kind draw, but they cannot allow their 2018 dressing room politics to resurface

RPIN, UKRAINE — MARCH 4, 2022: Civilians, mostly women and children rush to board any train car that still has any room on it, as the sounds of battle Ð gunfire and bombing Ð fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces draw closer to the city of Irpin, Ukraine, Friday, March 4, 2022. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)

Refugees: The fallout of all wars

In World War I, millions of people fled Germany and millions fled when Germany occupied their countries; in Ukraine, it’s estimated four million will flee; and around the world…

Waiting: Refugees from many countries including those in Africa sit near the Medyka pedestrian border crossing with Poland to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)

African governments scramble to help its citizens in Ukraine

Africans, among them South Africans, Nigerians, Ghanains, Congolese and Ivorians, are trying to flee into Poland and other countries neighbouring Ukraine

US President Joe Biden. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Understanding Biden’s dilemma in Ukraine

Flanked by divided NATO allies, the US walks a tightrope over a potential third world war

Grave pit in the muslim cemetery of Bohoniki prepared for a miscarried baby from a migrant woman found in precarious state in the forests of Poland after crossing the border from Belarus during the migrant crisis between both countries. (Photo by Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Death at the EU border: Migrants pay the price of Belarus’s ‘hybrid warfare’

Thousands are stuck in no-man’s land between Belarus and Poland, left to fend for themselves in dangerously cold temperatures

Migrants stay in the transport and logistics centre near the Bruzgi border point on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region on November 18, 2021. – Belarus. (MAXIM GUCHEK/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images)

What you need to know about the EU-Belarus migrant crisis

Here is what you need to know about the crisis that has seen thousands of migrants trapped in dire conditions on the Belarus-Poland border

An employee walks past stockpiled of coal for shipping at the Richard’s Bay coal terminal, in Richard’s Bay. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

COP26: Momentum gathers to end new coal builds

South Africa, the continent’s largest emitter, is not among several African countries that joined the UK-led coalition committing to phase out the fossil fuel

Right-wing Poland and the glorification of Hani’s killer

Polish anti-racism groups grow more concerned as the image of Chris Hani’s killer becomes normalised, with Janusz Walus’s likeness and name displayed on products for sale on a…

Leaked documents and an affidavit from a whistleblower working at a major Western fishing company operating in African waters have given rare insight into how food multinationals can shift profits around the world to avoid paying taxes in developing countries.

A fishy business: How an Icelandic multinational moved profits out of Namibia

Global food companies avoid paying taxes by shifting profits around the world. Finance Uncovered reports on the case of Icelandic fishing giant Samherji’s operations in Namibia

The under-26 workforce will now receive fatter paychecks, since their employers no longer have to hold back 18% of the salary to hand over to tax authorities. (Getty)

Poland scraps taxes for young adults to curb emigration

The tax break, which came into effect on August 1, could benefit around two million youths in the country

COP24 President Michal Kurtyka speaks during a final session of the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)

COP24: Nations agree on global climate pact rules after impasse

Nearly 200 countries overcame divisions, producing 156-page rule book for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement

The two-week talks also meant to funnel hundreds of billions of dollars to poor countries already feeling the sting of deadly storms, heatwaves and droughts made worse by climate change. (Reuters)

Climate talks must be rescued from failure, warns UN chief

The two-week talks are tasked with breathing life into the 2015 Paris Agreement, which vows to cap global warming at ‘well under’ two degrees Celsius

People take part in a march dubbed “Claim the Climate” demanding Belgian authorities to take action during the COP24, in Brussels, Belgium. (Reuters/Francois Walschaerts)

Brussels climate march marks COP24 start

Organisers said the event was the biggest climate march ever in Belgium, with 65 000 protesters braving steady drizzle, according to police

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty)

Poland risks controversy on independence centenary

Chaos engulfed plans for the state military parade in Warsaw just days ahead of the centenary