Instead of referring to sounds in an essentially arbitrary way, pictures refer to the world. As such, they require no learning and no translation—making emojis akin to the earlist forms of writing.

Yoh: A popular South African interjection, which the OED traced to 1855. It comes from two South African languages: Afrikaans ...

Apart from an ongoing involving an Eastern Cape judge accused of sexual harassment, where a message containing a peeled ...

The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States and declared persona non grata by the Trump ...

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a €4.7 billion investment package for South Africa ... Hold video with Indian flag emoji KKR CEO explains why Rahane, and ...

Budget announcements are rarely memorable events in South Africa. But the statement on March 12th by Enoch Godongwana, the finance minister, was one of the most notable since the end of white rule ...

South Africa is well-positioned to confront significant longstanding challenges that have been holding the economy back: declining real per-capital income, persistent unemployment, pervasive poverty, ...

Trump extended his invitation to relocate those seeking "to flee [South Africa] for reasons of safety" to all farmers and offered them citizenship. South Africa has previously said that Trump has ...

The post largely echoed what Mr. Trump has previously said about South Africa, including in an executive order last month in which he suspended all American aid to the country and offered refugee ...

A $9.3 billion climate deal rich nations struck with South Africa to help it transition to clean forms of energy will forge ahead despite the withdrawal of the US, with other partners remaining co ...